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Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office, the president was asked if he wanted to eliminate the bureau. "I would say, yeah," Trump replied. "Because we're trying to get rid of waste, fraud and abuse."
February 11
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A survey of senior bank officers at community banks by fintech firm IntraFi found bankers nearly evenly divided on the idea of merging federal bank regulators, while an overwhelming 93% support maintaining agency independence.
February 11
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A rally outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington Monday afternoon boasted 17 lawmakers and roughly 600 attendees, organizers said, who were decrying Trump administration efforts to effectively shutter the bureau.
February 10
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Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought ordered bureau employees to "stand down" and perform no work, effective immediately.
February 10
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Elon Musk will dispatch a team to gain read-only access to the government's central accounting system.
February 10
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Courts are litigating the question of whether Elon Musk has the authority to assign DOGE employees to positions that grant them access to sensitive data.
February 10
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President Donald Trump has recruited Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano and PayPal co-founder Elon Musk to streamline parts of the government. Their styles and experience could not be more different.
February 10
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Russell Vought, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new acting director, ordered staff to stop all work and closed the agency's headquarters for a week.
February 9
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A group of 19 state attorneys general have sued the Trump administration, alleging the Department of Government Efficiency's move is illegal. The injunction is pending a hearing Feb. 14.
February 8
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Newly-confirmed Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, a key architect of Project 2025, has been charged with overseeing an agency Republicans have vowed to eliminate, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
February 7
