What CFPB Shutdown Means for Junk Fees
The halt of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's activities leaves CFPB rules targeting junk fees in a state of uncertainty.
CFPB shutdown raises questions for consumer oversight
A stop-work order from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's newly appointed acting director Russell Vought has created uncertainty about the future of consumer-oriented enforcement activity.
Trump wants to shut the CFPB. So what does this consumer 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.
White House Orders Consumer Protection Agency Shutdown
The Trump administration orders a shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, halting inquiries and new rules.
Powell: CFPB shutdown creates consumer oversight gaps
In his semiannual testimony before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the effective shuttering of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau leaves no federal regulator in charge of policing large banks for consumer protection law compliance.
CFPB Shutdown: What it means for consumers
President Donald Trump’s administration has shuttered the headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and ordered the watchdog agency to stop nearly all of its work. Watch this rep
What's at stake in DOGE's CFPB shutdown
The DOGE effort to effectively shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gets conservatives as close they've ever been to achieving a long-held goal — and consumer advocates are horrified. Why it matters: The CFPB is a financial watchdog,
Federal employees union files lawsuits over CFPB shutdown and DOGE access
A union representing employees across dozens of federal agencies filed two lawsuits on Sunday against the acting director of ...
Democrats vow to fight shutdown of consumer watchdog agency
A group of 191 House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to Russell Vought, the newly installed director of the Office of ...
The CFPB tells its workers to 'not perform any work tasks' this week while it shuts down its DC headquarters
CFPB employees must "get approval in writing" to do any work this week, acting director Russell Vought wrote in an email.
The CFPB’s Headquarters Shutdown Came Swiftly, Under a Veil of Secrecy
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, used a take-no-prisoners approach in shuttering the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The CFPB Work Freeze Is Putting Big Tech Regulations ‘On Ice’
The cease-work order at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won’t just affect lawsuits and enforcement actions. It will ...
Dismantling the CFPB would turn the consumer finance world into the 'wild, wild west,' its former director says
Richard Cordray, the first director of the CFPB, told BI that Elon Musk's call to dismantle the agency is a 'direct conflict ...
CFPB, saving Illinois consumers from corporate wrongdoing, goes dark in Trump attack on federal agencies
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been kneecapped in the latest attack on a government institution by the Trump ...
The CFPB is Elizabeth Warren’s creation. Now she’s trying to fight off its biggest threat yet.
Are you ready to fight for the little agency that fights for us?” the Massachusetts Democrat told a crowd of about 300 CFPB ...
DOGE plans to kill the CFPB; Did U.S.A.I.D fund bio weapons?
Today on Rising Robby explains why he is in favor of DOGE's plan to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The ...