White House denies plans to shutter consumer protection bureau, court papers say
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Trump admin denies plans to shutter CFPB, court papers say
‘There will continue to be a CFPB’: Trump administration says it won't shut bureau
The bureau — long a big target of Republicans — is at the center of the Trump administration’s effort to slash the federal bureaucracy.
U.S. District Judge John Bates said the attorneys for the plaintiffs will be allowed to question an official from the DOGE’s White House headquarters, and one from the Labor Department, HHS, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a longtime target of the Republican Party that has undergone a significant shakeup in recent weeks, will continue operating, the Trump administration says. After Trump replaced its director with Russell Vought — director of the White House budget office and an author of Project 2025 — work at the CFPB was frozen.
Republicans have had the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in their sights since its 2011 inception. With President Donald Trump back in the White House, they appear to be moving toward their goal of dismantling the federal watchdog,
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the crosshairs of a White House that has halted its work, closed its headquarters and fired dozens of its workers.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the crosshairs of the White House. But to many people, it has fought abusive businesses when no one else would.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the crosshairs of a White House that has halted its work, closed its headquarters and fired dozens of its workers.
All I ask is that [the White House] follow f****** federal employment laws,” said one Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the crosshairs of a White House that has halted its work, closed its headquarters and fired dozens of its workers.
All I ask is that [the White House] follow f****** federal employment laws,” said one Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee.
However, the White House secured a recent win when a judge lifted a pause on a program incentivizing federal resignations. Get the latest headlines delivered to your inbox each morning. Sign up for our Morning Edition to start your day.
The fired head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said he sees the attack against the agency as "suspicious."
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