NPR's Juana Summers speaks with McKay Coppins, who recently profiled Russell Vought in the Atlantic. Vought is a key player in the Trump administration's push to remake the federal government.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with McKay Coppins, who recently profiled Russell Vought in the Atlantic. Vought is a key player in the Trump administration's push to remake the federal government.

Russell Vought is advancing a radical ideological project decades in the making. ... Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Doug Mills / The New York Times / Redux. May 16, 2025.

In truth, that portfolio has been sitting atop Vought’s desk since January. “Elon Musk is the face of DOGE,” said Bloomberg Businessweek last month, “but Russell Vought is the brains.” ...

Russell Vaught grew up in Trumbull, CT. Now he's President Trump's director of the Office of Budget and Management and an ...

A new profile on Project 2025 mastermind Russell Vought reveals he was a ‘nerdy” boy frequently targeted by bullies. The article in The Atlantic digs deep into the formation of Vought’s ideas.

How to watch Russell Vought's confirmation hearing? Russell Vought's confirmation hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 at 1 p.m. at the Senate Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C.

Elon Musk’s semi-exit from the federal government hasn’t derailed the supposed efficiency work his DOGE deployees are doing at federal agencies, a reality the White House’s top budget official said ...

A self-described Christian nationalist, Mr. Vought has elaborated on his views over the past four years, including in a contribution to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint for the ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director Thursday night, putting an official who planned the zealous expansion of President Donald Trump's power into one ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with McKay Coppins, who recently profiled Russell Vought in the Atlantic. Vought is a key player in the Trump administration's push to remake the federal government.