Deep search
Search
Copilot
Images
Videos
Maps
News
Shopping
More
Flights
Travel
Hotels
Notebook
Top stories
Sports
U.S.
Local
World
Science
Technology
Entertainment
Business
More
Politics
Any time
Past hour
Past 24 hours
Past 7 days
Past 30 days
Best match
Most recent
CFPB halts work
CFPB halts work after Trump appoints Bessent as acting head
The consumer watchdog agency was formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Elon Musk wants to “delete” it.
Trump names Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acting director of CFPB, as former head Chopra confirms he is out
President Donald Trump appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Bessent announced in a CFPB statement. Former Director Rohit Chopra posted a letter to Trump on social media platform X confirming that his term at the agency had "concluded.
Treasury Secretary Bessent, tapped to run CFPB, orders staff to halt work
The staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was instructed by email to cease much of its work. Bessent, a wealthy Wall Street investor, replaces Rohit Chopra, who was fired on Saturday.
The American Spectator
10h
CFPB: New Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Deployed to Fix What Rohit Chopra Broke
In a desperately needed move this week, President Donald Trump fired Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial ...
2h
The Trump-Musk Presidency is killing the CFPB
Just as Elon Musk's X pushes into financial services, the agency responsible for protecting citizens from such companies is ...
HousingWire
15h
Enforcement experts fear the wild west of a weaker CFPB
While experts say a pause of CFPB actions is nothing to worry about, they are concerned about a potential lack of federal ...
American Banker
1d
Treasury's Bessent tells CFPB staff to stop everything
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was named to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has told ...
JD Supra
19h
Chopra Out. Bessent In (for Now). What’s Next at the CFPB?
As expected, the Trump administration formally terminated CFPB director Rohit Chopra over the weekend. And also as expected, President Trump used ...
HousingWire
1d
New CFPB director Bessent orders agency to stop working
In his first official action as acting director of the CFPB, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ordered staffers to stop ...
The National Law Review
1d
Rohit Chopra Out, Scott Bessent In (Temporarily) at the CFPB
In a familiar move, President Donald Trump has designated the current head of another executive agency, this time newly sworn ...
22h
on MSN
Tech’s Trump Backers—Zuckerberg, Musk—Hate CFPB. It’s Now Been Paused.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to halt work Monday, following months of ...
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results
Feedback