On January 31, 2025, the CFPB announced President Donald Trump had appointed Scott Bessent as Acting Director of the CFPB. In ...

Hood, who chaired the National Credit Union Administration from 2019 until 2021, has been selected by Treasury Secretary ...

The Treasury Department is appointing an ally of billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service to a senior position in the ...

Time will tell what Trump has in store for the CFPB. For now, consumers can still access the bureau’s many educational ...

Senator Ron Wyden on Friday accused the Treasury Department of misleading Congress about the level of access into sensitive ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, agreed to temporarily halt enforcement ...

The elevation of Tom Krause to a more powerful role at Treasury will likely inflame an ongoing backlash over DOGE.

The agency's operations have been paused, and it will likely be restructured and refocused. Industry experts weigh in on what ...

Musk's growing role in the United States government is sparking debate about the influence of billionaires in public policy.

Democratic lawmakers are seeking a Treasury Department investigation of the access that Elon Musk’s team was given to the ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he personally vetted a senior Treasury employee on Elon Musk’s government efficiency team who has read-only access to federal payment data, and that there’s ...

The February jobs report reveals the economy added 143,000 jobs, continuing a hiring trend but falling short of analysts' ...