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Warren: Trump Can't ‘Override’ Consumer Protection Deputy

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A showdown looms as the White House and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau name two different people to serve as the agency’s acting director.

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President Donald Trump on Friday named his own interim leader of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau just hours after the agency’s outgoing director picked a different person to take on the role, triggering an apparent showdown.

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