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FILE - A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

White House scales back plan to dismantle the CFPB but still wants to slash staff by two-thirds

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at a women's history month event in the East Room at the White House, Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump loosens restrictions on community banks to give more people access to home mortgages

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump can’t starve consumer bureau of funds, court rules

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought speaks to reporters at the White House, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Judge blocks White House’s attempt to defund the CFPB, ensuring employees get paid

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

Death of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

CFPB, R.I.P.

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Consumer watchdog CFPB to run out of money early next year after DOJ rules funding illegal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Employees at the nation’s consumer financial watchdog say it’s become toothless under Trump

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Senate Republicans move to slash CFPB funding by half, risking hundreds of job cuts

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

A security officer works inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Judge pauses Trump administration’s plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

The building for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters building is empty of CFPB signage as seen Friday, March 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump forced to bring back fired feds on telework

By Stephen Dinan and Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Death of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Haley Kennington

A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

‘Charade’: Federal judge spanks Trump over attempt to wind down consumer watchdog

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Judge won’t block Trump’s machinations at Wall Street cop CFPB

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Death of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Good riddance to the CFPB

By Phil Kerpen

Consumer watchdog agency called ‘vicious’ by Trump seen as a ‘hero’ to many it aided

By Matt Sedensky - Associated Press

People attend a protest in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at the CFPB headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

What does having the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on hold mean for consumers?

By Cora Lewis - Associated Press

A sign stands at the construction site for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's headquarters in Washington, Aug. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Secrecy preceded the shutdown of the consumer protection agency’s Washington headquarters

By Chris Megerian - Associated Press

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, attends a Senate Budget Committee hearing on his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Budget Director Russ Vought suspends operations at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, appears before the Senate Budget Committee during a hearing to examine his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump official orders consumer protection agency to stop work

By Christopher Rugaber - Associated Press

Committee Chairman Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., speaks during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX said in a tweet Friday, Dec. 9, that he is willing to testify to Congress next week, but that he will be limited in what he can say and that he “won't be as helpful” as he’d like to be. The tweet came in response to a tweet from Waters, who on Monday requested that Bankman-Fried attend next week’s hearings over the collapse of FTX. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

House Democrats demand end to ‘illegal’ work stoppage at CFPB

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times