The Philippine government will look into cash and other donations made by Chinese Communist Party-affiliated groups led by four Chinese nationals accused of espionage to determine if they were done in good faith, an official said on Monday.

A judge directed pointed questions on Monday at the Trump administration about whether its decision to halt most activity within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau violated the law. Judge Amy Berman Jackson expressed concern that acting Director Russ Vought’s orders to stop activity at the CFPB,

A federal judge wants to hear directly from one of the top officials at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau to learn if the Trump administration is gutting the agency.

A federal judge Monday kept in place an order prohibiting mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while she sorts through conflicting claims about whether the Trump administration is still trying to shutter the independent agency.