April 18, 2025, 1:20 pm
A federal judge intervened in the Trump administration’s plan to fire nearly 1500 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The judge’s decision to pause the mass layoffs is pending a detailed review of whether the administration’s actions violated a court order. This legal intervention has temporarily secured the positions of CFPB workers and cast uncertainty on the agency’s future restructuring plans, pending further judicial and administrative scrutiny.
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The Trump administration and DOGE tried to cut more than 1,400 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. An employee union and other groups are fighting to keep the regulator intact.
Judge Halts CFPB Layoffs, Again The Information
A judge has paused the termination of nearly 1,500 employees from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) while she considers whether the Trump administration violated a court order to avoid mass layoffs. As CNN reports, Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the mass reduction in force was “not...
Judge pauses Trump administration's plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau AP News
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