These Are the 10 DOGE Operatives Inside the Social Security Administration
The team working at the Social Security Administration appears to be among the largest DOGE units deployed to any government ...
New York AG announces bill to protect consumers from scams after Trump hobbles CFPB
With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau frozen, consumers will have to rely on their state AGs and regulators when they have complaints.
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If the CFPB Can’t Help You, Here’s How You Can Help Yourself
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, has returned more than $21 billion to customers since its founding more ...
7 ways to safeguard your money as the Trump administration weakens consumer protections
"It's sending a strong message that the CFPB is not here for consumers anymore; that under the Trump administration, the CFPB is here to give out pardons for violating the law," Erin Witte, director ...
Protect our financial watchdog!
After the 2008 bank-fueled economic crash, consumers helped establish an independent financial watchdog to protect their ...
Frumpy Mom: Beware of this phone scam. It’s a doozy.
And, if you’re like me, you may have gotten notices that your security has been breached on one or more cards, or maybe from ...
Whistleblower testifies in court that plan to abolish CFPB is still on, countering administration’s narrative
An employee tasked with implementing the firings of hundreds of staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...
Trump administration still plans to eliminate consumer finance bureau, witness says
President Donald Trump's administration still plans to fire all workers at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ...
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The data DOGE might have
Elon Musk's team within the Trump administration has sought sweeping access to databases that store personal information on ...
How consumers can protect their finances as federal safeguards crumble
As the Trump administration looks to neuter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, advocates urge borrowers to step up ...
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The government already knows a lot about you. DOGE is trying to access all of it
Agencies from Social Security to the IRS store sensitive data on millions of Americans. Here's what the government knows ...
Federal official recounts chaos inside consumer agency after Trump fired its director
A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit aimed at stopping the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial ...