NEW YORK (AP) — Senate Republicans have moved to cut the funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by roughly half, ...

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to shutter for a week The closure of the independent watchdog follows a visit Friday by members of Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service team.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was established to root out corporate wrongdoing after the 2008 crash. The Trump administration has moved to weaken it.

President Donald Trump's rapid pullback of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cost Americans at least $18 billion in higher fees and lost compensation for consumers allegedly cheated by ...

As a watchdog agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, is tasked with protecting consumers from financial fraud and shady lending practices.

Employees received an email Monday morning from the president's budget chief telling them to stop all work.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a federal agency that works to uphold financial laws as they relate to banks, lenders and companies. Created in the wake of the 2008 stock market crash ...

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered an immediate halt to the planned firings of nearly 1,500 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been reduced to a skeleton crew of about 200 employees.

Nearly 90 percent of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cut as as Trump’s government downsizing continues By CHRIS MEGERIAN The Associated Press, Updated April 17, 2025, 5:57 p.m.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Has Helped Millions of Americans Since 2011, the CFPB has defended Americans’ economic security, handling complaints to ensure customers are treated ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was established to root out corporate wrongdoing after the 2008 crash. The Trump administration has moved to weaken it.