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.

When Jonathan McKernan faces the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday for his confirmation hearing to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the biggest questions may focus less on him than on the fate of the CFPB itself.

The fired head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said he sees the attack against the agency as "suspicious."

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dismissed its lawsuit accusing Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway , of driving borrowers into loans they could not afford to buy homes from Berkshire's Clayton Homes unit.

A keen interest in public service and financial inclusion drew the 26-year-old to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal government agency that monitors how banks and other big companies treat consumers,

This bill falls in line with efforts at the federal level to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has all but ceased enforcement since the Trump administration ordered employees to stop working earlier in February.

The Trump administration insists the financial watchdog is safe for now, but as in administrations past, it can be made into whatever officials want it

The fired head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said he sees the attack against the agency as "suspicious."

The fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, is uncertain as the agency and its workers have faced a tumultuous month of February so far, possibly leaving consumers with more questions than answers. Here's the latest and how it could ...

The CFPB's fate has looked grim since Trump took office last month and Thursday's actions confirmed its disassembly.