An appeals court has removed the head of a federal watchdog agency in the latest twist in a legal fight over Republican President Donald Trump’s authority to fire the special counsel.

If the Trump administration dismantles the CFPB, people could lose key protections against things like scams and for filing complaints.

President Trump got a victory in federal appeals court Wednesday when a judge cleared the way for him to fire Hampton Dellinger.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia sided with the Trump administration in allowing the immediate removal of Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel while the court battle continues. Dellinger is likely to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is scrambling to bring back staff to perform legally mandated tasks such as maintaining its consumer complaint database, according to emails submitted in litigation seeking to prevent the Trump administration from shuttering the agency.

"I just want to know if the work is being done or isn't being done," U.S. District Senior Judge Amy Berman Jackson said at a hearing, ordering Consumer Financial Protection Bureau witnesses to testify at an evidentiary hearing before she rules on a preliminary injunction motion that seeks to prevent mass firings of CFPB employees.

A federal appeals court sided with President Donald Trump after he was sued by the former head of the Office of Special Counsel. Hampton linger was appointed […]

At a court hearing on Monday, lawyers for the Trump administration said statutorily required work is being done by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, while the union claimed the government is trying to shut the agency down.

Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled late Saturday evening that President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the Office of Special Counsel, Hampton Dellinger, was unlawful, keeping him in his post.

YOU’D THINK THE PAST DECADE would have snapped us out of the fantasy that our institutions—or, even more fantastical, the U.S. electorate—will rescue us. We’re living through the ultimate test right now, and the signs are not hopeful.

A federal judge wants to hear directly from one of the top officials at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau to learn if the Trump administration is gutting the agency.

A judge declared President Donald Trump's firing of the head of a federal watchdog agency illegal in an early test of the scope of presidential power.