Even before he takes the reins at the White House budget office, Russell Vought has started trying to remake Washington. He has promised to pursue stark spending cuts, and he’s signaled support ...

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

A federal judge extended a temporary restraining order blocking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from sending money ...

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

The nominations come days after the Department of Government Efficiency tried to take over both federal aid agencies.

After days of contention, the Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Russell Vought to be the country’s next director of the Office of Management and Budget. The Senate voted 53-47 along party ...

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% ...

Russell Vought, CFPB's new acting head, issues directives to halt portions of bureau activity The Senate confirmed Vought as director of the Office of Management and Budget on Thursday.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been the public face of the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle many ...

Consumer Finance Protection Bureau acting director Russell Vought said the agency will not close. “The predicate to running a ‘more streamlined and efficient bureau’ is that there will continue to ...

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, attends a Senate Budget Committee hearing on his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington ...

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.