A Project 2025 author carries out his vision for mass federal layoffs
The Trump administration’s demand that federal agencies plan to radically downsize is driven by a key figure in the ...
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Employee testimony hints at potential CFPB 1700 layoffs by Trump’s administration and Musk’s DOGE
Federal employees from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have raised concerns that the bureau’s Trump-appointed ...
CFPB leaders and Musk's DOGE plan to fire nearly all staff and wind down agency, employees say
Employees testified that CFPB leaders and Elon Musk’s DOGE want to wind down the agency to five employees, the minimum ...
The Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo
President Donald Trump's administration says federal agencies should begin planning to eliminate employee positions. The ...
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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 ...
Democratic senator presses Trump CFPB nominee: ‘Who’s really going to be in charge?’
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) pressed President Trump’s nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over who ...
CFPB, Baltimore Probed Over Vought's Threatened Funding Freeze
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the city of Baltimore butted heads and faced skeptical questions from a federal ...
Russell Vought confirmed to head government's leading budget office after Dems hold 30-hour protest
Despite Democratic tactics to delay the vote, the Senate confirmed Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget ...
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Who Is Russell Vought? Senate Confirms Trump’s Controversial OMB Director Pick—As Dems Protest
The Senate confirmed Thursday one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial nominees, Russell Vought, as director of the Office of Management and Budget—as Vought is expected to expand ...
Consumer bureau drops lawsuit against Capital One
Days before President Trump was inaugurated, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Capital One, accusing it of using ...
The Latest: Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs
The Trump administration said it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid ...