Once upon a time, Donald Trump became the GOP standard bearer by indicating he would be a different kind of Republican. He ...

A federal judge wants to hear directly from one of the top officials at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau to learn if the Trump administration is gutting the agency.

The Trump administration’s demand that federal agencies plan to radically downsize is driven by a key figure in the ...

President Donald Trump's administration says federal agencies should begin planning to eliminate employee positions. The ...

The fiscal conservative returns to the post he held in Trump’s first administration.

Russell Vought takes office as President ... Over his more than two dozen years in Washington, Vought has earned a reputation as a staunch fiscal conservative who believes in balanced budgets ...

Russell Vought is a Christian nationalist, a significant contributor to Project 2025, the policy director of the RNC’s platform committee for the 2024 election, and is currently the director of the ...

In Vought’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee on Jan. 22, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said that since 2019, the U.S. population has grown 2%, while spending has grown 55% ...

In President Donald Trump’s first term, Russell Vought was a largely behind-the-scenes player who eventually became director of the influential but underappreciated Office of Management and Budget.

Vought was confirmed on a party-line vote of 53-47 after Democrats warned he was Trump's "most dangerous nominee." ...

Russell Vought, 48, the architect of Project 2025, will lead the Office of Management and Budget, where he will oversee the president's budget.

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 ...