The Trump administration is seeking to fire roughly 90% of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's staff and is fighting for that right in court. But if the administration prevails, can other ...

The CFPB has long survived existential threats, including a few court cases that challenged its constitutionality. However, the Trump administration's cuts are its biggest test yet, and it’s becoming ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped 18 enforcement lawsuits against firms accused of abusive or deceptive ...

June 10, 2025 : An earlier version of this article misspelled the surname of the former acting head of enforcement for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She is Cara Petersen, not Peterson.

But the CFPB under acting Director Russell Vought conducted its own probe into the Townstone investigation and determined the agency improperly targeted the lender and its president, Barry Sturner, ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday it has terminated its overdraft fee-related consent order against Navy ...

In addition to seeking to cut the CFPB’s workforce by about 90 percent, acting Director Russell Vought and chief legal officer Mark Paoletta have said they will slash agency enforcement and ...

CFPB acting enforcement director Cara Petersen has resigned, criticizing the Trump administration for making it increasingly difficult to perform the agency’s tasks, Reuters reports.

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

But following Trump’s firing of former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra and the assumption of the acting director’s role by Russell Vought — the head of the White House Office of Management and ...

The letter confirms that key oversight arms of the U.S. government are now examining the whirlwind of activity at the bureau after Trump's acting CFPB head Russell Vought took over in February.