‘Shoot First and Ask Questions Later?’: Court Examines Tumult at CFPB

CFPB Chief Operations Officer Adam Martinez said DOGE officials sought to shut down the agency as quickly as possible in the week of Feb. 10, with plans to cut 1,175 of the agency’s 1,700 employees. The consumer bureau is at the center of a coordinated effort by the White House and Elon Musk’s DOGE to dramatically reduce the federal bureaucracy.