President Trump and other critics of the agency say it needs to be shut down. Supporters of the agency point to its record of protecting consumers.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is taking steps to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The move could ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was established to root out corporate wrongdoing after the 2008 crash. The Trump ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appears to be the latest federal agency targeted by Elon Musk and DOGE.

Concern is mounting as a federal agency dedicated to protecting consumers remains shut down. The abrupt week-long closure comes after the acting director appointed by President Donald Trump ordered ...

Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget and the acting director of CFPB, ordered the federal watchdog ...

In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.” By Ryan Mac and Stacy ...

Members of Elon Musk’s team have reportedly descended upon the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the latest target of Musk and President Donald Trump. The bureau was created after the 2008 ...

By Stacy Cowley Consumer finance reporter Employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received an email on Sunday saying the bureau’s headquarters would be closed for the coming week.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect ...