President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover. Chopra was one of the more important regulators from the previous Democratic administration who was still on the job since Trump took office on Jan.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on "the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Semi-Annual Report to Congress" on the Hill in Washington, U.S., June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo