The Trump administration has ordered work stoppages and layoffs and has tried cutting off funding to effectively dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Fifteen years ago last month, following the financial crisis, the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law. One of the most significant changes ushered in under Dodd-Frank was the creation of a new federal ...

President Trump nominated Stuart Levenbach as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday, using a legal maneuver to keep his budget director, Russell Vought, as acting ...

Judge rules in favor of laid-off employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Attorneys general from 21 states file suit to force Trump White House to restore funding The agency has ...

Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, ...

Critics argue Trump wants to end the agency, not just streamline it. A federal judge wants to hear directly from one of the top officials at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau to learn if the ...

Housing Rebel by Selling Later's new Transparent Agent Certification highlights agents who avoid referral fees and dual ...

(WJFW)—The goal of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is to protect regular people, whether its ...