Congressional watchdog investigating Trump efforts to dismantle CFPB

A congressional watchdog group is investigating President Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) after some Senate Democrats requested the agency examine the ongoing actions and attempts to remove nearly all its staff. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) replied to Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Andy Kim (N.J.) after they requested the agency review the changes at CFPB under the direction of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “GAO accepts your request as work that is within the scope of its authority,” GAO managing director A....