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'Ultra-right': Trump budget chief pick Russell Vought faces fire from Dem senators

President Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget faced a tough grilling from Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday.

Salon on MSN · 6d

Russell Vought could expand power of Trump's budget office

Vought, a co-author of Project 2025 who served as budget director in Donald Trump's first term, has signaled he will take a more aggressive approach to helping the president-elect carry out his agenda of shrinking the federal government.

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Russell Vought, Brooke Rollins under Senate spotlight this week for Donald Trump’s cabinet

Senate hearings for Trump’s Cabinet nominees progress this week, with Russell Vought (OMB) and Brooke Rollins (Agriculture) set for January 22 and 23. Other nominees, like Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Tulsi Gabbard,

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Trump’s Budget Pick Grilled on What Exactly He Thinks Is “Woke”

Russell Vought, Project 2025 mastermind and Trump’s nominee for the Office of Management and Budget, had quite a testy confirmation hearing.

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Trump’s budget pick is famous for defying Congress. GOP senators want to confirm him anyway.

It’s looking like "thumbs up" for Russ Vought in the Senate, where Republicans are preparing to confirm him to lead the White House budget office despite his reputation for withholding congressionally-approved funding.

Russell Vought, OMB

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Democrats assail OMB director nominee Russell Vought over political, cultural issues

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, promised to help American taxpayers while undergoing a contentious confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

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Trump seeks to bring back Russell Vought as OMB director

Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, poses for a photo with Cabinet picks, other nominees and appointments, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Washington Examiner on MSN · 1d

WATCH LIVE: Russell Vought testifies at confirmation hearing for OMB director

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget, will testify before Congress for the second time. Since the first, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) met with Vought and released a statement disagreeing with the nomination.

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We Can Stop Pretending Like Donald Trump Had Never Heard of Project 2025 Now, Right?

I commend to your attention the recent confirmation hearings of Russell Vought, the career apparatchik and key figure behind Project 2025, a veritable Vesuvius of bad and dangerous ideas whom the ...

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Trump Budget Nominee Says He’s Proud of Legislation That Doubled Extreme Poverty

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Can Trump freeze spending? OMB pick says it’ll be under ‘review.’

President Donald Trump’s pick for budget director faced another series of questions over presidential power to withhold ...

White House would have many ways to upend lives of Trump’s enemies

For the many people considered enemies by President Donald Trump, his return to the White House has sparked anxiety about how ...

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Team Trump eyes Congress’ power of the purse as part of new power grab

One of the president’s most controversial Cabinet nominees wants to shuffle the deck on core American principles, such as checks and balances.

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