A federal judge Monday kept in place an order prohibiting mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while she sorts through conflicting claims about whether the Trump administration is still trying to shutter the independent agency.

A judge directed pointed questions on Monday at the Trump administration about whether its decision to halt most activity within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau violated the law. Judge Amy Berman Jackson expressed concern that acting Director Russ Vought's orders to stop activity at the CFPB,

A federal judge wants to hear directly from one of the top officials at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau to learn if the Trump administration is gutting the agency.

A U.S. judge on Saturday declared President Donald Trump's firing of the head of a federal watchdog agency illegal in an early test of the scope of presidential power likely to be decided at the U.S.

The judge ruled Hampton Dellinger must be allowed to continue serving as the head of the Office of Special Counsel for the remainder of his term.