The Internet Is Probably Telling You That Filing A Specific Privacy Complaint Can Wipe Out Your Student Loans. Here's What You Need To Know
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 ...
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Federal judge skeptical DOGE has authority to embed agents throughout federal government
President Donald Trump created the so-called Department of Government Efficiency via executive order as a temporary government organization, leaving unclear the bounds of its powers as a ...
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Federal judge blocks CFPB from laying off more employees
The ruling from a federal court in Washington, D.C., is a reprieve for CFPB staff who had been bracing for mass layoffs as ...
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 ...
Federal workers express shock, anger over mass layoffs: "You are not fit for continued employment"
The Trump administration is firing thousands of federal workers on probationary status, or those without civil service protections.
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 ...
Elon Musk's DOGE has worked quickly to cut federal agencies. Here's a list of what's been targeted so far.
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has targeted federal agencies like USAID, CFPB, and NOAA to reduce government ...
Federal judge delays Labor Department's request to block DOGE access
A federal judge has indefinitely delayed a ruling on whether the Labor Department's request to block billionaire Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing internal system data.
Judge extends temporary block against Elon Musk's access to Treasury Department records
The New York case that blocked Elon Musk's access to Treasury records is one of three cases against the Department of ...
Live Updates: Trump Purge of Federal Work Force Gathers Steam
The consumer bureau has been in a state of crisis since last Friday, when President Trump appointed Russell Vought, the ...
Trump officials plan to fire 95% of CFPB staff, cancel its lease, union lawsuit says
The Trump administration is planning to hollow out the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by firing 95% of its staff while canceling the lease on its Washington, D.C., headquarters, according ...