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Nov 11, 2025 Russell Vought suspended most Consumer Financial Protection Bureau operations pending appellate review Tier 1 · Primary Economic Structure
An administration official halted the work of an independent watchdog agency while a court considered blocked staff firings, effectively pausing consumer-protection enforcement.
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- Vought suspends majority of CFPB operations — Russell Vought, White House Office of Management and Budget director, suspended most of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's work while the full DC Circuit Court of Appeals decides whether to take the case. A lower court order previously blocked the firings of approximately 90% of the agency's staff, but Vought proceeded with operational suspension pending appellate review.
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Week 43 – 2025-11-08–2025-11-14
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