The billionaire Elon Musk and the California venture capitalist Marc Andreessen have started a debate about the role of government that we should be having — but it might not go the way they would ...

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President Donald Trump’s new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Russell Vought has taken a mallet to the agency, according to reports over the weekend. The capper seems to be ...

The ruling targets a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would have removed medical debt from 15 million credit reports. Lesley Stahl reports on President Trump’s efforts to halt the work ...

The agency was created after the 2008 financial meltdown, as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. That law was passed in the wake of the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis ...

BRIAN. SINCE TAKING OFFICE BACK IN JANUARY, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN TRYING TO ELIMINATE THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, AN AGENCY THAT WAS STARTED ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO AND ITS ...

Supporters say the Trump administration's efforts to weaken federal consumer protections have intensified the push for this county-level unit.

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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered an immediate halt to the planned firings of nearly 1,500 employees at the ...