The government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1 as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has announced job openings for attorney-advisors to represent the agency in ...

Former Clarence Thomas clerk Caleb Nelson challenged the legal basis for expanding presidential power to fire federal ...

The CFPB hangs in the balance — as do thousands of federal jobs, after a judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked mass firings for two weeks ...

In a related trend, state courts are seeing a spike in debt collection lawsuits. Court filings surged in 2023 and 2024, according to a Sept. 2 report from the Pew Charitable Trusts, based on data from ...

The protein powders tested include products from BSN, Dymatize, Ensure, Equip, Garden of Life, Huel, Jacko Fuel, KOS, ...

An El Segundo refinery fire has renewed questions about who is investigating the state’s oil industry after serious accidents ...

Debt collection generates more fraud reports to the FTC than any other industry, according to the agency. But even legitimate ...

This spring, the Trump Administration cut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s staff by about 80 percent, and Congress ...

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday it will hear arguments on December 8 concerning the legality of President Donald Trump's firing of a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission in a major ...

Consumer Federation itemizes the risks to consumers Protection against predatory lenders, unfair fees, corporate abuse suspended, CFA charges Food safety, public health, privacy protections all at ...