Diminished But Still Alive: Inside Russ Vought’s CFPB

Diminished But Still Alive: Inside Russ Vought’s CFPB

More than a year after the Trump administration attempted to shutter the agency, the CFPB remains mired in endless lawsuits over mass layoffs and agency funding. Lillian Bautista/NOTUSThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was slowly stirring back to life this year. The agency had started issuing a flurry of new rules, and staff were beginning examinations of financial institutions again and moving ahead on their enforcement casework.Then hund…