Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

Created at the behest of Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has the ostensible goal of protecting people from bad actors and practices in the financial ...

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget under Trump released and rescinded a memo on a federal aid freeze, creating widespread confusion for Americans and Congress. Neera Tanden, former U.S. Domestic ...

Senate Republicans backed a Wednesday effort from Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...

The CFPB—tasked to protect consumers from unfair banking practices—was created by Democrats in the wake of the 2008 financial ...

Sen. Tim Scott said he has asked the White House to fire director Rohit Chopra, but there are roadblocks to appointing an ...

His unlawful purge of the National Labor Relations Board on Monday serves all three goals at once. With these firings, Trump ...

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has been a prominent voice in the Democratic Senate caucus. The consumer rights ...

Laken Riley Act: President Trump signed his first bill into law, and it closely tracked his agenda on immigration. The bill ...

Readers consider the bureau’s policies under Rohit Chopra.