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FILE - Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., speaks during a field hearing by House Oversight Committee Democrats focused on the Epstein Investigation, May 12, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Democratic congressman asks the CFPB to investigate ‘rent now, pay later’ companies

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

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)

Trump names former CFPB official Brian Johnson to be agency’s next permanent director

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he testifies before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Senate Republicans block Democrats’ effort to reverse several Trump-era CFPB changes

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

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

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

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

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