Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...

ProPublica’s in-depth investigation reveals that Russell Vought, Donald Trump’s former budget director, is the real power ...

At the start of the government shutdown, President Trump posted a video that referred to Russ Vought, head of the White House ...

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We look at the influence of Trump’s top budget adviser and the architect of Project 2025, Russell Vought, over the Trump administration’s policies and Trump himself. Vought is “the driving force ...

The Trump administration is freezing $11 billion in federal funds earmarked mostly for Democrat cities’ infrastructure projects as the government shutdown rolls on with no end in sight. Russell Vought ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Days into the 2025 shutdown that brought the federal ...

On the second day of the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video set to the classic ...

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 ...

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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 ...