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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · today 14:09 EDT

DOGE wants to lay off the ‘vast majority’ of CFPB workers, employees say

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is planning to fire the “vast majority” of employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), agency employees — some using pseudonyms for fear of retaliation — told a federal court in sworn declarations. Seven current and five former CFPB employees submitted the declarations as part of the National […]

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