Trump's Treasury secretary shuts down any tariff concerns, praises 'frictionless global trade'
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argues that Trump's tariff plans "stand behind" American manufacturers to make "the best ...
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What Companies Need to Know About the Federal Financial Assistance Freeze
Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Jan. 20, 2025), and ...
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Ex-FDIC official McKernan tapped to lead CFPB
The development came on a day when the bureau terminated roughly 70 probationary employees, including enforcement division ...
Judge directs Trump officials to comply with earlier order halting funding freeze
A group of 22 states and the District of Columbia said the Trump administration was not complying with a judge's order ...
Dismantling the CFPB would turn the consumer finance world into the 'wild, wild west,' its former director says
Richard Cordray, the first director of the CFPB, told BI that Elon Musk's call to dismantle the agency is a 'direct conflict ...
Federal employee union sues Vought over CFPB order to stop working
The National Treasury Employees Union filed two lawsuits against OMB Director Russell Vought for his shuttering of the CFPB.
Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building
The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively ...
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 ...
Turning off 'spigot': White House declines more funding for Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
A White House official said Saturday he would decline more funding for the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, signaling a ...
OMB head Russell Vought takes over as CFPB as acting head, DOGE team deletes X account
Russell Vought took over as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday night and officials from ...
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.