The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau–an agency that oversees financial regulations in the U.S. States–has come to a standstill under the leadership of its new acting head, Russell Vought.

Vought has stayed involved in House politics as the Freedom Caucus pushes for steep cuts under new leadership, counseling members on how to negotiate with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). “Many of ...

WASHINGTON – Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ordered staffers at the agency to stop all work in an email Saturday night. "I am committed to ...

The new directive from the CFPB's acting director, Russell Vought, on Monday comes after the agency closed the bureau's Washington headquarters for the week and told staff to work remotely.

Russell Vought, an architect of Project 2025 and the new director at the Office of Management and Budget, is now also the acting leader of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, according to a source ...

Updated February 08, 2025 at 23:56 PM ET Russell Vought, an architect of Project 2025 and the new director at the Office of Management and Budget, is now also the acting leader of the Consumer ...

Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Russell Vought, an architect of Project 2025 and the new director at the Office of Management and Budget, is now also the acting leader of the Consumer Finance ...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that President Donald Trump has named Russell Vought as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, expanding the portfolio of the ...

Russell Vought takes office as President Donald Trump’s budget chief today with the goal of turning the federal bureaucracy into rubble. But his work has already started. The administration’s ...

The US Senate has confirmed Russell Vought as budget director for the White House, putting an official who has worked to expand the powers of US President Donald Trump into one of the most ...