Trump's DOT lobbied to scrap airline passenger protection rules
In this week’s air travel news, major airline trade organizations have started lobbying the new leadership at the Department of Transportation to get rid of consumer protection rules that were put in ...
The Internet Is Probably Telling You That Filing A Specific Privacy Complaint Can Wipe Out Your Student Loans. Here's What You Need To Know
It seems like suddenly everyone is an "expert" on FERPA, an obscure privacy law that most of us had never heard of a week ago ...
The 5 Worst Things About the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The agency—an unelected regulator with a blank check—has spent much of its short life making things harder for the consumers ...
Judge Orders Freeze on Firing Consumer Bureau’s Staff and Deleting Its Data
Agency workers, including some who were listening to the hearing remotely, expressed immediate joy and relief.
Judge temporarily blocks mass terminations at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
A judge said in a ruling Friday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could not terminate employees without cause, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the agency.
Elon Musk's DOGE has worked quickly to cut federal agencies. Here's a list of what's been targeted so far.
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has targeted federal agencies like USAID, CFPB, and NOAA to reduce government ...
The Latest: Federal workers face mass layoffs
Federal workers all over the country have responded with anger and confusion Friday toward President Donald Trump's ...
Thousands of Probationary Staff Fired at 9 Agencies Including VA, Education in Federal Layoffs
President Donald Trump's administration has fired around 200,000 federal employees across at least seven agencies. Newsweek's ...
What does having the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on hold mean for consumers?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest U.S. government agency to have its work halted by the Trump administration ...
A Consumer Financial Watchdog’s Fate Is Unclear. Here’s What’s at Stake.
Many consumer protections are in limbo, including an $8 cap on credit-card late fees and a proposed rule on selling customer ...