Hundreds of pages of communications reveal the internal chaos at agency after acting director Russell Vought ordered a total stoppage of all “work tasks.”
Illinois Democrats sent a letter to OMB Director Russell Vought requesting the Trump administration unfreeze $1.88 billion in federal funding. Salvi tells Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that ‘his letter has no basis.
All agencies must produce plans for “eliminating positions that are not required” by March 13, reads a missive from OMB director Russell Vought.
Since acting CFPB Director Russell Vought took over, the agency closed its Washington HQ, fired staff and told those who remain to stop nearly all work.
In a memo to agency heads, Budget Director Russell Vought and acting director of the Office of Personnel Management Charles Ezell described the federal government as "costly, inefficient, and deeply in debt.
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Consumer watchdog payouts in limbo as agency defanged by Trump administration
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won't be deleted, Trump administration says
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a longtime target of the Republican Party that has undergone a significant shakeup in recent weeks, will continue operating, the Trump administration says. After Trump replaced its director with Russell Vought — director of the White House budget office and an author of Project 2025 — work at the CFPB was frozen.
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Judge grills Trump administration on efforts to dismantle consumer watchdog
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CFPB drops lawsuit against banks behind payment system Zelle
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CFPB drops lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo over Zelle fraud
Vought-led CFPB drops Zelle fraud lawsuit against banking giants
The case was dismissed "with prejudice," meaning it cannot be brought again, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a filing.
Despite claiming during his campaign that he knew nothing about Project 2025, Trump has filled important government roles with people linked to the plan, including Russell Vought, a key architect who now heads the Office of Management and Budget,
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Gov. JB Pritzker and 16 Illinois Democrats sent a letter to OMB Director Russell Vought on Tuesday demanding the Trump administration release $1.88 billion in federal funding to Illinois.
All agencies must produce plans for eliminating positions that are not required by March 13, reads a missive from OMB director Russell Vought.
Traumatized. That’s how Donald Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, has said he wants federal employees to feel. “When they wake up in the morning,
In a memo, Russell Vought framed the federal government as “costly, inefficient, and deeply in debt” and declared that it is “not producing results for the American public.”
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