Russell Vought took over as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday night and officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency deleted the banking ...

Russell Vought, CFPB's new acting head, issues directives to halt parts of bureau activity. ... Trump’s OMB director during his first term, took over the CFPB at Trump’s behest in 2017.

Vought, who Thursday was confirmed by the Senate as the head of the Office of Management and Budget, is now the acting director of the CFPB, he emailed to top staff at the agency, according to ...