With mass layoffs expected, judge to weigh blocking the dismantling of consumer watchdog CFPB
Union members have asked a judge to block the dismantling of the CFPB consumer protection agency, alleging most of its 1,700 ...
Consumers don't need more hidden fees, tricky loans, or a repeat of financial crisis
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a go-to financial agency for dealing with bad practices. Trump ...
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Federal judge blocks CFPB from laying off more employees
The ruling from a federal court in Washington, D.C., is a reprieve for CFPB staff who had been bracing for mass layoffs as ...
US consumer bureau upheaval leaves consumers adrift, experts say
The Trump administration's rapid dismantling of the U.S. consumer protection watchdog will have broad implications for ...
How America's chief consumer-protection agency came into the Trump administration's crosshairs
While business groups have long lamented actions taken by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Trump and his allies want ...
Democrats vow to fight shutdown of consumer watchdog agency
A group of 191 House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to Russell Vought, the newly installed director of the Office of ...
"You are not fit for continued employment": Federal workers express shock, anger over mass layoffs
The Trump administration is firing thousands of federal workers on probationary status, or those without civil service protections.
Trump has subdued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. So what does this agency do?
President Trump and other critics of the agency say it needs to be shut down. Supporters of the agency point to its record of protecting consumers.
Elon Musk's DOGE has worked quickly to cut federal agencies. Here's a list of what's been targeted so far.
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has targeted federal agencies like USAID, CFPB, and NOAA to reduce government ...
The 5 Worst Things About the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The agency—an unelected regulator with a blank check—has spent much of its short life making things harder for the consumers ...
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Federal judge skeptical DOGE has authority to embed agents throughout federal government
President Donald Trump created the so-called Department of Government Efficiency via executive order as a temporary government organization, leaving unclear the bounds of its powers as a ...