Politics Senate confirms Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead powerful White House budget office Vought was confirmed on a party-line vote of 53-47. Russell Vought, Presi

Democrats fought the OMB nominee's confirmation, elevating a little-known agency head to the national spotlight amid larger anxieties about the fate of congressional spending authority.

Vought's return to the White House Office of Management and Budget, which he also helmed during Trump's first term, would put him in a role that often goes under the public radar