Shuttering the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will leave service members who rely on the agency’s accountability initiatives less guarded from scams and financial crimes.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has started laying off probationary employees by distributing a form letter that doesn’t include their names. “MEMORANDUM FOR (EmployeeFirstName) (EmployeeLastName),

Nearly two dozen states and the District of Columbia are asking a federal judge to issue an injunction blocking the Trump administration from defunding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arguing they will suffer irreparable harm if the CFPB is dismantled.

Signage marking the Washington headquarters of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the consumer watchdog in the Trump administration's crosshairs, came down overnight, according to a reporter's observations and photographic evidence.

In testimony on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell faced a barrage of questions about DOGE's access to millions of Americans' sensitive data at the Treasury Department -- and the shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Former officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Elon Musk’s payment-business aspirations were driving his efforts to hobble the agency.

For many, a federal government job was a marker of stability or a way to serve the country, in some cases a “dream” job. Days after they'd been let go, employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's hadn't received the paperwork they needed to file for unemployment,

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, agreed to temporarily halt enforcement and litigation over its medical debt rule Thursday, handing the banking industry an immediate reprieve.

The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed an auto detailing business in Waterville over the weekend. Maine 2nd District Democratic Representative Jared Golden is voicing opposition to the shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

The Trump administration is working to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal watchdog that protects consumers from predatory financial practices, such as illegal credit card fees,

President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated a slate of top financial regulators, including a permanent head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency that his administration has been dismantling,