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.

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 ...

Russell Vought takes office as President ... Over his more than two dozen years in Washington, Vought has earned a reputation as a staunch fiscal conservative who believes in balanced budgets ...

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

President Donald Trump's administration says federal agencies should begin planning to eliminate employee positions. The ...

Baltimore and the Economic Action Maryland Fund, formerly known as the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, sued in Maryland ...

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

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

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

Russell Vought, 48, the architect of Project 2025, will lead the Office of Management and Budget, where he will oversee the president's budget.