Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought issued a series of directives to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees Saturday night in his new capacity a the bureau's acting head, effectively slowing a large portion of the bureau's activity to a standstill.

Russell Vought, who was confirmed by the Senate as the head of the Office of Management and Budget on Thursday, took over control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday night, the Wall Street Journal reported,

Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as he orders a pause in most of the agency's activities, and promises to cut spending.