House Democratic leaders are getting directly involved in one of the legal battles against the Trump administration, filing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit seeking to block the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Trump administration insists the financial watchdog is safe for now, but as in administrations past, it can be made into whatever officials want it

The fired head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said he sees the attack against the agency as "suspicious."

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in control of creating rules and taking enforcement actions to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices by a wide range of financial institutions and businesses.

Stalled lawsuits. Halted supervision and oversight. Suspended workforce. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the midst of a complete overhaul that could cripple its ability to act as the consumer finance watchdog it was designed to be.

Senator Elizabeth Warren is convening a forum to investigate the President Donald Trump-Elon Musk attack on the CFPB.

The sudden halt to CFPB's works leaves much of consumer finance, from mortgage companies to payment apps, unsupervised.

The Louisiana Board of Ethics will allow statewide elected officials and more high-ranking government employees to keep their home addresses off forms posted online. A state law requires home addresses for 33 state elected officials and high-ranking appointees to be included in paperwork that’s posted on the ethics board’s public website,