U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington ruled that the unions can question four officials - one from DOGE itself and one each from the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services and from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Yet Congress has done nothing to stop the closure of USAID and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Department of Education looks to be next on Elon Musk’s target list. Congress created the role of inspectors-general whose job it is to blow the whistle on waste,
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has all but ceased enforcement since the Trump administration ordered employees to stop working earlier in February.
Attorney Domenic Powell, who worked for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, wrote an essay about how to court-proof administrative branch decisions.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau abruptly dropped cases on Thursday against multiple companies that had previously been accused of hurting consumers. Court filings indicate that the consumer watchdog has decided to dismiss lawsuits previously filed against Capital One,
This bill falls in line with efforts at the federal level to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
It is unclear what legal basis Musk has to fire federal workers and what would happen to employees that cannot detail confidential work, or those, like at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, who have been told not to work.
Jonathan McKernan, President Trump’s pick to lead the embattled Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is set to testify Thursday morning before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing
The moves are the latest sign of the abrupt shift at the agency since acting CFPB director Russell Vought took over this month
The lawsuit had accused the company of providing kickbacks to real estate brokers and agents who directed homebuyers to Rocket Mortgage for loans
Senator Elizabeth Warren is convening a forum to investigate the President Donald Trump-Elon Musk attack on the CFPB.