WASHINGTON — The nearly 1,700 employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) were told Monday not to come to the office or do any work — as the agency became the latest target of ...

Demonstrators gathered in a courtyard outside the CFPB's headquarters near the White House, chanting slogans like "Let us work," and "Who are we? CFPB! What do we do? Work for you!" The consumer ...

Russell Vought, the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is halting the flow of new funding to the agency and shutting down its headquarters, the latest threat to the CFPB’s ...

"CFPB RIP," Musk wrote on X on Friday. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency designed to prevent another financial crisis and protect people from scams, has halted most of its ...

In a separate email sent Sunday morning, also viewed by The Post, Adam Martinez, the CFPB’s chief operating officer, informed staff that the agency’s Washington headquarters would be closed ...

The CFPB is an independent government agency established by Congress in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to protect consumers from corporate fraud and scams. President Trump named Russell ...

Musk’s team on Friday entered the headquarters of the CFPB, an agency that the billionaire Donald Trump adviser has personally targeted, according to three people familiar with their actions.

The public broadside arrived hours after Russell Vought — the White House budget chief tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as acting CFPB director — halted more of the bureau’s ...

Some believe the CFPB has acted too aggressively or that its functions could be better filled in another way. Acting director Russell Vought recently instructed staff to suspend most operations.

“Congress built the CFPB, and no one other than Congress, not the president, not Musk, not Vought can shut it down,” Warren said in a video posted to X. Warren and other congressional ...

On Sunday, employees at the CFPB received a two-sentence email from Adam Martinez, the agency's chief operating officer, telling DC employees to work remotely. "The DC Headquarters Building will ...

Three DOGE team membersChristopher Young, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gavin Kligerarrived at the CFPB’s Washington office, the CFPB employees union NTEU 335 said in a Friday statement. The move comes mon ...