PBS A federal district court judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration must continue to seek funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, a watchdog agency the administration has been trying to dismantle through staffing and funding cuts. The administration recently made a legal argument that because the agency gets its funding from the Federal Reserve, and since the Fed is technically operating at a loss, there are no valid funds for the CFPB. Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejected the argument, writing that this “would be tantamount to closing what is left of the Bureau.” This upholds an earlier injunction from Jackson to ensure the agency would continue to exist as congressionally mandated, and to stop efforts to shutter the CFPB, including through layoffs. READ THE FULL STORY
https://tennesseestar.com/breaking/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-continue-to-seek-funding-for-the-cfpb/admin/2025/12/30/
