Trump claims expanded power over independent agencies
The executive order would affect agencies like the SEC and FDIC, but it excludes the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors and ...
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Russell Vought Wants to Burn the Government Down
Once upon a time, Donald Trump became the GOP standard bearer by indicating he would be a different kind of Republican. He ...
Judge blocks Trump admin from firing CFPB employees
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from firing employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...
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Wheaton College clash over Russell Vought escalates, exposing evangelical fault lines
The college’s social media post about alumnus and Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has led to two open letters that ...
President Trump And The CFPB
Leadership changes under Trump reshaped the CFPB, halting regulations and raising concerns about consumer vulnerability.
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A Fistfight Over Donald Trump at the Evangelical Version of Harvard
At Wheaton College, a controversy around one of its graduates, Russell Vought, a Trump Administration official, shows how ...
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Senators demand Treasury heads limit DOGE’s access to CFPB data
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) sent a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, and ...
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They’re Purposefully Traumatizing the Federal Workforce
Russell Vought is a Christian nationalist, a significant contributor to Project 2025, the policy director of the RNC’s platf ...
Russell Vought Orders Pause On All CFPB Activity, Critics Say This Gives Corporations 'The Green Light To Scam Families'
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau–an agency that oversees financial regulations in the U.S. States–has come to a ...
Trump's latest order would fulfill a key Project 2025 goal of taking over independent agencies
The executive order puts independent federal agencies under the watch of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell ...
The White House tightens control over the Fed — but not on rates
A new executive order gives President Donald Trump's appointees more power over independent agencies, including how the Fed ...
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Nonprofits ask judge for safeguards against future blanket funding freeze by Trump administration
A federal judge on Thursday expressed doubt that the White House's Office of Management and Budget's attempt to freeze up to $3 trillion in federal funding was within the agency's constitutional ...