The change in leadership could portend radical changes at one of the nation’s most powerful consumer watchdog agencies.

Rohit Chopra was one of the more important regulators from the previous Democratic administration who was still on the job ...

President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge ...

But the agency has since been targeted by trade groups who unsuccessfully argued that the CFPB's funding violated the U.S.

The CFPB is funded independently through the Federal Reserve, but the CFPB director has the power to determine how much money ...

On January 31, 2025, the CFPB announced President Donald Trump had appointed Scott Bessent as Acting Director of the CFPB. In ...

President Donald Trump has tasked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with serving as the acting director of the Consumer ...

President Donald Trump terminated Rohit Chopra’s tenure as the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Republicans have long criticized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Musk’s allies have entered the building and are ...

Three DOGE team members—Christopher Young, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gavin Kliger—arrived at the CFPB’s Washington office, the CFPB employees union NTEU 335 said in a Friday statement.

The president has named Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on an acting basis ...

“President Trump’s decision to fire CFPB Director Rohit Chopra marks the end of an era of strong consumer protection and the ...