Despite its name, the Department of Government Efficiency is not, so far, primarily interested in efficiency. DOGE and its ...

In the midst of numerous dismissals and resignations at the Bureau this week, President Trump has nominated Jonathan McKernan ...

Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief Russell Vought is planning a “mass layoff” at the consumer watchdog that ...

The first salvo was fired on February 8 by Donald Trump loyalist—and currently envoy for special missions and interim ...

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 ...

A House Financial Services Committee spokesperson said the committee will hold its required semiannual hearing with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director after nominee Jonathan McKernan is ...

President Trump has given Elon Musk unprecedented power and room to run to remake the executive branch. But to the extent that Musk deviates ...

On January 31, the CFPB announced Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the Acting Director. As previously covered by InfoBytes, Bessent sent an ...

Top officials at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) resigned, opposing the Trump administration's directive to cease agency activities. Enforcement Director Halperin and Supervision ...

New OMB Director Russell Vought has contributed to two conservative playbooks that advocate for the revamping of veterans' ...

The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Russell T. Vought — an architect of the ultraconservative Project 2025 policy agenda — ...