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New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Acting Director Expands Freeze to All CFPB Activities; CFPB Office Closes
We previously reported that Treasury Secretary Bessent was named as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection ...
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New CFPB chief closes headquarters, tells all staff they must not do 'any work tasks'
The edict comes as Russell Vought takes over at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Vought has ordered work to halt at ...
Secrecy preceded the shutdown of the consumer protection agency’s Washington headquarters
Windows in two basement conference rooms were covered with brown paper and blue painter’s tape, concealing their occupants.
CFPB’s Union Sues Russell Vought, Alleging Campaign to ‘Purge’ Agency’s Workforce
A union representing staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sued the agency's Acting Director Russell Vought, ...
Trump's acting CFPB chief shutters headquarters, halts supervision
The decision to shutter the Washington offices comes less than 24 hours after Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's newly installed acting CFPB chief, suspended all activities, including ...
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Trump administration orders CFPB to stop work, closes building
The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively ...
Vought Moves to Defang CFPB, Telling Staff to Halt All Supervision
The acting director issues new orders to staff and says he won’t ask for funding.