Consumer watchdog agency called ‘vicious’ by Trump seen as a ‘hero’ to many it aided
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the crosshairs of a White House that has halted its work, closed its ...
People Say Their Student Loans Are Being Canceled Because Elon Musk's DOGE Violated Their Privacy Rights. Here's What's Really Going On.
It seems like suddenly everyone is an "expert" on FERPA, an obscure privacy law that most of us had never heard of a week ago ...
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Judge agrees to immediately halt further CFPB firings
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson agreed late Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration from firing more CPFB ...
New CFPB leadership agrees to hold off on mass firings while lawsuit proceeds
Lawyers representing the acting director of the CFPB reached an agreement during a court conference Friday to temporarily ...
Judge Halts CFPB Action After Alleged Plans to Delete Database
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to delay the deletion of data after the agency’s ...
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HUD launches DOGE task force amid mass layoffs
The president of the union for department employees claims 50% of HUD's workforce will be cut, and government contracts were ...
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What direction will McKernan take leading the CFPB?
The Trump administration's nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Jonathan McKernan, is seen as an ...
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Baltimore sues Trump officials to halt dismantling of CFPB
The mayor and city council of Baltimore, along with a Maryland-based economic justice group, are suing the bureau and its ...
CFPB Fellows Terminated as Union Warns of 'Mass Layoff' Soon (1)
Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief Russell Vought is planning a “mass layoff” at the consumer watchdog that ...
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Musk’s DOGE targets conservative foes, not major budget items
WASHINGTON >> The first phase of the rapid-fire effort by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump to cut waste from government agencies appears driven more by an ideological assault on federal ...
DOGE's Access to Health, Financial Records Draws Union Challenge
Elon Musk‘s US government efficiency initiative is unlawfully gaining access to Americans’ health and financial data, ...