Trump appoints treasury secretary, a former hedge fund executive, as acting head of consumer protection agency
In what appears to be yet another move to consolidate parts of the federal government, President Donald Trump has appointed ...
UPI4d
Treasury secretary to temporarily oversee Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Feb. 3 (UPI) --President Donald Trump on Monday designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with additional duties as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after firing Rohit ...
The New York Times5d
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. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington ...
Trump names Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acting director of CFPB, as former head Chopra confirms he is out
President Donald Trump has made Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection ...
Fox Business4d
Trump names Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will serve as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the agency announced on Monday. "I look forward to working with the CFPB to ...
AOL4d
Trump appoints Treasury secretary as acting head of consumer protection agency
WASHINGTON — In what appears to be yet another move to consolidate parts of the federal government, President Donald Trump has appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the acting director ...
The Hill4d
Warren presses Treasury secretary over Musk access to payments system
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday demanding to know what access Elon Musk was given to the federal payments system and what safeguards ...
The Hill3d
Democrats call for investigation into Musk access of Treasury payment systems
“We write to ask that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct an investigation of reports indicating that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted Elon Musk and other ‘Department of ...