The president recently nominated a new permanent director to take over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. With the CFPB doing a fraction of the work it did under Obama, what kind of agency will she lead?
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray, center, plans to step down at the end of the month.
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The decision by the bureau’s founding director to step down this month offers Republicans and the Trump administration a chance to finally gut the bureau they’ve long despised.
Republicans have been opposed to the CFPB since it was created.
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Republican efforts to kill a rule designed to make it easier for people to sue banks are a reminder of why it’s so important to have a government agency that protects consumers.
Republicans have been opposed to the CFPB since it was created.
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Republicans are hoping to eliminate or at least defang the only federal agency tasked solely with protecting consumers from financial abuses. What would we miss if they succeed?
Ohio is fighting to hold drug companies accountable for their role in the opioid epidemic.
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The state of Ohio filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers. Will their legal arguments hold up in court – and what will it mean for other cities and states going after big pharma?