Russell Vought is seizing every opportunity he can to dismantle a crucial watchdog agency. When Helen Shaw found out in December that she needed to have a brain tumor removed, she emailed her employer, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to ask about the agency’s short-term disability plan. A human-resources representative for the watchdog agency told Shaw that the plan “likely will not be available” by the time she expected to have surgery in 2026. Sure enough, in January, all employees