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In this July 19, 2018, file photo, Kathleen Kraninger, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on her confirmation on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ms. Kraninger won final Senate approval on Dec. 6, 2018, by a 50-49 vote. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

Senate approves Trump’s chief for key consumer watchdog agency

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former govt. student loan official opens new organization

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

FILE- This April 2, 2014, file photo, shows the headquarters of student loan debt collector Navient Corporation, in Wilmington, Del. One of the nation’s largest student loan servicing companies may have driven tens of thousands of borrowers struggling with their debts into high-cost repayment plans. That’s the finding of a Department of Education audit of practices at Navient Corp., the nation’s third-largest student loan servicing company. (William Bretzger/The News Journal via AP, File)

AP Exclusive: Gov’t questions unfair student loan practices

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

In this Aug. 9, 2018, photo a manager of a financial services store in Ballwin, Mo., counts cash being paid to a client as part of a loan. The firm offers cash-based financial services, including payday loans, installment loans, fund transfers and other financial services. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will revisit a crucial part of the bureau’s year-old payday lending industry regulations, the bureau announced Friday, Oct. 26. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings)

Watchdog looks to rescind crucial part of payday loan rules

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

Ad firm worked for Cordray’s agency, then governor campaign

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

In this July 19, 2018, file photo, Kathleen Kraninger, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on her confirmation on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ms. Kraninger won final Senate approval on Dec. 6, 2018, by a 50-49 vote. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

Senate panel approves Trump’s nominee for consumer watchdog

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

Correction: Ohio Governor’s Race-Ad Dispute story

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

Kathleen Kraninger, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on her confirmation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The Latest: Watchdog nominee fails to sway Democrats

Associated Press

Kathleen Kraninger, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on her confirmation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Trump’s pick to run consumer watchdog faces skeptical Senate

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

Judge: Consumer finance agency unconstitutionally set up

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House, Friday, June 15, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Battle lines emerging over Trump’s nominee to lead consumer bureau

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Taking Away Payday Loans Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Congress must protect Americans from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Daniel Press

FILE - In this July 17, 2013, file photo, Richard Cordray, right, the new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, talks with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, following a statement by President Barack Obama in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Warren is coming to Ohio to campaign for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cordray. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren to join Cordray on campaign trail

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks in the Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Mick Mulvaney proposes congressional oversight of consumer bureau

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this March 26, 2015, file photo, then-Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray speaks during a panel discussion in Richmond, Va. Voters in Ohio's 2018 elections have their pick of positions on gun rights, among a crowded field of contenders vying to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. John Kasich. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) ** FILE **

Obama’s rogue consumer finance cops give sweetheart deal

By Matt Mackowiak

The Equifax data breach affected millions of people. The victims had their personal information accessed or stolen. Businesses and consumers will have to confront accountability with these hacks. (Associated Press)

Democrats raise concerns over status of CFPB probe into Equifax breach

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Richard Cordray announces he is a Democratic candidate for Ohio governor Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, at &quot;Lilly's Kitchen Table&quot; Restaurant in Grove City, Ohio. Cordray chose his hometown of Grove City for his announcement. (Brooke LaValley/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Emails show hasty plan at consumer bureau to thwart Trump from appointing new director

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney listens to a question during a press briefing at the White House, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Court upholds Obama-era Wall Street cop bureau as constitutional

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney walks up a flight of stairs as he arrives for a meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. Ryan is hosting a meeting with Mulvaney, Legislative Director Marc Short and Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Judge reaffirms Mick Mulvaney as acting Consumer Protection Bureau head

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the White House in Washington. Trump weighed in on an investigation into scandal-plagued Wells Fargo, tweeting Friday, Dec. 8, that fines and penalties against the bank would not be dropped, and may actually be “substantially increased.” (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump says fines for Wells Fargo will not be dropped

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press