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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

Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be secretary of the Treasury, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Trump names Scott Bessent acting head of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, speaks from the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, speaks as President Joe Biden meets with his Competition Council to announce new actions to lower costs for families in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, on March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Tech firms sue consumer regulator over payment app oversight rule

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

FILE - Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during a game of bridge after the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., May 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

CFPB says unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway ignored red flags in manufactured home loans

By Josh Funk - Associated Press