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Russ Vought orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop work
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Trump’s acting chief of federal financial watchdog orders staff to pause activity
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Russell Vought, CFPB's new acting head, issues directives to halt parts of bureau activity
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DOGE Is Now Inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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