Russell Vought confirmed to head government's leading budget office after Dems hold 30-hour protest
Russell Vought previously served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget during President Donald Trump's first administration.
Russell Vought confirmed as Office of Management and Budget director
Russell Vought, a key author of Project 2025, was confirmed by the Senate, 53-47, to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
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 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.
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.
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 ...
Senate vote could put Project 2025 architect in charge of Trump’s budget office
The Senate is heading for a confirmation vote on Russell Vought. He is President Donald Trump’s nominee for White House ...
Trump’s spending freeze sets up a future possible Supreme Court showdown over presidential power
President Donald Trump’s dramatic pause of federal grants and loans is queuing up a Supreme Court showdown over the ...
Chaos, lawsuits are the point: Trump expects Supreme Court to give him a free pass | Opinion
Will the Constitution hold? We'll have to wait and see if the conservatives on the Supreme Court have a desire to hold ...
Judge blocks Trump federal funding freeze on all public loans, grants and more aid
The spending freeze on federal assistance could affect everything from aid to nonprofits, universities, small business loans ...
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Finger-Pointing Over Funding Freeze May Lead Trump to Drop Lawyer Linked to DOGE and Project 2025
The recent federal funding freeze spurred immediate finger-pointing inside the Trump administration, with anonymous sources ...
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How Will the Supreme Court Respond to Trump’s Budget-Freeze Power Grab?
To put the point as directly as I can, the Supreme Court’s budget depends upon a functioning appropriations power. The Constitution protects the justices’ salaries, but that’s just 2 percent ...
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Supreme Court urged to declare 2025 budget unconstitutional
MANILA, Philippines — Former executive secretary Vic Rodriguez filed a petition before the Supreme Court ... he called the budget "illegal and criminal," asking the high court to declare the ...
Trump’s Funding Freeze Will be Fought in Court. That Could Land Him More Power.
As Trump's funding freeze heads to court, he hopes judges grant him the power of impoundment. What is impoundment? And why ...