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

President Donald Trump’s administration issued a memo Monday ordering widespread federal assistance to be temporarily paused, as Trump and his allies have argued he can block government funds that Congress has already authorized, despite a federal law forbidding it.

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Budget Committee will move ahead on confirming President Donald Trump's pick for budget chief Russell Vought despite calls from top Democrats for a delay after an order halting all federal grants and loans.

Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s expected nominee to run OMB, told Senators that he would follow the Impoundment Control Act.

The nominee’s combative disdain for Congress’s power of the purse makes him unqualified.

Russ Vought, President Trump's pick to lead the White House budget office, is facing increased scrutiny as the Trump administration rolls out plans to radically reshape the federal government. Why it matters: If confirmed as the director of the Office of Management and Budget,

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced former U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) as his nominee for secretary of transportation on November 18, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation. The Senate Commerce, Science, and ...

Russell Vought, President Trump’s pick to head the White House budget office, has told senators in his confirmation questionnaire that he believes the 2020 presidential election was “rigged.”

Democrats are sounding the alarm over President Trump’s move to freeze funding approved in two of President Biden’s signature laws. Trump issued an executive order pausing the

Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Russell Vought arrives to testify during a hearing of the House Budget Committee about President Trump's budget for Fiscal Year 2021, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

WASHINGTON — As President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, took questions from senators Wednesday, only about 2 in 10 U.S. adults were "extremely" or "very" confident ...