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Senate confirms Russell Vought

Who Is Russell Vought? Senate Confirms Trump’s Controversial OMB Director Pick—As Dems Protest

Democrats protested Vought’s nomination overnight Wednesday on the Senate floor, with several referring to him as Trump’s “most dangerous nominee.”

The New York Times · 3d

Senate Confirms Russell Vought as Office of Management and Budget Director

Mr. Vought, an architect of Project 2025 who served in the first Trump administration, will be at the center of President Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.

The Associated Press on MSN · 3d

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 who has planned the zealous expansion of President Donald Trump’s power into one of the most influential positions in the federal government.

CFPB to Close Office

news.bloomberglaw · 6h

Vought Tells CFPB to Do Nothing While Headquarters Is Closed (1)

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees were ordered to do no work while the agency’s Washington headquarters is closed.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 20h

CFPB to Close Office After Vought Tells Staff to Halt All Supervision

President Trump’s newly installed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief Russell Vought is closing the bureau’s headquarters and has ordered staff to halt all of their supervisory efforts, ramping up the administration’s attempt to revoke the financial regulator’s authority.

Reuters on MSN · 23h

Trump's acting CFPB chief halts all supervision of companies

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's newly installed head of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, instructed staff on Saturday evening to suspend all activities including the supervision of companies overseen by the agency,

Russell Vought Takes Over at CFPB

U.S. News & World Report · 2d

Russell Vought Takes Over at CFPB as Musk's DOGE Gains Access

President Donald Trump's newly installed management and budget director Russell Vought took control of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget.

YAHOO!News · 9h

Union sues Russell Vought over DOGE access to CFPB and attempts to shutter bureau

A union filed two lawsuits against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's acting director, Russell Vought, on Sunday after Vought issued a series of directives halting much of the bureau's activity.

Quartz on MSN · 2h

Trump's acting head of the CFPB is being sued over DOGE's access to the agency

The acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was hit with two lawsuits on Sunday after Russel Vought issued orders to freeze some of the consumer protection agency’s work.

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'Constitutional crisis': The Impoundment Control Act takes center stage amid Russell Vought's confirmation

Here's a look at what's up for debate regarding government spending — and what changes could emerge during the Trump ...

17h

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, ...

2don MSN

Russell Vought’s about to use a normally obscure role to tear down the ‘deep state’

The administration’s early moves to fire thousands of federal workers and dismantle entire agencies even before Vought took office reflect his influence at the White House.

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Russell Vought on a ‘divine mission’ to traumatise US bureaucrats

“Bureaucracies hate the American people,” Vought told Tucker Carlson, the rightwing media personality, as he set out how a second Trump administration would overhaul and cleanse the administrative ...

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