The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created to protect consumers from deceptive financial practices. Wisconsin ...

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Privacy concerns are building over who has access to federal government data, as the DOGE team requests access to more ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's decision to no longer pursue its enforcement action against the credit reporting ...

Then in February, a U.S. district court judge here in Texas issued a 90-day hold on the rule, which means credit bureaus now have until June 15 to remove medical debt from credit reports. And there is ...

As the Trump administration guts government agencies like the IRS, experts warn your personal data could be at risk. But you ...

Advocates fear consumers could be left to fend for themselves in a complicated financial marketplace if the CFPB is ...

Stalled lawsuits. Halted supervision and oversight. Suspended workforce. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the ...

The ConsumerMan, Herb Weisbaum, joins Jon Hansen on Your Money Matters. The two chat about Elon Musk’s DOGE targeting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. They also discuss the CFPB’s job and ...

But much of the ire is aimed at Russ Vought, the Office of Management and Budget director and the acting CFPB director. Predictably, a federal employees union quickly sued to stop the Trump ...