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

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.

Russell Vought, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new acting director, ordered staff to stop all work and closed the ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance industry, is the ...

Trump and Musk are eviscerating U.S.A.I.D., a pillar of soft power since it was established under the Kennedy administration.

The CFPB has been rendered all but inoperative, as OMB Director Russell Vought ordered its employees to stop working on ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to safeguard ...

This paper identifies the legal problems with many of the most prominent actions: freezing funding, amending or repealing rules, and denying citizenship to children born in the United States.

The order to shutter the agency’s headquarters follows another order issued Saturday by Mr. Vought, who also leads the Office ...

A union filed two lawsuits against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Acting Director Russell Vought on Sunday after ...

Obama created the bureau in the wake of the 2007-2008 housing bubble and financial crisis, which was caused in part by ...