The job cuts are being imposed unilaterally, without the approval of Congress to shrink or overhaul federal agencies.

President Trump's nomination of Jonathan McKernan as CFPB director signals a potential shift in the agency's regulatory ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest U.S. government agency to have its work halted by the Trump administration ...

President Trump nominated Jonathan McKernan to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). If ...

The CFP also prosecutes companies that it says fail to protect consumers. In December, it filed a lawsuit against the ...

President Donald Trump’s nomination of Jonathan McKernan to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau brought some relief ...

The CFPB emerged in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis with the mission of "enforcing federal consumer financial laws and ...

President Trump and other critics of the agency say it needs to be shut down. Supporters of the agency point to its record of protecting consumers.

WASHINGTON — The nearly 1,700 employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) were told Monday not to come to the office or do any work — as the agency became the latest target of ...

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought issued a series of directives to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees Saturday night in his new capacity as the bureau's acting ...

"I am ringing the alarm bell." By Steve Benen The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau probably isn’t the most well-known federal agency, but it’s one of the best examples of progressive ...

Washington — A union representing employees across dozens of federal agencies filed two lawsuits on Sunday against the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, with one ...