Senate confirms Russell Vought to lead White House budget office
The fiscal conservative returns to the post he held in Trump’s first administration.
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 (OMB), in the face of mounting Democratic attacks over his ties to
White House budget office suspends federal financial aid programs
The Office of Management and Budget instructed federal agencies to pause any financial aid programs that might conflict with President Donald Trump's executive orders.
Russ Vought confirmed as White House budget chief
Democrats fought the OMB nominee's confirmation, elevating a little-known agency head to the national spotlight amid larger anxieties about the fate of congressional spending authority.
US Senate Confirms Trump Budget Director Pick Vought
The Republican-led U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee Russell Vought as budget director on Thursday, placing the reins of government funding in the hands of hardline conservative who has advocated for reducing Congress's power over taxpayer dollars.
LIVE
Trump 2nd term live updates: Senate confirms Russell Vought as OMB director
Trump on Thursday gave remarks at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, after which he was meeting with House Republicans about his budget and tax cuts agenda and later was scheduled to sign executive orders.
How Each Senator Voted to Confirm Russell T. Vought as Budget Chief
The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Russell T. Vought — an architect of the ultraconservative Project 2025 policy agenda — to lead the White House budget office.
Elon Musk's recent decision for DOGE is raising major red flags
A major decision made by Elon Musk is sending shockwaves through both the tech world and the United States government. The ...
Republicans advance Trump OMB nominee as Democrats boycott vote
Senate Republicans advanced the nomination of Russell Vought to lead the White House budget office as Democrats boycotted the ...
JD Supra3d
Responding to Recent Guidance on OMB’s Temporary Pause of Federal Financial Assistance Programs
On January 27, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued an internal memo (Memo M-25-13) directing all federal agencies to ...
Fierce Healthcare1d
Seeking funding freeze answers, Energy & Commerce Dems ask department heads if they 'intend to follow the Constitution'
Opponents of the freeze have secured two temporary restraining orders, yet some nonprofits and lawmakers say that funds are ...
Trump’s 10-For-1 ‘Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation’ Executive Order: What’s Next?
Trump’s new executive order enforces a 10-for-1 regulatory rollback, reinstates oversight, and targets regulatory dark matter ...
Judge blocks Trump federal funding freeze on all public loans, grants and more aid
The spending freeze on federal assistance could affect everything from aid to nonprofits, universities, small business loans ...
Pew Research Center19h
What the data says about U.S. foreign aid
The $71.9 billion in foreign aid that the government spent in fiscal year 2023 works out to 1.2% of that year’s total federal spending.
JD Supra3d
The OMB Issued a Memo Freezing Federal Financial Assistance. And Then Rescinded the Memo, But Not the Freeze. Confused? Read On
On January 29, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescinded M-25-13, which it had issued two days earlier, and which required ...