5 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night, putting an official who has planned the zealous expansion of President Donald Trump’s power into one of the most influential positions in the federal government.. Vought was confirmed on a party-line vote of 53-47. With the Senate chamber full, Democrats repeatedly tried to speak as they ...

5 days ago · Washington — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Russ Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget after Democrats held the floor through Wednesday night and into the day Thursday to ...

In November 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would renominate Vought as director of the OMB for his second term as president. He was confirmed by the United States Senate to the office on February 6, 2025, by a vote of 53–47.

5 days ago · The Senate voted along party lines on Thursday to confirm Russell T. Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, putting in place one of the most powerful architects of President Trump’s ...

5 days ago · WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday confirmed Russell Vought, a key architect of Project 2025, to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget. Vought, 48, was confirmed by a vote of 53-47.

5 days ago · The Senate voted along party lines, 53 to 47, to confirm Russell T. Vought — an architect of the ultraconservative Project 2025 policy agenda — to lead the White House budget office.

5 days ago · The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the White House budget office, Russell Vought, hours after Democrats staged an all-night hearing in the chamber in protest.

6 days ago · WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the Senate voted, 53-47, to confirm the Honorable Russell Vought as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): “Congratulations to Russ Vought on his confirmation to be Director of OMB once […]

5 days ago · Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, attends a Senate Budget Committee hearing on his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington ...

5 days ago · “Russell Vought is not a business-as-usual nominee. He is one of the most fringe and hard-right individuals the Senate has seen in a very long time,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N ...