As much of Washington grapples with uncertainty from the ongoing government shutdown and a wave of agency layoffs, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is moving in a different direction.
Americans' confidence in six major federal agencies " deteriorated markedly" during the last year, according to the latest ...
An El Segundo refinery fire has renewed questions about who is investigating the state’s oil industry after serious accidents ...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has announced job openings for attorney-advisors to represent the agency in ...
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 U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that Rebecca Kelly Slaughter had been designated the acting chair of the ...
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member Rohit Chopra to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), according to two people familiar with ...
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The so-called Department of Government Efficiency effort has failed to deliver on its outsized promises to cut costs and increase efficiency, NPR's latest analysis of federal data finds. Agencies ...
A portrait of President Trump hangs on the Labor Department headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 25. The agency is bringing back some workers who took the government's deferred resignation offer.
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 ...
Washington, DC – Consumer Reports (CR) along with Aspen Digital and the Global Cyber Alliance, released the fourth annual Consumer Cyber Readiness Report today, marking the beginning of Cybersecurity ...