15 hours ago · The White House memo announcing a federal spending freeze, rescinded Wednesday afternoon amid chaos and backlash, was the brainchild of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s pick to direct ...

1 day ago · Russell Vought, U.S. President Trump's nominee to be director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies before a Senate Budget Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in ...

In November 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would renominate Vought as director of the OMB for his second term as president.

Jan 15, 2025 · Donald Trump's choice to oversee the federal budget, Russell Vought, defended the U.S. president-elect's goal of cutting spending by refusing to spend money that Congress has already...

Jan 23, 2025 · A version of this article appears in print on , Section SR, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Russell Vought Is Probably the Most Important Person in Trump 2.0. Order Reprints ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s expected nominee to run OMB, told Senators that he would follow the Impoundment Control Act. If Russell Vought’s confirmation hearing to run the Office of Management and Budget was a boxing match, the judges would’ve given him the win on points.

Nov 22, 2024 · President-elect Donald J. Trump on Friday picked a key figure in Project 2025 to lead the Office of Management and Budget, elevating a longtime ally who has spent the last four years making...

Aug 15, 2024 · Russell Vought, a co-author of Project 2025, was caught on a secretly recorded video saying that Trump’s denials of any connection with the conservative policy blueprint were politics.

Nov 23, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump has selected Russell Vought as his pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, he said in a Truth Social post. Vought was one of the key authors of Project...

Aug 5, 2024 · If former President Donald Trump wins a second term in November, Vought may get the opportunity to go on the offensive. A chief architect of Project 2025 — the controversial conservative blueprint to remake the federal government — Vought is likely to be appointed to a high-ranking post in a second Trump administration.