- CFPB halts work after Trump appoints Bessent as acting head The Washington Post
- Treasury Secretary Bessent, tapped to run CFPB, orders staff to halt work NPR
- Trump fires Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau CBS News
- Bessent Takes Helm of Consumer Finance Watchdog, Orders Halt to Work The Wall Street Journal
- Trump appoints treasury secretary, a former hedge fund executive, as acting head of consumer protection agency NBC News