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The Vought XF5-U: That Time America Built a Flying Saucer...
Did America really build a flying saucer? During World War II, the U.S. developed the Vought XF5-U, a bizarre, disc-shaped aircraft meant to change aerial combat. But why didn’t it take off?
36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations
The agency had been one of Wall Street’s most feared regulators, with the power to issue rules on mortgages, credit cards, ...
The Flying Potato & 10 More Of The Oddest Food-Related Military Aircraft Nicknames
Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the aircraft (such as its shape). The A-10 Thunderbolt got ...
Government Executive8d
Russ Vought, champion of Schedule F and slashing agency budgets, wins confirmation to OMB
Trump's pick for budget chief was confirmed by the Senate after Democrats held the floor for a full day to speak in ...
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 ...
Yahoo8d
Vought wants to dismantle the ‘deep state.’ As he takes office, it’s already happening.
That so much of Vought’s ambitious agenda has already been set in motion — leaving a federal government vigorously shaken — has previewed what the public should expect from Day 1 of his ...
Senate installs Russell Vought as Trump’s next budget chief
Senate Republicans on Thursday confirmed Russell Vought, President Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Budget and Management ...
USA Today6d
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.
Russell Vought Taking Over as New Acting Head of CFPB
Trump fired the CFPB’s Biden-era leader earlier this week, putting in place Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who froze the ...
Forbes8d
Who Is Russell Vought? Senate Confirms Trump’s Controversial OMB Director Pick—As Dems Protest
The Senate confirmed Thursday one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial nominees, Russell Vought, as director ... and Urban Development and $1.1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and $ ...
Roll Call9d
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 ...