Russ Vought orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop work

The Trump administration late Saturday ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent government agency designed to protect consumers from corporate fraud and scams, to halt much of its work, amid an ongoing overhaul of the federal bureaucracy. In an email to CFPB staff Saturday, Russ Vought — the newly confirmed director of the Office of Management

Rep. Ilhan Omar says GOP “doesn’t have the numbers” to dismantle USAID through Congress

Washington — Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, said Sunday that she doesn’t think Republicans have the support in Congress to approve the Trump administration’s gutting of federal agencies and programs, saying “that’s why they’re not bringing it through Congress.” “Every single process that they are going through in implementing Trump’s agenda is, at the

In Super Bowl interview, Trump says Musk is “not gaining anything” with DOGE

How USAID dismantling could be a preview Are the Trump moves to dismantle USAID a preview of the future for other public servants? 03:20 President Trump said in pre-Super Bowl interview that he trusts Elon Musk, who has already exerted massive influence at the newly-created Department of Government Efficiency, especially since Musk is “not gaining