Tag: Consumer Protection
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The Trump administration formally withdrew a proposed rule, first advanced under President Biden in December 2024, that would have required airlines to pay passengers between $200 and $775 for significant delays caused...
Following his March 11, 2025 South Lawn photo-op with Elon Musk, President Trump purchased a Tesla Model S Plaid for roughly $90,000, framing the buy as a show of confidence in Musk and the company amid a stock slump and...
On February 27, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, under acting director Russell Vought, dropped its lawsuit against Capital One along with four other pending enforcement cases. The Capital One suit had...
On February 10, 2025, Russell Vought, serving simultaneously as acting CFPB director and OMB director, ordered all Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees to halt supervision, investigations, enforcement...
On February 1, 2025, President Trump fired Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ending a tenure marked by aggressive action against junk fees and financial-industry practices the agency...