What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and why is it a Trump target?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was established to root out corporate wrongdoing after the 2008 crash. The Trump administration has moved to weaken it.
Trump Official Orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Stop Work
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal.
Project 2025 co-author shuts down operations at consumer protection agency
If you have a bank account, or a credit card, or a mortgage, or a student loan, this is a code red," Elizabeth Warren said. "I am ringing the alarm bell."
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to shutter for a week
The closure of the CFPB, established after the 2008 financial crisis, follows a visit Friday by members of Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service team.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to shut down for a week: Reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will be shut down for a week, according to multiple reports. The CFPB’s Chief Operating Officer Adam Martinez said in a Sunday email that there
White House orders consumer protection agency to stop work
White House orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to halt nearly all work, effectively shutting down the agency protecting consumers since the 2008 financial crisis.
Russ Vought orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop work
The development came after Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, gained access to the CFPB and began a thorough review.
Trump fires head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, posted a letter Saturday on X to President Donald Trump that he would no longer serve in the role.
Trump pauses work at US consumer protection agency
US President Donald Trump's administration has informed staff at the country's consumer protection agency that it is temporarily shuttering its
Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover.
Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building
The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down the agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 fin
Secrecy preceded the shutdown of the consumer protection agency's Washington headquarters
President Donald Trump’s budget chief has sent an email to consumer protection agency employees telling them to stop working ...
Mass. Sen. Warren hits Trump decision to stop work at consumer watchdog bureau she proposed
The move on the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gives "banks and giant corporations the green light to scam ...
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Elizabeth Warren urges White House to ‘unfreeze’ CFPB
Sen. Warren is urging the acting CFPB director to "unfreeze" the agency, appealing to potentially common ground with ...
US consumer finance watchdog workers protest Musk's DOGE
By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Workers at the U.S. Consumer Finance Protection Bureau protested against Elon ...