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U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson agreed to issue a preliminary injunction that maintains the agency’s existence until she rules on the merits of a lawsuit seeking to preserve the agency.
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A federal judge in Washington ordered Trump officials to resume work at a consumer finance watchdog and rehire its fired workers, another setback for the administration’s efforts to sharply downsize t...
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