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Late last night, 12 current and former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) officials filed declarations in a federal court case that seeks to protect the CFPB from a relentless, weeks-long assault by Trump Administration appointees including Elon Musk and Acting CFPB Director Russ Vought.

Tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. ET, top experts from the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) and Consumer Federation of America (CFA) will join the former head of enforcement from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to respond to the news that Trump leadership at the CFPB dismissed a slew of enforcement...

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) withdrew its lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA), the giant student loan servicer whom the Bureau sued in 2024 for illegally pursuing borrowers for debts that had been discharged in bankruptcy.

House Republicans are moving forward with their plans to pass a budget that will allow them to deliver $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to billionaires and big corporations by cutting education, lifesaving healthcare and food assistance, and other critical social programs that working families rely on. 

Move comes as Trump and Musk wreak chaos on working families and fire thousands of public service workers who now need IDR to avoid default.

After speaking out on CBS News’ 60 Minutes, the former heads of the CFPB enforcement and supervision divisions, along with the CFPB’s former student loan ombudsman, are available to discuss why it’s urgent for the agency to be able to get back to work protecting consumers from financial fraud and...

Fact sheets shed light on the millions of consumers who have called on the watchdog for help and benefited from its work to rein in predatory and abusive financial institutions.

As the second Trump Administration has begun to implement its blatantly anti-worker agenda, state policymakers have an opportunity and responsibility to stand in the gap and protect workers in their states.

A new Assembly bill, known as the Increasing Institutional Debt Transparency and Protecting Students Act, AB 850 addresses debts students owe directly to their college or university, so-called “institutional debt.”

Consumer Federation of America and Student Borrower Protection Center detail 38 enforcement actions abandoned by CFPB leadership.