Trump administration’s changes to the CFPB cost Americans $19B, a new report says
The Trump administration has significantly reduced the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's activities over the past year.
American Banker
With CFPB nominee lapse, Vought continues as acting director
The Senate has paved the way for Russell Vought to remain acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by allowing the nomination of a permanent director to lapse. Under Senate rules, ...
The American Prospect
Judge Warns Vought of Contempt Order if He Back-Door Shuts Down CFPB
Vought has claimed that the Federal Reserve has no "combined earnings" this year, therefore it cannot give CFPB money. Judge Amy Berman Jackson shot that down. In an order issued today, a federal ...
NationofChange
Consumer watchdog on life support as CFPB rollback leaves $19 billion hole for families
The Trump administration’s effort to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cost U.S. consumers an estimated $19 billion in just one year, according to a report released Monday as ...
Judge orders halt to mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered an immediate halt to the planned firings of nearly 1,500 employees at the ...