The battle over control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau escalated Sunday as the deputy director sued to stop President Trump from installing his own appointee as temporary head of the agency. But just hours after Cordray submitted his formal resignation, Trump named his own acting director under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. Trump appointed Mulvaney, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, to serve as acting director. “The fact that the deputy director may serve as acting director by operation of the statute … does not displace the president’s authority under the Vacancies Reform Act,” said the memo, written by Assistant Atty. CAPTION President Trump regrets his effort in three UCLA basketball players' release from China’s custody.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 27, 2017 04:30 UTC