States look at shoring up consumer protections as Trump hobbles federal watchdog
Illinois state Sen. Mark Walker already was working on legislation to bolster the state's protections for consumers. But now ...
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Federal judge orders top CFPB official to testify on agency dismantling
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered Adam Martinez, the agency's chief operating officer, and certain agency ...
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Current, ex-CFPB employees detail bureau takedown effort
About a dozen agency workers testify on a three-phase “wind-down mode,” ahead of a hearing that may hold the bureau’s future ...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuit against Rocket Homes
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday dropped ... A district judge has temporarily blocked the White House from firing staff or deleting agency data, pending a March 3 ...
Trump White House just keeps dropping regulatory lawsuits — the latest break goes to Kraken
Crypto companies in particular are racking up wins, with the SEC moving to drop cases against Robinhood, Coinbase, and Kraken ...
Why the Project 2025 guy is suddenly advocating for a fintech accused of deceiving customers
It’s taken just a few weeks in office, but the Trump administration’s apparent vision for economic populism is coming into ...
US Senate Panel Presses Consumer Watchdog Pick Over Agency Stoppage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's pick to oversee a consumer watchdog faced a grilling from Democrats in the U.S ...
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What’s at stake if Consumer Financial Protection Bureau goes dark
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the midst of a complete ... Separately, a resolution introduced Feb. 13 in the House Financial Services Committee seeks to roll back the ...
US consumer watchdog signs come down at Washington HQ
President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk have sought to dismantle the agency since the Republican president's return to the ...
Trump admin denies plans TO shutter CFPB, court papers say
In court filings submitted late Monday, Justice Department attorneys rejected claims from a union representing CFPB workers ...
Two-thirds of Americans support CFPB: Poll
About two-thirds of Americans support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), according to a new poll released Wednesday. Some 67 percent of Americans surveyed by the Center for ...