President Trump plans to drop his nomination for Jonathan McKernan to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, leaving the agency in the hands of a […]
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New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff
Two weeks ago, a three-judge panel from the federal appeals court in Washington lifted a freeze on firing employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, […]
U.S. judge temporarily blocks mass firings at consumer bureau
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal […]
Appeals Court Scales Back Freeze on Firing Consumer Bureau Employees
A federal appeals panel on Friday halted parts of a district court judge’s injunction blocking the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection […]
Consumer Bureau Seeks to Undo Settlement and Repay Mortgage Lender
Under President Trump, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped nearly a dozen enforcement cases brought during the Biden administration, ending lawsuits against banks and […]
Bureau of Indian Affairs Missing and Murdered Unit investigating alleged military base killing
A special unit that began as a cold case task force recently helped secure a murder indictment against an active-duty airman accused of killing a […]
FBI agent who criticized the bureau under Trump is charged with disclosing confidential information
An FBI agent who criticized the bureau during President Donald Trump’s first term was arrested Monday on a charge of sharing confidential FBI documents and […]
36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations
The day before Linda Wetzel closed on her retirement home in Southport, N.C., in 2012 — a cozy place where she could open the windows […]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff told to work remotely as headquarters is shuttered
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought speaks with reporters during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., March […]
Trump's acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief halts all supervision of companies
Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be director of the Office of Management and Budget, arrives for a meeting at the office of Sen. […]