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Senate Confirms Russell Vought

Senate Republicans confirm Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought as White House budget director

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted along party lines Thursday to confirm Russell Vought as the next head of the Office of Management and Budget despite fierce pushback from Democrats. Although Democrats have been divided over various Trump nominees, they unified in opposition to Vought.

The New York Times · 20h

Senate Confirms Russell Vought as Office of Management and Budget Director

Mr. Vought, an architect of Project 2025 who served in the first Trump administration, will be at the center of President Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.

The Independent on MSN · 14h

Project 2025 architect Russell Vought confirmed as head of powerful Office of Management and Budget

Senator Chuck Schumer called Vought the ‘most radical nominee, who has the most extreme agenda’ and now heads the ‘most important agency in Washington’

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Vought wants to dismantle the ‘deep state.’ As he takes office, it’s already happening.

The administration’s early moves to fire thousands of federal workers and dismantle entire agencies even before Vought took office reflect his influence at the White House.

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Senate Democrats launch talkathon to protest Vought amid Musk takeover of agencies

In an all-night marathon of speeches on the Senate floor, Democrats are protesting Russell Vought ’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget, warning his confirmation will supercharge ...

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‘Trump’s Thomas Cromwell’ Is Waiting in the Wings

Russell Vought views American politics as a life-or-death struggle between the God-fearing right and a malevolent, secular ...

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Meet the Trump Budget Hawk Partnering With Musk’s DOGE

The Tesla leader is a big-picture visionary, while the OMB pick is an in-the-weeds technocrat.

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