Judge extends freeze on Trump's unprecedented plan to get millions of federal workers to resign
U.S. District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. said the pause would continue until he rules on a preliminary injunction.
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Judge orders fired head of whistleblower agency reinstated while fight continues over Trump removal
A federal judge has ordered the fired head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers to be reinstated ...
Dismantling the CFPB would turn the consumer finance world into the 'wild, wild west,' its former director says
Richard Cordray, the first director of the CFPB, told BI that Elon Musk's call to dismantle the agency is a 'direct conflict of interest.' ...
Trump's White House Is Disabling the CFPB. What to Know—and What's Next
Here's what you need to know about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with its future uncertain in the second Trump administration.
What To Expect From Fed Chair Powell's Testimony To Congress This Week
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will appear before Congress this week. He will assess the Fed's battle against inflation and possibly face scrutiny about the central bank's decision-making process ...
Supreme Court could have last word on Trump's aggressive executive orders
President Donald Trump will need the Supreme Court, with three justices he appointed, to enable the most aggressive of the ...
5 Things to Know: President Donald Trump's action three weeks into his second term
Meanwhile, Trump said he plans on announcing new tariffs at least twice this week, including against China, Mexico and Canada ...
Trump White House failed to comply with court order on frozen federal spending: US judge
A U.S. judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to fully comply with a previous order lifting its broad freeze on federal spending.
CFPB’s 1,700 employees told to ‘not perform any work’ as Obama-era agency becomes latest Trump target
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 ...
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U.S. consumer watchdog chief orders staff to cease work
President Donald Trump’s newly installed chief of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told all of the agency’s ...
Little to no relief from high borrowing costs expected as Fed Chair Powell heads to the Hill
The odds of further interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve dwindled last week as unemployment fell and more officials say they want to see how new policies from the White House affect the ...