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A federal court order late in the weekend kept the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding fight alive and rejected the administration’s attempt to run the agency on fumes. That is not a minor procedural hiccup; it is a direct rebuke to a tactic designed to cripple a watchdog without formally killing it.
Why it matters: CFPB defunding
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A federal court order late in the weekend kept the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding fight alive and rejected the administration’s attempt to run the agency on fumes. That is not a minor procedural hiccup; it is a direct rebuke to a tactic designed to cripple a watchdog without formally killing it.
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