The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest U.S. government agency to have its work halted by the Trump ...

President Trump and other critics of the agency say it needs to be shut down. Supporters of the agency point to its record of protecting consumers.

The agency—an unelected regulator with a blank check—has spent much of its short life making things harder for the consumers ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the so-called cop on the beat protecting Americans from financial abuse, is now under strict orders to do nothing. “Please do not perform any work tasks ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest government agency potentially on President Donald Trump’s chopping block. Not only did Trump fire Rohit Chopra, who headed the independent ...

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was defanged over the weekend by Trump administration appointees, after Russell Vought, the agency's acting chief, ordered the staff to halt work and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was defanged over the weekend with all activities suspended, its upcoming funding facing a cut and its headquarters temporarily closed, removing a layer ...

Languages: English. The Trump administration has ordered a shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), directing the agency to halt investigations, suspend rule implementations ...

"I am ringing the alarm bell." By Steve Benen The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau probably isn’t the most well-known federal agency, but it’s one of the best examples of progressive ...