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Trump taps Bessent to lead consumer bureau

Forbes on MSN · 2h

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Ordered To Stop Work After Trump Says Treasury’s Bessent Now In Charge

T he Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was told to cease operations on Monday shortly after President Donald Trump appointed Treasury Director Scott Bessent to serve a

Los Angeles Daily News · 15h

Bessent, as acting consumer bureau chief, pauses all rules and lawsuits

CFPB staff was told to refrain from issuing public communications, halt activities including rules and settlements and participation in litigation proceedings.

The New York Times · 21h

Trump Names Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, to Lead the Consumer Bureau

The secretary replaces Rohit Chopra, who had aggressively sought to expand the bureau’s authority over banks and other financial firms.

Elon Musk, scott bessent and Elizabeth Warren

Warren blasts Treasury Secretary Bessent on Elon Musk weekend data grab

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren demanded answers following reports that billionaire Elon Musk took access to the nation's finance system, including sensitive financial data of nearly all Americans.

The New York Times · 1d

Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System

In a letter to the Treasury secretary, the Democratic senator warned against meddling with a system that processes trillions of dollars of transactions.

POLITICO on MSN · 14h

Bessent tells lawmakers Musk's DOGE does not control Treasury payments system

The remarks came during a two-hour gathering between the Treasury secretary and GOP members of the House Financial Services Committee.

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CFPB halts work after Trump appoints Bessent as acting head

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a consumer watchdog agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Elon ...

Jefferson Public Radio17h

Treasury Secretary Bessent, tapped to run CFPB, orders staff to halt work

Staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed by email to cease much of their work. Bessent, a wealthy ...

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Bessent Takes the Helm on US Debt Sales After Blasting Yellen

After repeatedly blasting Janet Yellen last year over her department’s strategy for issuing federal debt, it’s now up to ...

LGBTQ Nation on MSN1d

Gay Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent may have helped create a constitutional crisis

Bessent gave transphobic billionaire Elon Musk access to one of the most sensitive - and important - computer systems in the ...

American Banker1d

Treasury's Bessent tells CFPB staff to stop everything

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was named to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has told ...

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Bessent Empowered to Freeze CFPB Under Agency's Founding Law

Democrats and consumer advocates slammed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over his plans to freeze the Consumer Financial ...

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