White House Nominates Consumer Bureau Director Amid Efforts to Shut Agency

The nomination was a tactical move that will extend Russell T. Vought’s time as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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As Consumer Bureau’s Cash Dwindles, Trump Administration Declares Its Funding Illegal

The Justice Department embraced a novel conservative legal theory that it said blocked the Federal Reserve from funding the agency.

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Appeals Court Paves Way for Mass Layoffs at C.F.P.B.

In a 2-to-1 ruling, a federal appeals court said a lower court could not block the Trump administration’s plans to reduce the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s staff by nearly 90 percent.

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Trump Questions Discrimination Claims, Even One His First Administration Brought

The case against a Chicago mortgage lender has become a Rorschach test for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, epitomizing how the left and the right feel about the agency.

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Legal Watchdog Files Bar Complaints Against Justice Dept. Lawyers

The move represented a rare attempt to seek accountability for rank-and-file lawyers who have represented the Trump administration in court.

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Judge Scraps Rule Eliminating Medical Debt on Credit Reports

The Trump administration joined with trade groups to ask a court to overturn a Biden-era rule that aimed to limit the impact of unpaid medical bills on consumers’ credit history.

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CFPB Official Quits With Fiery Email

The Trump administration has frozen the agency’s work and abandoned most of its lawsuits against banks and lenders.

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Justice Dept.’s Inspector General to Move to the Federal Reserve

Michael E. Horowitz, one of the few major watchdogs spared from a purge by President Trump, will also hunt for abuses at the Consumer Financial Protection Board — a Trump target.

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What ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Defaults Say About the Consumer

An increase in deferred pay-later loans has raised alarms, as the Trump administration seeks to gut the agency tasked with policing the sector.

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Supreme Court Lets Trump, for Now, Remove Agency Leaders

An appeals court previously ruled that a key 1935 precedent, long in the cross hairs of the conservative legal movement, meant the officials could keep their jobs.

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