The Trump administration’s demand that federal agencies plan to radically downsize is driven by a key figure in the ...

Once upon a time, Donald Trump became the GOP standard bearer by indicating he would be a different kind of Republican. He ...

The fiscal conservative returns to the post he held in Trump’s first administration.

The move, on a suit that had accused the bank of tricking customers, was one of several dismissals ordered by Trump officials ...

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau acting director Russell Vought said the agency will not close. “The predicate to running a ‘more streamlined and efficient bureau’ is that there will con ...

Federal officials circulated a memo asking agency leaders to plan even more job reductions after thousands of federal workers ...

Lawyers for Baltimore City argued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can only be eliminated by an act of Congress.

Since its founding, the CFPB has returned more than $21 billion to consumers who were victims of fraud or scams.

Rates are set by the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee, which is composed of seven Fed governors based in Washington, D.C., ...

Russell Vought is a Christian nationalist, a significant contributor to Project 2025, the policy director of the RNC’s platform committee for the 2024 election, and is currently the director of the ...

Vought was confirmed on a party-line vote of 53-47 after Democrats warned he was Trump's "most dangerous nominee." ...

In President Donald Trump’s first term, Russell Vought was a largely behind-the-scenes player who eventually became director of the influential but underappreciated Office of Management and Budget.