Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Prominent Journalist, David Dayen, Describes his Reporting on the Efforts of Trump 2.0 to Curb CFPB
The Regulatory Situation After the Trump Executive Orders Regulatory Freeze Pending Review
On June 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a release announcing that it was withdrawing 14 notices of proposed rulemaking issued between March 2022 and November 2023 and stating that it “does not intend...more
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the then-acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), emailed staff on February 3 directing employees to cease all rulemaking activities, delay the implementation of...more
On January 20, President Trump issued a memorandum instituting a regulatory freeze pending review. This action, a common practice for new administrations, directs federal agencies to halt any new rulemaking until agency heads...more
President Donald Trump’s executive order titled Regulatory Freeze Pending Review directs federal agencies to stop all rulemaking activity pending within the agency and to consider all rules already published as paused for 60...more