Judge orders a freeze on firing consumer bureau’s staff and deleting its data.
Agency workers, including some who were listening to the hearing remotely, expressed immediate joy and relief.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to shutter for a week
The Trump administration is closing the offices of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for the coming week, according to an email viewed by The Washington Post, casting further doubt on the ...
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Trump official orders consumer protection agency to stop work
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 ...
US consumer bureau upheaval leaves consumers adrift, experts say
The Trump administration's rapid dismantling of the U.S. consumer protection watchdog will have broad implications for ...
Federal workers' union files lawsuits to stop Vought, DOGE activity at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
A federal workers union filed lawsuits against activity by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting Director Russell ...
Russell Vought, CFPB's new acting head, issues directives to halt portions of bureau activity
Trump’s DOGE, an advisory body led by Musk, has zeroed in on some agencies as part of its efforts to slash the size of ...
New CFPB leadership agrees to hold off on mass firings while lawsuit proceeds
Lawyers representing the acting director of the CFPB reached an agreement during a court conference Friday to temporarily hold off on firing CFPB employees en masse.
Judge temporarily halts mass firings at CFPB, preserves agency data
A federal judge Friday temporarily stopped the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from continuing mass firings of employees, throwing up an initial roadblock to President Donald Trump’s fast-moving ...