The acting director is closing the financial regulator’s headquarters and has ordered staff to halt all supervisory efforts.

An email sent to staff said, "Employees and contractors are to work remotely unless instructed otherwise from our Acting Director or his designee."

President Trump’s newly appointed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief has ordered the closure of the agency’s headquarters and directed staff to halt all supervisory activities. Chief Russell Vought instructed CFPB employees to cease all supervision and examination activity.

Feb. 9 The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents CFPB employees, sued Vought, asking a judge to stop him from halting the bureau’s work and alleging he granted staffers from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to CFPB’s internal communications systems, NBC reported.

A union filed two lawsuits against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Acting Director Russell Vought on Sunday after Vought issued a series of directives halting much of the bureau's activity.

Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget and the acting director of CFPB, ordered the federal watchdog to stop work.