Judge blocks Trump admin efforts to dismantle Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from attempting to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying the court "can and must act" to save the agency from being shut down.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson agreed to issue a preliminary injunction to keep the agency in existence until she rules on the merits of a lawsuit seeking to preserve it.

The federal government can now ask a federal appeals court for emergency relief.

Lawyers representing...