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 ...
Federal judge delays Labor Department's request to block DOGE access
A federal judge has indefinitely delayed a ruling on whether the Labor Department's request to block billionaire Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing internal system data.
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 ...
Restaurants aside, Canadians give GST/HST holiday a ‘meh’ review
With the federal GST/HST tax break set to end Saturday, many Canadian retailers and consumers say the savings weren’t worth ...
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.
"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.
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 ...
Consumer advocacy organization files complaint over Trump's meme coin
Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy organization, has called for a federal investigation into whether U.S. President Donald ...
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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 ...