Nominating McKernan to lead the CFPB suggests that, despite the "delete" rhetoric, the consumer watchdog isn't on its way to the kill shelter.

"CFPB RIP," Musk wrote on X on Friday. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency designed to prevent another financial crisis and protect people from scams, has halted most of its ...

Three DOGE team membersChristopher Young, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gavin Kligerarrived at the CFPB’s Washington office, the CFPB employees union NTEU 335 said in a Friday statement. The move comes months ...

The Trump administration is planning to hollow out the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by firing 95% of its staff while canceling the lease on its Washington, D.C., headquarters, according ...

Three DOGE team membersChristopher Young, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gavin Kligerarrived at the CFPB’s Washington office, the CFPB employees union NTEU 335 said in a Friday statement. The move comes mon ...

Russell Vought, the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is halting the flow of new funding to the agency and shutting down its headquarters, the latest threat to the CFPB’s ...

WASHINGTON — The nearly 1,700 employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) were told Monday not to come to the office or do any work — as the agency became the latest target of ...

On Sunday, employees at the CFPB received a two-sentence email from Adam Martinez, the agency's chief operating officer, telling DC employees to work remotely. "The DC Headquarters Building will ...

Feb. 9The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents CFPB employees, sued Vought, asking a judge to stop him from halting the bureau’s work and alleging he granted staffers from Musk ...

The CFPB is an independent government agency established by Congress in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to protect consumers from corporate fraud and scams. President Trump named Russell ...

Musk’s team on Friday entered the headquarters of the CFPB, an agency that the billionaire Donald Trump adviser has personally targeted, according to three people familiar with their actions.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo: Getty Images About 100 workers at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau protested outside the agency’s ...