The Trump administration has ordered work stoppages and layoffs and has tried cutting off funding to effectively dismantle ...

An appeals court will decide if further cuts can be made to the CFPB, a key agency tasked with protecting consumers ...

It's been a challenging year for the consumer watchdog agency, as the Trump administration has tried to deny it funding and ...

A federal judge ordered Russell T. Vought, the bureau’s acting director, to keep requesting funds for the financial watchdog’s operations.

Fifteen years ago last month, following the financial crisis, the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law. One of the most significant changes ushered in under Dodd-Frank was the creation of a new federal ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration is legally required to secure funding for the U.S. Consumer Financial ...

Judge rules in favor of laid-off employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Attorneys general from 21 states file suit to force Trump White House to restore funding The agency has ...

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President Trump nominated Stuart Levenbach as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday, using a legal maneuver to keep his budget director, Russell Vought, as acting ...

Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, ...

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