Why the Project 2025 guy is suddenly advocating for a fintech accused of deceiving customers
It’s taken just a few weeks in office, but the Trump administration’s apparent vision for economic populism is coming into ...
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Russell Vought Wants to Burn the Government Down
Once upon a time, Donald Trump became the GOP standard bearer by indicating he would be a different kind of Republican. He ...
Russell Vought confirmed to head government's leading budget office after Dems hold 30-hour protest
Despite Democratic tactics to delay the vote, the Senate confirmed Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget ...
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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 of the Office of Management and Budget—as Vought is expected to expand ...
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Wheaton College clash over Russell Vought escalates, exposing evangelical fault lines
The college’s social media post about alumnus and Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has led to two open letters that ...
Senate tees up Trump budget chief pick Russell Vought for final confirmation vote
The Senate on Wednesday advanced President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Russell Vought, to a final confirmation vote. Republicans have backed Vought’s ...
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Trump Vs. CFPB: Russ Vought Orders Consumer Financial Protection Bureau To Stop Work
Feb. 9 The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents CFPB employees, sued Vought, asking a judge to stop him from ...
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Project 2025 Is Gutting Medical Funding That Helped Russell Vought’s Own Kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
Senate confirms Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead White House budget office
Vought was confirmed on a party-line vote of 53-47 after Democrats warned he was Trump's "most dangerous nominee." ...
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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 ...
Elon Musk Is Grabbing Headlines, but This Man May Be Even More Dangerous
OMB director Russell Vought isn’t as flashy as Musk. But it’s his vision of destroying the federal government that’s being ...