Federal employees union files lawsuits over CFPB shutdown and DOGE access
A union representing employees across dozens of federal agencies filed two lawsuits on Sunday against the acting director of ...
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 ...
The CFPB’s Headquarters Shutdown Came Swiftly, Under a Veil of Secrecy
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, used a take-no-prisoners approach in shuttering the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The CFPB tells its workers to 'not perform any work tasks' this week while it shuts down its DC headquarters
CFPB employees must "get approval in writing" to do any work this week, acting director Russell Vought wrote in an email.
The CFPB took aim at Big Tech. Then Elon Musk moved to dismantle it.
In the days before Musk’s DOGE set its sights on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, X revealed plans for a payments ...
CFPB, saving Illinois consumers from corporate wrongdoing, goes dark in Trump attack on federal agencies
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been kneecapped in the latest attack on a government institution by the Trump ...
Dismantling the CFPB would turn the consumer finance world into the 'wild, wild west,' its former director says
Richard Cordray, the first director of the CFPB, told BI that Elon Musk's call to dismantle the agency is a 'direct conflict ...
The CFPB is Elizabeth Warren’s creation. Now she’s trying to fight off its biggest threat yet.
Are you ready to fight for the little agency that fights for us?” the Massachusetts Democrat told a crowd of about 300 CFPB ...
White House Orders Consumer Protection Agency Shutdown
The Trump administration orders a shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, halting inquiries and new rules.
The CFPB Work Freeze Is Putting Big Tech Regulations ‘On Ice’
The cease-work order at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won’t just affect lawsuits and enforcement actions. It will ...