Musk-led cuts drive US consumer protection agency to ask for Amazon trial delay
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked a federal court in Seattle on Wednesday to delay a September trial in its case ...
Federal official recounts chaos inside consumer agency after Trump fired its director
A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit aimed at stopping the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial ...
DOGE’s efforts to dismantle consumer finance agency have slowed, official testifies
A top official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau testified in court Monday that efforts by DOGE to quickly and ...
Consumer protection workers endure chaos and confusion amid efforts to dismantle their agency
Chaos within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has come to light in a recent court filing showing emails and documents ...
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CFPB inaction harming state consumer protection efforts, Democratic AGs allege
A coalition of 23 Democratic state attorneys general is urging a federal judge in Washington, D.C. to block the Trump ...
Trump Administration moves to shut down important consumer watchdog agency
Up until a few weeks ago, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau policed some of the largest and most powerful financial ...
Trump administration still plans to eliminate consumer finance bureau, witness says
President Donald Trump's administration still plans to fire all workers at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ...
DOGE plans to wind down consumer protection agency and fire nearly all staff, employees say
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Trump-appointed leadership plans to fire nearly all its 1,700 employees while ...
With the consumer agency on pause, here’s how to protect yourself
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the independent federal agency created after the 2008 financial crisis, has been ...
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Consumer protection employees describe DOGE, White House efforts to dismantle CFPB
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Tuesday that Congress had the power to dismantle the agency, if it so chose, not ...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s financial firm oversight still blocked, email says
In an email, a top official in the CFPB's division of supervision said senior officials had confirmed that supervisory work ...
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Consumer agency drops Zelle lawsuit against big banks in latest legal pullback
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a series of lawsuits against financial companies it accused of running roughshod over the public. Now, the agency under a new interim director is ...