The nominations come days after the Department of Government Efficiency tried to take over both federal aid agencies.

Chaos within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has come to light in a recent court filing showing emails and documents from employees inside the agency amid efforts to dismantle it, illustrating a team scrambling to make do with recent firings and confusion on what work is allowed to be completed.

A federal judge extended a temporary restraining order blocking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from sending money back to the Federal Reserve or Treasury Department after plaintiffs submitted declarations showing the agency was looking to do so.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been the public face of the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle many government agencies and slash the size of the federal workforce. On Wednesday, he attended Trump’s first Cabinet meeting,

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

Hundreds of pages of communications reveal the internal chaos at agency after acting director Russell Vought ordered a total stoppage of all “work tasks.”

When Project 2025 went viral last summer, it wasn’t just because of the extreme policy stances it embraced. After all, things like rejection of abortion rights, cruelty toward the poor, and cheerleading for the fossil fuel industry’s assault on a stable climate have become standard fare for the conservative movement.

About two weeks after the new administration was sworn in, Becky Coleman got an email. It said to stop all work. Becky says that’s not totally abnormal with a new presidency.

One of the CFPB's rules last year capped credit card fees at $8, but a federal judge put it on hold after business lobbyists and banks protested the policy as unconstitutional. Under the Biden administration, the CFPB also moved to rein in credit card late fees and overdraft fees, along with "junk fees" hidden in hotel and event ticket bills.