Russ Vought faces questioning during his confirmation about him wanting to make some federal employees more accountable to the president than to the bureaucracy.

After Trump's defeat, Vought founded the Center for Renewing America, a conservative think tank. In speeches he made in 2023 and 2024, Vought described how he helped create legal justifications to prevent military leaders and government lawyers from obstructing Trump's executive actions, ProPublica reported.

Project 2025 contributing author Russell Vought is slated to resume his prior role of Office of Management and Budget director.

Few Democrats found ways to negotiate with Republicans quite like Shalanda Young — whose work as White House budget director stopped several potential economic crises from erupting.

Democratic senators voiced their frustration Wednesday with answers from Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head up the White House’s budget office, about how he sees the limits of presidential power.

President-elect Trump tapped Penny Schwinn, a former Tennessee education commissioner, for deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.

More than half of federal employees were either teleworking regularly or fully remote” by May 2024, the report notes.

If confirmed, Mr. Vought will be at the center of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director is declining to commit to doling out congressionally approved funds, specifically U.S. military aid to Ukraine.

(THE CONVERSATION) The Office of Management and Budget sounds obscure, yet the agency plays a crucial role throughout the federal government. Presidents rely on the office to turn their ideas and ...

Senators on both sides of the aisle took issue Wednesday with Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget, noting that Russell Vought’s evasive and bureaucratic nonanswers as to whether he’d obey the law while serving the country were alarming.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the top budget office, Russ Vought, will face senators on Wednesday for potential confirmation to a crucial post for Trump's goals to reshape and downsize the federal government.