frozen snapshot — 2026-07-25 · see today →

What's on Russell Vought's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6

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His CFPB pick won't cross him 30% Warren's conflict-of-interest hunt 20% Hollowing out the CFPB 14% Grants pulled from blue states 12% · neweverything else 24%

Nominee Can't Name One Vought Decision He'd Undo

Trump's CFPB pick sat for his Senate confirmation hearing and declined to differ with Vought on anything, shutdown push included.

Watch live: Trump pick to lead CFPB faces Senate confirmation hearing

The Hill · 2026-07-23

our translation

the point of this pick was continuity, not independence — if the nominee can't name a single disagreement, vought never really leaves the building

Hearing carried across six outletsvery sure · 3 sources

Warren Presses The Nominee On Conflicts And The Vanishing Workforce

Warren dominated the questioningpretty sure · 2 sources

'Open Mind' On Staffing Is The New Line For An Emptied Bureau

Staffing question ran through hearingpretty sure · 2 sources

White House Admits The Grant Map Was Drawn From The Election Map

new — Fresh on-record admission, one outlethonestly, a hunch · 1 source

saturday, july 25

Count Banking Committee votes for the CFPB nominee(reported)

Prep answers to Warren's questions for the record(reported)

Redline the next tranche of state grant awards(safe bet)

Tidy the apportionment footnotes before Monday(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

US CFPB nominee Johnson says he doesn’t differ with any Vought decisions

news.google.com · 2026-07-25

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