During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in June, Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) got into a tense exchange with OMB ...

White House budget chief Russell Vought said Wednesday that he expects the number of federal employees laid off to get "much higher" in the coming days. Vought, who is the director of the Office of ...

Two weeks ago, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced a pause of $11 billion in U.S. Army Corps of ...

In an administration full of disruptors, Russ Vought is a different beast. Vought, as head of the White House’s budget arm, has assembled one of the most powerful and exacting teams in Washington, all ...

The president calls budget chief Russ Vought the ... In past shutdowns, the OMB has overseen agency plans during the lapse in federal fundings, ensuring which workers are essential and remain on the ...

President Trump offered these comments on the "reckless and completely unnecessary" 2025 government shutdown and praised OMB Director Russ Vought as the "Darth Vader" of budget cuts. "They call him ...

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said Friday that the ongoing government shutdown is forcing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to halt billions of dollars in infrastructure projects ...

As the government shutdown heads into its third full week, the Trump administration is halting billions worth of infrastructure funding. It’s the latest of Office of Management and Budget Director ...

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