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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.
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)
Russell Vought 's confirmation hearing to lead budget office: How to watch, what to know.
Project 2025 contributing author Russell Vought is slated to resume his prior role of Office of Management and Budget director.
Russell Vought could expand power of Trump's budget office
After Trump's defeat, Vought founded the Center for Renewing America, a conservative think tank. In speeches he made in 2023 and 2024, Vought described how he helped create legal justifications to prevent military leaders and government lawyers from obstructing Trump's executive actions, ProPublica reported.
Trump budget nominee Russell Vought says presidents can withhold authorized spending
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 authorized at a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
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WATCH LIVE: Russell Vought testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for OMB director | Day 2
Vought was OMB director during Trump’s first term. He already had a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Russell Vought at Senate hearing: 'We have to use taxpayer dollars wisely'
Russell Vought, President Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, discussed how he wants to tackle "government waste" and use taxpayer dollars "wisely" during his opening ...
Russell Vought Poised to Expand Power of White House Budget Office
If confirmed, Mr. Vought will be at the center of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.
Russell Vought grilled on Project 2025 and ‘breaking the law’ during Senate hearing
Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be the next director of the Office of Management and Budget, faced ...
Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees Russell Vought, Brooke Rollins under the Senate spotlight this week
Senate hearings for Trump’s Cabinet nominees progress this week, with Russell Vought (OMB) and Brooke Rollins (Agriculture) ...
Michigan senators oppose Trump's picks to lead Pentagon, White House budget office
Michigan's U.S. senators voted in committee against Trump's picks to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, and White House budget ...
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What Trump’s Cabinet Picks Mean for Black Americans as Confirmation Hearings Begin
Russell Vought is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be director of the Office of Management and Budget. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images) Trump’s plans: The president ...
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Confirmation process for Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees, 2025
This page provides an overview of the confirmation process for Donald Trump's (R) Cabinet nominees in his second presidential term. What is the Cabinet? The Cabinet comes from Article II, Section 2, ...