The financial watchdog agency was formed after the 2008 crisis. The Trump administration has told staffers not to take any ...

Key Takeaways The acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked employees to stop much of their work, ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to safeguard ...

Richard Cordray, the first director of the CFPB, told BI that Elon Musk's call to dismantle the agency is a 'direct conflict ...

Are you ready to fight for the little agency that fights for us?” the Massachusetts Democrat told a crowd of about 300 CFPB ...

The salvo came hours after Russell Vought, the White House budget chief appointed acting CFPB director by President Trump, ...

Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought, a longtime budget hawk, took control of the agency on Friday. He is the architect of the ...

The Trump administration directed all CFPB staff to halt work, but a former White House ethics lawyer says Trump can't act alone.

Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 with the hopes of turning it into “the everything app” that will let users zap money to each ...

WASHINGTON — The nearly 1,700 employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) were told Monday not to come to the office or do any work — as the agency became the latest target of ...

The Trump administration's rapid dismantling of the U.S. consumer protection watchdog will have broad implications for ...

You gotta light things on fire that burn the brightest and have the most distinctive smell of waste fraud and abuse,” said one White House ally.