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 ...

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 ...

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.

Russell Vought is a Christian nationalist, a significant contributor to Project 2025, the policy director of the RNC’s platform committee for the 2024 election, and is currently the director of the ...

Rates are set by the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee, which is composed of seven Fed governors based in Washington, D.C., ...

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.