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Battle for leadership continues at consumer agency

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting Director Mick Mulvaney says he is sorting through files on a case-by-case basis to "make sure that we are not going beyond the mandate, that we are not abusing our position, and that we are not getting in the way of the proper functioning of the financial services and capital markets." (Associated Press/File)

Mick Mulvaney seeks more Trump appointees to help him ‘refocus’ consumer bureau

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Mick Mulvaney (right) the White House appointee as interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said Tuesday that he doesn't like the way the agency operates. "I'm just learning about the powers that I have as acting director," he said. "They would frighten most of you. They would probably worry you to think about how little oversight Congress has over me now as I'm the director, how little oversight the committees have over how CFPB functions." (Associated Press/File)

Judge rules in favor of White House in CFPB battle over leadership

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

"Please disregard any instructions you receive from [Leandra] English in her presumed capacity as acting director," Mick Mulvaney told employees on his first day at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Associated Press)

The Latest: Consumer agency deputy exploring her options

Associated Press

"Please disregard any instructions you receive from [Leandra] English in her presumed capacity as acting director," Mick Mulvaney told employees on his first day at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Associated Press)

Judge sides with Trump’s pick to take over consumer agency

By JESSICA GRESKO and KEN SWEET - Associated Press

Mick Mulvaney returns to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, Monday afternoon, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

AP FACT CHECK: Bank sector not in ruins, despite Trump beef

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

"Please disregard any instructions you receive from [Leandra] English in her presumed capacity as acting director," Mick Mulvaney told employees on his first day at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Associated Press)

Mick Mulvaney, at helm of consumer agency, directs staff to ignore his liberal rival for the job

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sally Greenberg (right), with the National Consumers League expressed her views Monday about the latest constitutional crisis over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Associated Press)

CFPB acting director fight is third constitutional clash since 2010 formation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Mick Mulvaney, center, walks to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building after leaving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, Monday morning, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mick Mulvaney Leandra English fight in court over CFPB director

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Mick Mulvaney returns to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, Monday afternoon, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

AP FACT CHECK: Bank sector not in ruins, despite Trump beef

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney gestures as he speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington on July 20, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump’s pick would violate consumer bureau independence: Lawsuit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange at sunset, in lower Manhattan. On Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, Donald Trump named OMB director Mick Mulvaney as the acting director of the federal government's Wall Street watchdog, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) **FILE**

Trump names Mulvaney as acting director of CFPB, setting up clash with anti-Trump bureaucrats

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Cleaning at the CFPB Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must be sorted out

By Iain Murray

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2013, file photo, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray testifies before a Senate Committee on Banking hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cordray has announced plans to resign his office by the end of November 2017. He is expected to return to his home state of Ohio to run for governor. The Democrat has been a leading critic of President Donald Trump within the government. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump likely to change watchdog agency as Cordray leaves

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

Illustration on CFPB by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

New lending rules after ‘Equifax’ scandal could harm consumers

By Dennis Shaul

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray listens to a speaker during a a hearing in Denver. State and federal authorities are suing Ocwen Financial Corp., saying the mortgage servicing company botched the handling of millions of mortgage accounts. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday, April 20, 2017, that Ocwen generated errors in borrowers' accounts, failed to credit payments, illegally foreclosed on homeowners, and charged borrowers for add-on products without their consent. Ocwen is one of the nation's largest non-bank mortgage lenders. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Richard Cordray, Obama’s Wall Street cop, to leave job by the end of the month

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on tax policy with business leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump signs legislation to repeal Obama-era arbitration rule

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Treasury Dept. report slams consumer bureau’s rule to expand class-action lawsuits against banks

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Former President Barack Obama waves to spectators before the first round of the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J., Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

EDITORIAL: Abuse by the administrative state

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and other Senate Democrats, from left, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., discuss consumer protections in the wake of a massive data breach at Equifax and a scandal at Wells Fargo, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Executives for both Wells Fargo and Equifax will testify in Senate committees next week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats blast GOP plans to repeal consumer rule

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times