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Trump administration orders 1,700 CFPB workers to stay home

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Feb. 10 (UPI) — Workers at the federal government’s consumer finance watchdog in Washington were told to stay home Monday after the acting director, newly installed by President Donald Trump, ordered the agency to halt its operations. Around 1,700 staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received an email Sunday from Chief Operating Officer Adam Martinez informing them that the head office would be closed Monday through Friday, accordin…

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Gephardt DailyGephardt Daily

Trump administration orders 1,700 CFPB workers to stay home

Feb. 10 (UPI) — Workers at the federal government’s consumer finance watchdog in Washington were told to stay home Monday after the acting director, newly installed by President Donald Trump, ordered the agency to halt its operations. Around 1,700 staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received an email Sunday from Chief Operating Officer Adam Martinez informing them that the head office would be closed Monday through Friday, accordin…

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CFPB’s 1,700 Employees Told to ‘Not Perform Any Work’ as Obama-Era Agency Becomes Latest Trump Target

The nearly 1,700 employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) were told Monday not to come to the office or do any work — as the agency became the latest target of President Trump’s effort to shrink the federal government. Russ Vought, the newly confirmed director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and acting director of the CFPB, told the workforce that they would have a surprise week off — after similar ac…

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Hundreds of Federal Employees outside Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were locked out of their offices on Monday by Elon Musk who took over the agency with Trump’s consent. Photo: DBMediaGroup/J. Zangas Washington DC—Hundreds of angry Federal workers from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), their union representatives of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) 335, and supporters rallied on Monday afternoon after DOGE empl…

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US CFPB Chief Orders Staff to Stay Home, Shuts Down Agency Headquarters

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the office of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday after President Donald Trump’s newly installed chief of the consumer watchdog told all of the agency’s staff to stay away from the office. Demonstrators gathered in a courtyard outside the CFPB’s headquarters near the White House, chanting slogans like “Let us work,” and “Who are we? CFPB! What do we do? Work for you!” Read more at Reute…

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As Musk, Trump administration target CFPB, Democrats defend consumer watchdogs impact - Everett Post

(WASHINGTON) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to safeguard Americans against unfair business practices, is the newest target of Elon Musk and the Trump administration. The agency is at a virtual standstill after Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and Russell Vought, the leader of the White House budget office and now acting director of the CFPB, took control…

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As Musk, Trump administration target CFPB, Democrats defend consumer watchdogs impact

(WASHINGTON) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to safeguard Americans against unfair business practices, is the newest target of Elon Musk and the Trump administration. The agency is at a virtual standstill after Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and Russell Vought, the leader of the White House budget office and now acting director of the CFPB, took control…

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