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Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, appears before the Senate Budget Committee during a hearing to examine his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump official orders consumer protection agency to stop work

By Christopher Rugaber - Associated Press

Committee Chairman Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., speaks during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX said in a tweet Friday, Dec. 9, that he is willing to testify to Congress next week, but that he will be limited in what he can say and that he “won't be as helpful” as he’d like to be. The tweet came in response to a tweet from Waters, who on Monday requested that Bankman-Fried attend next week’s hearings over the collapse of FTX. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

House Democrats demand end to ‘illegal’ work stoppage at CFPB

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be secretary of the Treasury, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Trump names Scott Bessent acting head of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra, speaks from the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, speaks as President Joe Biden meets with his Competition Council to announce new actions to lower costs for families in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, on March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Tech firms sue consumer regulator over payment app oversight rule

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

FILE - Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during a game of bridge after the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., May 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

CFPB says unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway ignored red flags in manufactured home loans

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Options to use the Zelle payments network are seen on a Chase mobile banking app in New York on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America facing federal lawsuit over Zelle payment network fraud

By Alex Veiga - Associated Press

FILE - A customer makes a transaction at a bank of automatic teller machines in the Queens borough of New York on March 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Bank groups sue the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over a proposed cap on overdraft fees

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

Debt, government waste and bloated budgets illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Brett Tolman

Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito attend a private ceremony for retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor before public repose in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool) ** FILE **

Justices Thomas and Alito — typically in agreement — split in major CFPB ruling

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on April 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) **FILE**

Supreme Court sides with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, spurning a conservative attack

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on April 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) **FILE**

Supreme Court rules CFPB funding structure is lawful, jarring attempt to undo Wall Street cop

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden sits after speaking during a meeting with his Competition Council in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Texas judge moves late fee case to D.C., accusing banks of venue shopping for favorable ruling

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 23, 2024, in Washington. Biden is forming a new "strike force" to crack down on illegal and unfair pricing on things like groceries, prescription drugs, health care, housing and financial services. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Regulator would cap credit card late fees at $8, part of Biden’s campaign against junk fees

By Ken Sweet and Josh Boak - Associated Press

Consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass., March 5, 2012. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to propose rules this week that further rein in banks’ ability to charge customers a fee when they overdraw their bank account. Opponents of the fees often cite the example of a $3 cup of coffee costing someone $40. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Banks prepare to take on Biden administration over billions in overdraft fees

By Ken Sweet and Cora Lewis - Associated Press

A vehicle passes the Colony Ridge office sign Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Cleveland, Texas. The booming Texas neighborhood is fighting back after Republican leaders took up unsubstantiated claims that it has become a magnet for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and that cartels control pockets of the neighborhood. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) **FILE**

DOJ sues company behind Texas illegal immigrant shantytown

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 16, 2017, photo, a customer enters a Citibank branch in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Citigroup discriminated against Armenian Americans, federal regulator says; bank fined $25.9 million

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Rohit Chopra, left, accompanied by President Joe Biden, right, speaks at a meeting with his Competition Council on the economy and prices in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Fate of Elizabeth Warren’s politically immune bureau rests with Supreme Court

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A customer uses an ATM at a Bank of America location in San Francisco, Monday, April 24, 2023. Bank of America is being ordered to pay more than $100 million to customers for double-dipping on some fees imposed on customers, withholding reward bonuses explicitly promised to credit card customers, and misappropriating sensitive personal information to open accounts without customer knowledge or authorization. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Bank of America to pay more than $100M for doubling fees, opening accounts without customer consent

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hearing on oversight of the credit reporting agencies at Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Medical credit cards may lead patients to overpay for their health care, Democrats warn

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press