Roll Call5d
Firebrand Vought confirmed as White House budget director
Russ Vought, a hard-charging fiscal and social conservative with a passion for downsizing government, became President Donald Trump’s budget director for the second time Thursday when the ...
Politico2d
Vought cuts off CFPB funding, saying it’s not necessary to run the agency
Russell Vought, the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is halting the flow of new funding to the agency and shutting down its headquarters, the latest threat to the CFPB’s ...
The New York Times3d
Russell Vought Orders Consumer Protection Bureau’s Headquarters Closed for a Week
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Less than 36 hours after Trump appointed Russell Vought as the consumer bureau’s acting director, he shut its operations, throwing the agency into chaos.
MSNBC5d
Senate confirms Russell Vought as Trump’s next OMB director
Vought's return to the Office of Management and Budget is a green light for his radical overhaul of the federal government. By Hayes Brown The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Russell Vought as ...
The Hill2d
Vought seeks to halt actions at CFPB
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is quickly seeking to crack down on the activities of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), preventing it from drawing down more ...
USA Today1d
Senate confirms Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday confirmed Russell Vought, a key architect of Project 2025, to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget. Vought, 48, was confirmed by a vote of 53-47.
Time5d
Project 2025 Architect Russell Vought Confirmed to Lead White House Budget Office
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night, putting an official who has planned the zealous expansion of President Donald Trump’s power ...
HousingWire2d
Vought shuts down most of the CFPB’s functions, cuts off funding, closes HQ
The CFPB is funded through the Federal Reserve system, not through Congress, and Vought has cut off that funding, posting this message on his X account Saturday night: “Pursuant to the Consumer ...
Politico5d
Russell Vought’s about to use a normally obscure role to tear down the ‘deep state’
Russell Vought takes office as President Donald Trump’s budget chief today with the goal of turning the federal bureaucracy into rubble. But his work has already started. The administration’s ...
Senate Republicans confirm Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought as White House budget director
Although Democrats have been divided on various Trump nominees, they have unified in their opposition to Vought.
Yahoo5d
Vought wants to dismantle the ‘deep state.’ As he takes office, it’s already happening.
Russell Vought takes office as President Donald Trump’s budget chief today with the goal of turning the federal bureaucracy into rubble. But his work has already started. The administration’s ...
Roll Call12d
Vought nomination advances despite Democrats’ boycott
Senate Budget Committee Republicans approved Russ Vought’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s budget director on Thursday, overcoming the absence of Democrats on the panel who ...