The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gets shut down — sources below.
If you try to click the CFPB link under Favorites page of Cashback Cow, you will be presented with the following 404 message:
CNN —
Employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were abruptly informed Sunday afternoon that the watchdog agency’s Washington, DC, headquarters will be closed this week…
.. The move comes days after Elon Musk tweeted out: “CFPB RIP” with a tombstone emoji.
Officials from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency deleted the CFPB’s X account on Friday night, a person familiar with the matter told CNN, after Russell Vought, who leads the Office of Management and Budget, took over as acting director of the CFPB.
DOGE officials have been granted administrative access to CFPB systems, including content management system, back-end systems for the bureau’s website and the active directory of personnel, the source told CNN.
Vought sent an email Saturday night ordering all employees at the consumer watchdog to stop virtually all work — including fighting financial abuse.
Fox News —
Vought, also a Project 2025 author, was named acting director of the CFPB on Friday.
“I am honored that President Trump designated me as Acting Director of the Bureau on February 7, 2025,” Vought said in an email to CFPB colleagues obtained by RealClearPolitics, “As Acting Director, I am committed to implementing the President’s policies, consistent with the law, and acting as a faithful steward of the Bureau’s resources.”
Sources.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/business/cfpb-vought-stop-activity/index.html
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-budget-chief-cfpb-halt-operations_n_67a90ca4e4b062d0a97c0e8c