Bessent Freezes Most CFPB Work Upon Taking Control of Agency (1)

The CFPB was set to appear in two cases before the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Monday. In one, originally scheduled for 9 a.m. New Orleans time, the CFPB was set to defend a March 2021 update to its examination manual that would’ve determined that discrimination was an unfair act or practice.

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