The DOGE Playbook for taking over an agency
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is developing a pattern in how it tries to dismantle government agencies.
Russell Vought, CFPB's new acting head, issues directives to halt parts of bureau activity
Trump’s DOGE, an advisory body led by Musk, has zeroed in on some agencies as part of its efforts to slash the size of ...
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Russell Vought Orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Stop Work
The Trump administration’s multi-pronged attack on the CFPB continues.
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Vought cuts off CFPB funding, saying it’s not necessary to run the agency
Russell Vought, the acting head of the Consumer ... like the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Russell Vought Orders Consumer Protection Bureau’s Headquarters Closed for a Week
The order to shutter the agency’s headquarters follows another order issued Saturday by Mr. Vought, who also leads the Office ...
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Vought takes helm at CFPB after Musk incursion
Russell Vought, the Project 2025 architect who President ... not only as acting director of the United States Agency for International Development amid its dismantling by Musk and his allies ...
Senate confirms Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead powerful White House budget office
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night, putting an official ...
Secrecy preceded the shutdown of the consumer protection agency's Washington headquarters
President Donald Trump's budget chief has sent an email to consumer protection agency employees telling them to stop working.
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Senate confirms Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget
At the time, Vought proposed billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid and other reductions for the Education Department, Interior Department and U.S. Agency for International Development ...
36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations
The agency had been one of Wall Street’s most feared regulators, with the power to issue rules on mortgages, credit cards, ...
Vought seeks to halt actions at CFPB
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is quickly seeking to crack down on the activities of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), preventing it from drawing down more ...