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Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito attend a private ceremony for retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor before public repose in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. O'Connor, an Arizona native and the first woman to serve on the nation's highest court, died on Dec. 1 at age 93. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool) ** FILE **

Justices Thomas and Alito — typically in agreement — split in major CFPB ruling

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on April 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) **FILE**

Supreme Court rules CFPB funding structure is lawful, jarring attempt to undo Wall Street cop

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on April 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) **FILE**

Supreme Court sides with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, spurning a conservative attack

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

President Joe Biden sits after speaking during a meeting with his Competition Council in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Texas judge moves late fee case to D.C., accusing banks of venue shopping for favorable ruling

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 23, 2024, in Washington. Biden is forming a new "strike force" to crack down on illegal and unfair pricing on things like groceries, prescription drugs, health care, housing and financial services. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Regulator would cap credit card late fees at $8, part of Biden’s campaign against junk fees

By Ken Sweet and Josh Boak - Associated Press

Consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass., March 5, 2012. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to propose rules this week that further rein in banks’ ability to charge customers a fee when they overdraw their bank account. Opponents of the fees often cite the example of a $3 cup of coffee costing someone $40. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Banks prepare to take on Biden administration over billions in overdraft fees

By Ken Sweet and Cora Lewis - Associated Press

A vehicle passes the Colony Ridge office sign Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Cleveland, Texas. The booming Texas neighborhood is fighting back after Republican leaders took up unsubstantiated claims that it has become a magnet for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and that cartels control pockets of the neighborhood. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) **FLIE**

DOJ sues company behind Texas illegal immigrant shantytown

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 16, 2017, file photo, a customer enters a Citibank branch, in New York. Citigroup intentionally discriminated against Armenian Americans when they applied for credit cards, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Citigroup discriminated against Armenian Americans, federal regulator says; bank fined $25.9 million

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Rohit Chopra, left, accompanied by President Joe Biden, right, speaks at a meeting with his Competition Council on the economy and prices in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Fate of Elizabeth Warren’s politically immune bureau rests with Supreme Court

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A customer uses an ATM at a Bank of America location in San Francisco, Monday, April 24, 2023. Bank of America is being ordered to pay more than $100 million to customers for double-dipping on some fees imposed on customers, withholding reward bonuses explicitly promised to credit card customers, and misappropriating sensitive personal information to open accounts without customer knowledge or authorization. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Bank of America to pay more than $100M for doubling fees, opening accounts without customer consent

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hearing on oversight of the credit reporting agencies at Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Medical credit cards may lead patients to overpay for their health care, Democrats warn

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

CFPB Spinning Out of Control Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CFPB misfires on bank fees

By Daniel J. Mitchell

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Republicans set sights on eliminating Obama-era federal consumer protection bureau

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is surrounded by journalists as she leaves a rally outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Elizabeth Warren’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 5, 2012, photo, consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) **FILE**

Biden’s CFPB proposes capping credit card late fees to $8

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House ahead of the holidays, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden scrambling to keep financial watchdog’s funding out of hands of Congress

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A Wells Fargo sign stands in front of a branch of the bank in Bradenton, Fla., Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Consumer banking giant Wells Fargo is being ordered to pay $3.7 billion in fines and refunds to customers by U.S. government regulators, the largest fine to date against the bank. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Wells Fargo to pay $3.7B over consumer loan violations

Associated Press

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions the witnesses about Zelle, at a Senate Banking Committee annual Wall Street oversight hearing, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Court showdown looming on Elizabeth Warren’s Wall Street-policing agency

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, March 3, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Warren is slamming Rep. Kevin McCarthy as a “liar and a traitor” over recordings that show the House Republican leader — despite his denials — placing responsibility on former President Donald Trump for the Jan. 6 insurrection and saying he should resign. McCarthy initially had denied a New York Times report last week that detailed his phone conversations with House Republican colleagues shortly after the riot that he thought Trump should resign. But in an audio first posted Thursday by The Times, McCarthy is heard making the comments he denied making. Asked Sunday, April 24, 2022 about her reaction, Warren calls that “outrageous." (Tom Williams, Pool via AP)

Appeals court ruling threatens to unravel Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Jeff Mordock and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., makes his opening statement during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Washington. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Federal appeals court rules Congress upended separation of powers in creating consumer board

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times