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NEW YORK (AP) — The lights are on at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau across the street from the White House, and employees still get paid. But, in practice, the bureau has been mostly ...

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Demonstrators protest against President Donald Trump and DOGE's plan to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in front of the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2025.

Restoring full funding and removing Vought would allow the bureau to do the job Congress assigned it.

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A federal judge has rejected a claim by President Donald Trump's administration that it is legally barred from securing funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, noting a court order ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The lights are on at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau across the street from the White House, and employees still get paid. But in practice, the bureau has been mostly ...