What does having the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on hold mean for consumers?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest U.S. government agency to have its work halted by the Trump administration
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 it set out to protect.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered to stop work: What to know about the agency
Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget and the acting director of CFPB, ordered the federal watchdog to stop work.
Trump has subdued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. So what does this agency do?
President Trump and other critics of the agency say it needs to be shut down. Supporters of the agency point to its record of protecting consumers.
Trump Is Right: Rogue Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Must Go
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hurts consumers by overregulating lenders. The Trump administration should shut it down.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Adds Error Message To Home Page
The Trump administration has ordered the agency, created by Congress and funded by the Federal Reserve, to halt most activity and close its headquarters.
Judge temporarily blocks mass terminations at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
A judge said in a ruling Friday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could not terminate employees without cause, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the agency.
Judge blocks mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from firing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) employees without cause, halting efforts to dismantle the agency. The ruling also prevents the deletion of CFPB data and restrictions on its funding.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau layoffs blocked, hearing set
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Judge temporarily halts mass firings at CFPB, preserves agency data
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