Senate confirms Russell Vought to return as head of Trump’s Office of Management and Budget
The Senate confirmed Russell Vought to return as head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) after having helmed the agency during the latter half of President Trump’s first term. All 53 Republicans backed Vought as OMB director, while every Democrat (47) opposed Trump’s nominee.
Senate Confirms Russell Vought as Office of Management and Budget Director
Mr. Vought, an architect of Project 2025 who served in the first Trump administration, will be at the center of President Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.
Senate confirms Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead powerful White House budget office
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night, putting an official who has planned the zealous expansion of President Donald Trump’s power into one of the most influential positions in the federal government.
Russ Vought and the Office of Management and Budget are a 'key factor' in Trump's agenda
Donald Trump's plans to remake American government center on one man and one agency: Russ Vought and the Office of Management and Budget. Vought, Trump's nominee to lead the agency, is "starting to upend Washington," said The Washington Post.
Senate confirms Russ Vought as Trump’s budget director despite Democrats’ stall tactics
Vought previously served as director of the OMB during Trump’s first term. The OMB produces and oversees the president’s budget, among other responsibilities.
Senate confirms Russell Vought to lead White House budget office
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Russell Vought as the next director of the powerful White House budget office, installing a conservative fiscal hawk who has promised to pursue sweeping spending cuts and empower President Donald Trump to conform the budget to his political views.
Russ Vought confirmed as White House budget chief
Democrats fought the OMB nominee's confirmation, elevating a little-known agency head to the national spotlight amid larger anxieties about the fate of congressional spending authority.
Senate Republicans confirm Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought as White House budget director
Democrats see Vought as the embodiment of a Trump agenda that they want to build their opposition message around — from his long-standing ties to Project 2025 to his support for slashing spending programs that benefit the middle class to his election denial.
How Each Senator Voted to Confirm Russell T. Vought as Budget Chief
The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Russell T. Vought — an architect of the ultraconservative Project 2025 policy agenda — to lead the White House budget office.
News Nation on MSN3d
Trump’s sovereign wealth fund idea could end ‘ugly’: Mick Mulvaney
What is a sovereign wealth fund, which other countries have them and what could be the impacts of the proposal?
Mulvaney says Trump’s federal aid freeze could end up at Supreme Court
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Tuesday that President Trump’s federal aid freeze could end up at the ...
Trump’s funding freeze is ‘institutional battle’ over impoundment: Mulvaney | Vargas Reports
NewsNation political and economic contributor Mick Mulvaney, who served as the former director of the Office of Management ...
The Times (Shreveport) on MSN10d
President Trump's freeze on federal funding. What grants and programs will be affected?
President Trump temporarily freezes federal funding as programs and organizations that receive federal grants are reviewed.