An email sent to staff said, "Employees and contractors are to work remotely unless instructed otherwise from our Acting Director or his designee."

The acting director is closing the financial regulator’s headquarters and has ordered staff to halt all supervisory efforts.

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Washington headquarters will be closed for the coming week, according to a Sunday internal email seen by Reuters, the latest escalation in the Trump administration's efforts to neutralize the government watchdog created after the 2008 financial crash.