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 ...

Russell Vought, testifying in front of the House Financial Services Committee for the first time in his tenure atop the ...

A federal appeals court will allow the Trump administration to further shrink the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but not dismantle it entirely. The Friday evening order from the US DC Circuit ...

The Trump administration has agreed to pause layoffs and funding cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, the federal agency responsible for cracking down on “junk” fees and ...

When the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made an appearance in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint, the conservative group’s plan was simple: Abolish it entirely. Subscribe to read ...

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 ...

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More than a year after Lehman Brothers' collapse set off a financial panic, Senate negotiators appear close to resolving a narrow dispute that was holding up broad legislation to set new rules for ...

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 after the 2008 ...

WASHINGTON – Over the weekend, some staff members at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau saw a sign of trouble to come. Windows in two basement conference rooms were covered with brown paper and ...