UPI4d
Treasury secretary to temporarily oversee Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Feb. 3 (UPI) --President Donald Trump on Monday designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with additional duties as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after firing Rohit ...
Fox Business4d
Trump names Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will serve as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the agency announced on Monday. "I look forward to working with the CFPB to ...
The New York Times5d
Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System
In a letter to the Treasury secretary, the Democratic senator warned against meddling with a system that processes trillions of dollars of transactions. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington ...
Yahoo News4d
Trump appoints treasury secretary, a former hedge fund executive, as acting head of consumer protection agency
WASHINGTON — In what appears to be yet another move to consolidate parts of the federal government, President Donald Trump has appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the acting director of the ...
CBS News2d
Treasury says Elon Musk's DOGE has "read only" access to payment systems
Ron Wyden, for the Government Accountability Office "to investigate Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent's decision to grant access to sensitive government payment systems to Elon Musk and ...
AOL4d
Trump appoints Treasury secretary as acting head of consumer protection agency
WASHINGTON — In what appears to be yet another move to consolidate parts of the federal government, President Donald Trump has appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the acting director ...
The Hill3d
Democrats call for investigation into Musk access of Treasury payment systems
“We write to ask that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct an investigation of reports indicating that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted Elon Musk and other ‘Department of ...
Trump names Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acting director of CFPB, as former head Chopra confirms he is out
President Donald Trump has made Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection ...
Politico4d
Bessent tells lawmakers Musk’s DOGE does not control Treasury payments system
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent privately reassured Republican lawmakers Monday that Elon Musk and his team do not have control over a sensitive government system that manages the flow of ...
nationalmortgageprofessional.com5d
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Named CFPB Acting Director
Bessent says he will work to lower costs, accelerate economic growth On Jan. 31, 2025, President Donald Trump designated Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent as Acting Director of the Consumer ...
The Hill4d
Warren presses Treasury secretary over Musk access to payments system
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday demanding to know what access Elon Musk was given to the federal payments system and what safeguards ...