The CFPB is widely seen as a key ally of American consumers, but critics say it costs too much and stifles innovation.

Here’s what experts say about the possible closure of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The Trump administration is poised to oust Biden-era appointee Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and is considering either the Treasury Department or the White House Office of Management and Budget to oversee the agency,

The prospect of legal challenges to President Trump’s purges may be a feature, not a bug, for adherents of sweeping presidential authority.

The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell said she plans to ask the state Legislature for additional funding this budget season in preparation for her office’s anticipated legal battles with

President Donald Trump used executive order to Jan. 6 pardon rioters. He's also looking to lay off federal DEI workers, invest in Stargate artificial intelligence and make it easier to arrest migrants.

And what the seemingly illegal mass firings could mean for the future of independent agencies in the federal government.

The Trump administration and Congress must end the weaponization of financial rules and attempts at censorship by financial regulators.

Mr. Chopra, long a target of criticism by Republican lawmakers and banks, has not yet been forced out. “I swore an oath to a five-year term,” he said this week.

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

Trump’s freeze on federal funds, fake buyout offers, and effort to fire inspector generals are about daring Democrats to try to stop him.