A federal appeals court granted the Trump administration an emergency stay blocking Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from returning to work. The lower court had called President Donald Trump’s decision to fire her “unlawful,

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. President Trump had planned to slash nearly 90% of the workforce at the bureau, which works to safeguard against fraud, abuse, and deceptive practices, claiming the agency has overstepped its authority.

With the agency shuttered, “Congress can put consumer protection laws back where it belongs – with real regulators – not Elizabeth Warren’s unchecked, unaccountable CFPB,” wrote Rep ...

On Dec. 11, 2009, a few weeks after the initial broadcast of The Card Game, the House passed the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which included a new consumer regulatory agency.

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

Elizabeth Warren, the visionary behind the idea of a consumer financial protection agency, says that it “could make a real contribution, a real difference in the lives of millions of families ...