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Watchdog agency head tells justices to stay out of firing dispute
Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger told the justices on Tuesday to leave in place a federal judge’s temporary order to reinstate him to his job. The head of the independent agency charged with whistleb ...
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Judge blocks efforts to dismantle consumer watchdog CFPB
A federal judge has ordered a halt to efforts to dismantle and close down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Acting on a lawsuit filed by num ...
Judge blocks mass layoffs at consumer protection agency targeted by Trump
The Trump administration has agreed to pause its campaign of layoffs and funding cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection ...
First Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials Reaches Supreme Court
The court’s conservative majority may be receptive to the argument that presidents have unlimited power to remove leaders of ...
Layoffs halted at CFPB for now as judge considers union’s lawsuit
Although a federal judge issued an order confirming a temporary hold on layoffs at the consumer watchdog agency, its staffers ...
Trump Tells Supreme Court It Gave Him 'Unrestricted Power' to Fire People
President Donald Trump has reminded the Supreme Court that it gave him almost absolute immunity last year and the ...
American Banker3d
Judge agrees to immediately halt further CFPB firings
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration from firing more CPFB employees ...
BizPac Review3d
Another day, another activist judge: Trump blocked from firing CFPB employees
An Obama judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from firing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) employees.