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

The CFPB was formed as a response to the 2008 financial crisis and the ensuing Great Recession. To President Donald Trump, it ...

Some examples of those enforcement actions include: Keeping credit bureaus in check. The CFPB protects consumers from negligence that could harm their credit scores. For example, in January 2025 ...

Now, Musk is at the forefront of the effort to gut the primary federal financial regulator overseeing the payments business: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “RIP CFPB,” Musk posted on X last ...

“RIP CFPB,” Musk posted on X last week, with a tombstone emoji. Hours later, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is led by Musk, deleted the CFPB’s X account and was ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the crosshairs of a White House that has halted its work, closed its ...

But much of the ire is aimed at Russ Vought, the Office of Management and Budget director and the acting CFPB director. Predictably, a federal employees union quickly sued to stop the Trump ...

A union representing employees across dozens of federal agencies filed two lawsuits on Sunday against the acting director of ...

DC employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received an email from the agency on Sunday telling them to work ...