Senate Democrats promise all-night marathon of speeches in protest of Vought’s nomination
Senate Democrats have started what they’re promising will be an overnight marathon of speeches to protest Russell Vought’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Vought is expected to ...
US Senate confirms Trump budget director pick Russell Vought
The U.S. Senate confirmed Russell Vought as Trump's budget director despite concerns over his views on limiting Congress's ...
Three-Year College Is Coming, But It’s Not What Students Really Want
Young Americans are in a rush to work, but three-year degrees and the concomitant 25% discount pale in comparison to what ...
The New York Times4d
‘Trump’s Thomas Cromwell’ Is Waiting in the Wings
Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. Three years ago, Russell Vought, President Trump’s choice to become director of the Office ...
The Hill3d
Collins to back OMB nominee Russell Vought, paving way for confirmation
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) told The Hill Tuesday that she plans to vote for Russell Vought, President Trump’s pick to head the White House budget office, paving the way ...
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Senate moves to confirm Vought, Bondi after approving Wright
DOE nominee Chris Wright secured bipartisan support. Russell Vought for the Office of Management and Budget and Pam Bondi for attorney general did not. The Senate on Monday voted 51-46 to take up ...
Susan Collins heads to Mar-a-Lago with Republican senators to meet with Trump
Maine, has been more critical of the Trump Administration than most of her Republican colleagues, but also will play a key ...
Opinion
Trump’s power grabs will go on until someone stops him – and that’s not happening soon
A month into Donald Trump’s first term, the president’s then-political sage Steve Bannon coined a doctrine to explain the conservative wrecking ball now demolishing the US government: “the ...
Wall Street Journal7d
Meet the Trump Budget Hawk Partnering With Musk’s DOGE
Russell Vought, a longtime budget hawk and Washington insider, has spent years pressing to dismantle the so-called administrative state. One is the richest man in the world, the chief executive of ...
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The Boys: Vought Fresh Farms Promising "No Woke Yolks" in Trump Dig
Here's a look at the latest "breaking news" (Vought's terms for carefully crafted propaganda) on the eggs front – while the price of eggs still remains high in our world – despite Trump's best ...
New York Magazine5d
‘We’ve Got an Enormous Crisis on Our Hands’
The freeze seems to have originated inside OMB (Office of Management and Budget), but before Russell Vought has been confirmed. And so it could be that once he is confirmed and in place ...
Sen. Collins meets with other lawmakers critical of Elon Musk’s moves to cut agencies, workforce
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said during an interview Wednesday that Musk has exceeded his legal authority, and she criticized the ...