A North Dakota bill to automatically seal certain court records cleared the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday with a "do pass" recommendation after amendments. House Bill 1166 proposes ...

Bessent, who also serves as treasury secretary, sent a mass email to CFPB staff instructing them to stop all regulatory work, stop enforcing any rules, and stop conducting investigations ...

Now he will lead the CFPB, the federal consumer watchdog, at least for a time. "I look forward to working with the CFPB to advance President Trump's agenda to lower costs for the American people ...

Bessent, a wealthy hedge fund manager, was already expected to be a business-friendly choice to lead the Treasury. Now he will lead the CFPB, the federal consumer watchdog, at least for a time. "I ...

However,” he wrote, “the association does not feel this is the appropriate method to show appreciation to those landowners and change such as this will come at the detriment of Wyoming ...

The missive appeared to herald a stark shift to come at the CFPB, which Congress formed in the wake of the 2008 banking crisis to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive or predatory financial ...

Bessent ordered the CFPB to stop all rulemaking, communications, litigation, and other activities, according to a Monday email to staff obtained by Bloomberg Law. Bessent took over the CFPB as acting ...

In an email, Bessent instructed the CFPB staff to stop working on enforcement actions and to suspend the effective dates for rules not yet in effect. That follows the ouster of Biden appointee ...

The back-to-back actions come as some Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to defund the CFPB entirely, with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, calling it “an unelected, unaccountable ...