A U.S. district judge has blocked the layoffs of federal workers after Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said the administration may lay off more than 10,000. Staff Writer at The ...

Days into the 2025 shutdown that brought the federal government to a halt, President Donald Trump reposted an AI-generated music video set to the tune of Blue Öyster Cult’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.” ...

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 ...

Russell Vought’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is putting the public at risk in areas ranging from auto loans and digital payments to credit cards and credit reports. Two ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — President Trump nominated Stuart Levenbach as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, using a legal maneuver to keep his budget director Russell Vought as acting ...

As the government shutdown heads into its third full week, the Trump administration is halting billions worth of infrastructure funding. It’s the latest of Office of Management and Budget Director ...

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 ...

Trump followed up his statement with praise for Vought and pointed out that critics call him Darth Vader: "They call him Darth Vader. I call him a fine man. But he's cutting Democrat priorities and ...

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 ...