Roll Call8d
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 ...
MSNBC8d
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 ...
Politico6d
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 Times6d
Russell Vought Orders Consumer Protection Bureau’s Headquarters Closed for a Week
The order to shutter the agency’s headquarters follows another order issued Saturday by Mr. Vought, who also leads the Office of Management and Budget, telling agency employees to halt nearly ...
Time8d
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 ...
Yahoo8d
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 ...
NBC News6d
Russell Vought, CFPB's new acting head, issues directives to halt parts of bureau activity
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought issued a series of directives to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees Saturday night in his new capacity as the bureau's acting ...
Roll Call15d
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 ...
Politico8d
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 ...
MSNBC29d
Russ Vought wants to make Congress obsolete
On Wednesday, Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Office of Management and Budget, appeared before a panel of senators. When the gavel fell to end the hearing a few ...
Washington Examiner5d
Federal employee union sues Vought over CFPB order to stop working
A union representing thousands of federal employees filed two lawsuits against Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought for his shuttering of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
USA Today5d
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.