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CFPB inaction harming state consumer protection efforts, Democratic AGs allege
A coalition of 23 Democratic state attorneys general is urging a federal judge in Washington, D.C. to block the Trump ...
Federal official recounts chaos inside consumer agency after Trump fired its director
A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit aimed at stopping the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial ...
With the consumer agency on pause, here’s how to protect yourself
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the independent federal agency created after the 2008 financial crisis, has been ...
Trump administration still plans to eliminate consumer finance bureau, witness says
President Donald Trump's administration still plans to fire all workers at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ...
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CFPB raced against impending court order on 1,175 layoffs
Agency officials prepared a list of targeted firings in the hours before a judge ordered a halt Feb. 14. The CFPB’s chief ...
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Consumer protection employees describe DOGE, White House efforts to dismantle CFPB
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Tuesday that Congress had the power to dismantle the agency, if it so chose, not ...
Trump Administration moves to shut down important consumer watchdog agency
Up until a few weeks ago, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau policed some of the largest and most powerful financial ...
Judge wants to hear from top Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official about the agency's dismantling
A federal judge wants to hear directly from one of the top officials at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau to learn if ...
Judge orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official to testify about shutdown at agency
Adam Martinez, the agency's chief operating officer, says the CFPB has continued conducting congressionally mandated work.
Why Americans need the CFPB
The agency protects consumers from being cheated by financial entities. Ever since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...
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Consumer Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against financial giants
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday dropped a series of enforcement ... They have fired scores of staff, shut the agency's Washington offices and moved to cancel its lease, while ...