Reuters6d
Consumer protection agency neutralized by Trump's new chief
Musk, whose platform X is seeking to enter the consumer financial marketplace, has vowed to destroy the CFPB. Union officials ... of millions of dollars of life-saving medical supplies are ...
The 5 Worst Things About the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The agency—an unelected regulator with a blank check—has spent much of its short life making things harder for the consumers ...
The Washington Post5d
What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and why is it a Trump target?
The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to temporarily close its office and suspend many of its services, according to emails viewed by The Washington Post ...
The Washington Post6d
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to shutter for a week
The Trump administration is closing the offices of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for the coming week, according to an email viewed by The Washington Post, casting further doubt on the ...
Inc6d
CFPB Workers Protest New Leadership
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo: Getty Images About 100 workers at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau protested outside the agency’s ...
USA Today5d
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered to stop work: What to know about the agency
The acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ordered staffers at the agency to stop all work after it saw multiple changes throughout the week. "Effective immediately ...
Yahoo Finance4d
Dismantling the CFPB would turn the consumer finance world into the 'wild, wild west,' its former director says
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's HQ was shut down on Sunday. Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency, wants to eliminate the agency. The first director of CFPB told BI ...
Forbes5d
CFPB’s Funding Gets Cut Off After Russell Vought Takes Over Consumer Protection Agency
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will not receive its next scheduled tranche of federal funding, new acting director Russell Vought said Saturday night—after reportedly telling agency ...
CBS News6d
DOGE gets access into Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as OMB's Russell Vought takes over as acting head of federal consumer watchdog agency
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has gained access to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has started a thorough review of the independent government agency ...
USA Today5d
Turning off 'spigot': White House declines more funding for Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
WASHINGTON – A top White House official announced Saturday he would decline additional funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the agency’s website went dark, possibly ...
NPR6d
New CFPB chief closes headquarters, tells all staff they must not do 'any work tasks'
Staff and contractors at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have been told they cannot "perform any work tasks," according to an internal email obtained by NPR on Monday. The new directive ...
CBS News4d
Federal employees union files lawsuits over CFPB shutdown and DOGE access
Washington — A union representing employees across dozens of federal agencies filed two lawsuits on Sunday against the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, with one ...