office of management and budget

'Ultra-right': Trump budget chief pick Russell Vought faces fire from Dem senators

President Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget faced a tough grilling from Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday.

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Russell Vought could expand power of Trump's budget office

After Trump's defeat, Vought founded the Center for Renewing America, a conservative think tank. In speeches he made in 2023 and 2024, Vought described how he helped create legal justifications to prevent military leaders and government lawyers from obstructing Trump's executive actions, ProPublica reported.

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Russell Vought Poised to Expand Power of White House Budget Office

If confirmed, Mr. Vought will be at the center of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

Trump’s budget pick is famous for defying Congress. GOP senators want to confirm him anyway.

It’s looking like "thumbs up" for Russ Vought in the Senate, where Republicans are preparing to confirm him to lead the White House budget office despite his reputation for withholding congressionally-approved funding.

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Republicans Set Terrifying Precedent in Trump’s Budget Chief Hearing

Donald Trump’s pick to run the Office of Management and Budget continued his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, but his uncanny ability to slide past tough questions—and the committee’s complicity in allowing him to do so—didn’t get past some of the Democratic lawmakers interviewing him.

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White House budget office narrows scope of executive order restricting IRA funds

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued new guidance Wednesday clarifying limits to the disbursement of ...

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Sen. Warner calls Vought’s plan for federal employees ‘management malpractice’

Director of the Office of Management and Budget nominee Russell Vought came under fire during his nominee hearing today in ...

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Trump Budget Nominee Says He’s Proud of Legislation That Doubled Extreme Poverty

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Inside the personal finances of Trump's nominees and Cabinet members

This story will be updated as more disclosures become available. Office of Management and Budget Director nominee Russell ...

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Trump Nominee to Lead Office of Management and Budget Faces Tough Questions from Democrats and Republicans Alike

Russ Vought faces questioning during his confirmation about him wanting to make some federal employees more accountable to ...

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Democrat Blasts Trump's Anti-Woke Budget Nominee: 'Is Providing Nutrition Assistance to Low-Income Kids Woke and Weaponized?'

Sen. Tim Kaine grilled Trump's Budget nominee, Russell Vought, on past proposals to slash social programs in the name of fighting "woke" government policies.

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Trump's RTO executive order: How the mandate will work and when federal workers may have to return to the office

Big changes are in store for federal workers who work remotely after Trump signed an executive order requiring RTO. Here's how the mandate might work.