July 7, 2018 Mulvaney's challenger for CFPB leadership resigns Leandra English, the deputy director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, announced on Friday that she was resigning, having failed to sue President Trump for control of the controversial agency.
January 10, 2018 Judge again backs Trump pick to lead consumer finance watchdog A federal judge on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration for a second time in a fight over the control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, denying a request for a preliminary injunction filed by an Obama-era official.
December 20, 2017 As tax bill passes, a scramble to roll out rules for the new year As the White House takes its victory lap over the passage of the sweeping Republican tax overhaul, the IRS is scrambling to roll out new rules in time for 2018.
November 28, 2017 What is the CFPB? Here’s what you need to know about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the fight over who will lead it.
November 25, 2017 Trump calls CFPB 'a total disaster' in a tweet following Cordray's resignation President Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to air his grievances with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
October 27, 2017 Tax Bill Fight: 401(k), local property tax breaks back in crosshairs as House faces deadline Republican ambitions to overhaul the country’s tax code got a big boost this week after the House narrowly passed a budget blueprint – but lawmakers are now scrambling to bridge deep divides over contribution limits to 401(k) retirement accounts and the possible elimination of a popular tax break.
September 21, 2017 SEC says hack may have led to illegal Wall Street profits The country’s top Wall Street regulator says a cyberattack last year breached its system for storing documents filed by companies, possibly allowing hackers to make illegal profits.
June 21, 2017 U.S. falls out of top 10 in Index of Economic Freedom The United States has fallen out of the top 10 countries in the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom published jointly by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal.
June 21, 2017 Newly created fed agency aims to monitor 80 percent of credit card transactions Consumer Financial Protection Bureau officials are seeking to monitor four out of every five U.S. consumer credit card transactions this year -- up to 42 billion transactions -- through a controversial data-mining program, according to documents obtained by the Washington Examiner.
April 29, 2017 Newt Gingrich: Trump vs. the swamp, Round III -- Democrats turn to bureaucrats to stop POTUS To stifle President Donald Trump's pro-growth agenda, Democrats have pinned their hopes on the unprecedented insurrection of an unchecked, de facto branch of government: the bureaucratic state.
