U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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

A federal judge has ruled that the White House cannot stop funding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

21 Democratic-led states sue White House over consumer protection bureau funding

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought listens to members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump nominates new CFPB director, but White House says agency is still closing

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

Consumer watchdog ends investigation into buy now, pay later company linked to Donald Trump Jr.

Options to use the Zelle payments network are seen on a mobile banking app in New York, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

NY attorney general sues Zelle’s parent company after Trump administration drops similar case

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Congressional members and consumer protection agency workers vow to fight shutdown of agency

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Medical bills are seen in Temple Hills, Md., on June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Federal judge reverses rule that would have removed medical debt from credit reports

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought walks at the White House, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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

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

Workers at the CFPB watch hopelessly as the GOP undoes the work they did to help consumers

The exterior of a Navy Federal Credit Union is seen on Aug. 7, 2012, in Winchester, Va. (Scott Mason/The Winchester Star via AP, File)

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dismisses $95M overdraft case vs. Navy Federal Credit Union

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 consumer bureau funding by half, risking hundreds of job cuts

The Capitol is seen in Washington, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate parliamentarian deals blow to GOP plan to gut consumer bureau in tax bill

Several VISA and MASTER credit cards are shown in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

How to avoid credit card late fees after a court threw out a proposed cap

A security officer works inside of 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

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

Nearly 90% of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cut as Trump’s government downsizing continues

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

Texas judge throws out rule that would have capped credit card late fees

The U.S. Capitol is seen, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

House votes to overturn Biden-era rule limiting bank overdraft fees to $5, sends to Trump to sign

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)

Federal judge blocks Trump from dismantling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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

Federal official recounts chaos inside consumer agency after Trump fired its director

A Rocket Companies sign is displayed on the exterior of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

The CFPB drops its enforcement lawsuits against Capital One, Rocket Homes and more

Darren Cobb poses for a photo at his home Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

What happens when the biggest consumer watchdog is silenced? Americans are bracing for the answer

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?

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks to the Senate Banking Committee, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Fed chair says bank accounts ‘safe’ despite Trump’s teardown of consumer protection agency

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

Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Director, Office of Management and Budget, is sworn-in during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building

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

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)

The head of a federal agency for consumers has packed up his office. But will Trump fire him?

A man walks across the street from a Capital One location in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Capital One sued by US watchdog alleging bank cheated customers out of $2 billion

Medical bills are seen in Temple Hills, Md., on June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

How removing unpaid medical bills from credit reports could help consumers

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses the media after overseeing the counting of the electoral ballots to certifying the 2024 presidential election in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Biden administration bans unpaid medical bills from appearing on credit reports

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)

Consumer watchdog says Berkshire Hathaway unit ignored red flags in manufactured home loans

Options to use the Zelle payments network are seen on a Chase mobile banking app in New York on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, BofA facing federal lawsuit over Zelle payment network fraud

A customer makes a transaction at a bank of automatic teller machines in the Queens borough of New York on March 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Bank groups sue the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

A customer makes a transaction at a bank of automatic teller machines in the Queens borough of New York on March 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees

FILE - The Venmo app is displayed on an iPad on March 20, 2018, in Baltimore. Customers of Venmo, PayPal and CashApp should not store their money for the long term with these apps because their funds might not be safe during a financial crisis, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned on Thursday, June 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Why you shouldn’t store your money in payment apps

FILE - The headquarters of student loan debt collector Navient Corporation is seen in Wilmington, Del., April 2, 2014. (William Bretzger/The Wilmington News-Journal via AP, File)

US consumer watchdog moves to permanently ban Navient from federal student loan servicing

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