Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to …
Feb 9, 2025 · 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 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal.
Americans brace to feel impact of Trump actions halting CFPB's …
Feb 15, 2025 · The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the crosshairs of a White House that has halted its work, closed its headquarters and fired scores of its workers. But to many who have turned to the agency, it has been an effective problem-solver that fought abusive businesses when no one else would.
White House declines funding for CFPB, suggesting agency nears …
Feb 9, 2025 · WASHINGTON – A top White House official announced Saturday he would decline additional funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the agency’s website went dark, possibly...
White House Orders Consumer Protection Agency Shutdown
Feb 9, 2025 · The Trump administration has ordered a shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , directing the agency to halt investigations, suspend rule implementations and cease supervision...
Secrecy preceded the shutdown of the consumer protection …
Feb 10, 2025 · “This attack on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is illegal, unconstitutional, and a blatant power grab by billionaires who want to rig the system even further in their favor.” Associated Press writers Cora Lewis and …
Trump administration and Musk's DOGE plan to fire nearly all …
3 days ago · The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Trump-appointed leadership plans to fire nearly all its 1,700 employees while “winding down” the agency, ... White House, or Federal Reserve with ...
Trump fires head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Feb 1, 2025 · President Donald Trump has fired Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Chopra received an email from the White House on Saturday morning informing him of the...
Russ Vought orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to …
Feb 9, 2025 · The Trump administration late Saturday ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent government agency designed to protect consumers from corporate fraud and scams, to...
Trump fires Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection ...
Feb 1, 2025 · The White House on Saturday fired the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra — one of the final regulators held over from the Biden administration. Why it matters: Trump is the first president to fire a leader of the CFPB.
Judge Orders Freeze on Firing Consumer Bureau’s Staff and …
Feb 14, 2025 · Days after Trump administration officials fired almost 200 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and ordered the rest to stop their work, a federal judge on Friday ordered a ...