Essentially, the CFPB can — for now — get back to work. Workers are cautiously celebrating. “While we are thrilled and relieved at today’s outcome, union members are under no illusion that ...

The temporary injunction issued by Judge Berman Jackson seeks to preserve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a ...

The CFPB said it will not enforce or supervise any payday, vehicle title or high-cost installment lenders and plans to issue no fines or penalties associated with the rule. It is unclear if the bureau ...

“There would be no competition because there would be no jobs to compete for,” said Alex Doe, a CFPB employee who was allowed to testify under a pseudonym. Matthew Pfaff, chief of staff for ...

and that there’d been no change in plans even after the judge had previously ordered a pause on further firings. Updated March 18th, 2025: Added the number of reinstated workers at the CFPB as ...

All of those breakthroughs, of course, happened before Donald Trump took office and appointed his right-wing budget director, Russell Vought, to oversee the CFPB. As The New York Times reported ...

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking efforts to shut down the CFPB. The court found that Trump administration officials were actively trying to eliminate the agency.

Time seems to be running backwards at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The agency is going back in time, dismissing pending cases and even seeking to vacate cases that have ...

“Defendants shall not terminate any CFPB employee, except for cause related to the individual employee’s performance or conduct; and defendants shall not issue any notice of reduction-in-force ...

Pfaff wrote “There is simply no one at the CFPB to help” consumers right now, which is kinda the agency’s whole thing. According to Pfaff, he and multiple others within the agency have asked ...