The Trump administration’s demand that federal agencies plan to radically downsize is driven by a key figure in the conservative movement who has long planned this move

Once upon a time, Donald Trump became the GOP standard bearer by indicating he would be a different kind of Republican. He broke with the GOP’s obsession with shrinking government and cutting entitlements,

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau acting director Russell Vought said the agency will not close. “The predicate to running a ‘more streamlined and efficient bureau’ is that there will con ...

The move, on a suit that had accused the bank of tricking customers, was one of several dismissals ordered by Trump officials who are dismantling the agency.

President Donald Trump's administration says federal agencies should begin planning to eliminate employee positions. The process is known as a reduction in force.

Baltimore and the Economic Action Maryland Fund, formerly known as the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, sued in Maryland federal court on Feb. 12, asking the court to stop Vought from taking steps to “unilaterally defund the CFPB.” They brought two claims under the Administrative Procedure Act.

Federal officials circulated a memo asking agency leaders to plan even more job reductions after thousands of federal workers were fired in recent weeks.

Since its founding, the CFPB has returned more than $21 billion to consumers who were victims of fraud or scams.