The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a consumer watchdog agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Elon ...

President Donald Trump on Monday designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with additional duties as acting director of the ...

The departure of the CFPB director comes as congressional Republicans look at changes to the agency and Democrats defend it.

Staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed by email to cease much of their work. Bessent, a wealthy ...

President Donald Trump has tasked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with serving as the acting director of the Consumer ...

President Donald Trump has made Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection ...

The bureau is operating illegally, and lawsuits will close it down eventually. Trump can act now.

President Donald Trump designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the bureau’s acting chief, according to a statement ...

In a familiar move, President Donald Trump has designated the current head of another executive agency, this time newly sworn ...

On January 30, 2025, the CFPB issued an order against a remittance company for misleading consumers about fees and failing to provide ...

Donald Trump’s treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, will temporarily head the government agency Elon Musk personally called to ...