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

House Democratic leaders are getting directly involved in one of the legal battles against the Trump administration, filing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit seeking to block the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in control of creating rules and taking enforcement actions to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices by a wide range of financial institutions and businesses.