Here's what you need to know about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with its future uncertain in the second Trump administration.

After taking the recent buyout offer, some employees were fired, a source said. President Donald Trump's administration, including Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, is continuing its sweeping effort to cut much of the federal government -- but it's being met with legal challenges.

A new executive order gives President Donald Trump’s appointees more power over independent agencies, including how the Fed regulates banks. But monetary policy will remain under the central bank's full control.

DOGE's chaotic effort to purge workers from the U.S. government echoes Elon Musk's early days at Twitter, only with much higher stakes.