GAO chief’s pending exit tees up battle for a successor
The Government Accountability Office’s new leader will be a veteran investigator with over three decades’ experience at the agency.
Atlanta Black Star
‘SMDH’: Chaos Erupts in Trump’s Cabinet Meeting After an Official’s Baffling Move — and Trump Slumping in His Chair Makes It Even Stranger
"Chaos unfolds in Trump's Cabinet meeting as an official's baffling move sparks intrigue - and Trump's reaction leaves jaws ...
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'I Don't Wanna Hear About The Biden Administration!': Jon Ossoff Puts Russ Vought In His Place For Dodging Questions During Hearing
During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing earlier this year in June, Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) got into a heated exchange with OMB Director Russ Vought, harshly scolding him for dodging ...
Snopes.com
Trump called budget director Russell Vought 'Darth Vader'
Trump followed up his statement with praise for Vought and pointed out that critics call him Darth Vader: "They call him Darth Vader. I call him a fine man. But he's cutting Democrat priorities and ...
Truthout
CFPB Workers Slam Russell Vought’s “Humility Pledge,” Call for His Resignation
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. “Why is Russell Vought showing the world his weird, creepy pledge of allegiance to big ...
EconoTimes
Trump Administration Cuts 317,000 Federal Jobs as Workforce Restructuring Accelerates
The Trump administration is moving forward with one of the largest federal workforce reductions in recent history, with roughly 317,000 employees expected to depart government roles this year. The ...
JD Supra
Trump Nominates New CFPB Director: Does it Matter?
President Trump has nominated Stuart Levenbach to serve as permanent director of the CFPB. Levenbach is an Office of Management and Budget official and aide to OMB Director, and current CFPB Acting ...
JD Supra
Trump nominates Stuart Levenbach to head CFPB
President Trump has nominated Stuart Levenbach, an Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget, as CFPB director. At OMB, Levenbach handles natural resources, energy, science and water ...
American Banker
CFPB transfers enforcement to DOJ, to furlough some staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to transfer all of its litigation activities to the Department of Justice and expects to furlough all in-house enforcement attorneys, despite a ...
bankingdive
NY AG’s office scrutinizes SoLo Funds
Fintech lender SoLo Funds is engaged with the New York attorney general’s office related to usury concerns, an executive said this week. Denzel Singletary, head of government affairs and strategic ...
WGAL
Trump nominates new CFPB director, but White House says agency is still closing
President Trump nominated Stuart Levenbach as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday, using a legal maneuver to keep his budget director, Russell Vought, as acting ...