January 23, 2018
A federal appellate court on Tuesday agreed to an expedited briefing schedule in the struggle over the temporary leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
January 12, 2018
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Deputy Director Leandra English on Friday continued her fight to lead the powerful financial regulator by asking a federal appeals court to remove President Donald Trump's choice to serve as the bureau's acting director.
January 11, 2018
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's deputy director isn't alone in her fight for the agency's top job, and the day after a D.C. federal judge again refused to block President Donald Trump's pick from the post, her borrower-advocate supporters vowed Thursday to fight on.
January 10, 2018
A federal judge appointed during the Trump administration on Wednesday sided with the president for a second time in the fight for control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, denying a bid by the agency's deputy director to replace the White House's choice for director.
December 22, 2017
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's deputy urged a D.C. federal judge Friday to temporarily boot Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney out of the CFPB's directorship, arguing the status quo leaves her on the job, and gunning for a likely appeal to the D.C. Circuit.
December 19, 2017
Industry groups and Republican attorneys general on Monday blasted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Deputy Director Leandra English's bid to oust the White House official President Donald Trump chose to serve as the bureau's acting director.
December 12, 2017
President Donald Trump's selection of a White House staffer to temporarily lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau violates the bureau's independence, and could potentially let the president dictate financial policies that Congress has said is outside his purview, a scholar of the Federal Reserve said Monday.
December 05, 2017
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official fighting to wrest the agency's top job from President Donald Trump's temporary pick won a faster timetable Tuesday than the administration wants, thanks to an aggressive briefing schedule set by a D.C. federal judge that tees the suit up for a likely appeal.
November 30, 2017
Backers of a legal challenge to block Mick Mulvaney from leading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday that their fight is just beginning, with the two men who gave their names to the Dodd-Frank Act arguing that they purposely crafted the law to deny presidents the authority to appoint an acting director for the agency.
November 28, 2017
Mick Mulvaney will remain acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after a D.C. federal judge found Tuesday that President Donald Trump has the authority to name the agency's interim chief.