The facts
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act in response to the 2008 financial crisis.
The Trump administration in 2025 sought to reduce CFPB staff by roughly two-thirds, from about 1,700 employees to under 600.
On June 19, 2026, a federal appeals court blocked the administration from immediately implementing those workforce cuts.
Supporters of the CFPB cite more than $20 billion in consumer relief obtained through enforcement actions since the agency's founding.
Critics argue the agency's funding through the Federal Reserve rather than congressional appropriations limits democratic accountability, a structure the Supreme Court upheld 7-2 in CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association in 2024.
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