Though Republicans control the White House, Senate and House of Representatives, tight margins may help tether acceptance of federal power grabs to reality.

An obscure court decision involving former President Joe Biden’s presidential board appointments was the key to seizing ...

Consumer and employees groups are seeking a restraining order against CFPB acting Director Russell Vought, arguing that he ...

The act of violence almost 150 years ago effectively gave birth to the civil service, that class of nonpartisan experts who ...

President Donald Trump chose a former FDIC board member to lead the CFPB, an indication that he may not want to dismantle the ...

In the midst of numerous dismissals and resignations at the Bureau this week, President Trump has nominated Jonathan McKernan ...

The first salvo was fired on February 8 by Donald Trump loyalist—and currently envoy for special missions and interim ...

A House Financial Services Committee spokesperson said the committee will hold its required semiannual hearing with the ...

President Trump has given Elon Musk unprecedented power and room to run to remake the executive branch. But to the extent that Musk deviates ...

The Trump administration's effort to cut the federal government is playing in the 2025 race for governor of Virginia, home to ...

A group of 191 House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to Russell Vought, the newly installed director of the Office of ...

The demotion of top two officials in ICE’s enforcement division comes as officers scramble to ramp up the number of ...