It Is Happening Every Day, Every Where
AT&T and Verizon were penalized millions of dollars for what the agency said was a failure to protect consumer information. The companies say they were deprived of their right to a jury trial.
The Trump administration has frozen the agency’s work and abandoned most of its lawsuits against banks and lenders.
Lawmakers voted to invalidate a rule adopted last year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It now moves to the House.
Employees from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are gaining access to vast amounts of information held by federal agencies, even as lawsuits try to stop them.
The future of the new rule remains in question, however, with President-elect Donald J. Trump set to return to the White House this month.
After nearly two decades of fighting, the battle over regulations that treat broadband providers as utilities came to an end on Thursday.