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Trump followed up his statement with praise for Vought and pointed out that critics call him Darth Vader: "They call him ...

We look at the influence of Trump’s top budget adviser and the architect of Project 2025, Russell Vought, over the Trump administration’s policies and Trump himself. Vought is “the driving force ...

White House budget chief Russell Vought said Wednesday that he expects the number of federal employees laid off to get "much higher" in the coming days. Vought, who is the director of the Office of ...

At the start of the government shutdown, President Trump posted a video that referred to Russ Vought, head of the White House's Office of Management and Budget, as the Grim Reaper. A new article in ...

The Trump administration is freezing $11 billion in federal funds earmarked mostly for Democrat cities’ infrastructure projects as the government shutdown rolls on with no end in sight. Russell Vought ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Days into the 2025 shutdown that brought the federal ...

The move essentially allows Vought to continue serving as acting head of the watchdog agency beyond his 210-day limit under ...

White House Budget Director Russell Vought announced plans to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau within 2-3 months, contradicting the administration's legal stance. However, Vought may not ...

The Senate has failed to pass a funding bill for the ninth time as the government shutdown continues into a third week. Earlier today, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought says they ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named Russell Vought, a co-author of Project 2025 who served as a platform policy director for the Republican National Committee, as his pick to lead the Office ...