ProPublica’s in-depth investigation reveals that Russell Vought, Donald Trump’s former budget director, is the real power ...

We look at the influence of Trump’s top budget adviser and the architect of Project 2025, Russell Vought, over the Trump ...

Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is making this ... “Every authoritarian leader has had his grim reaper. Russell Vought is Donald Trump’s,” said Rep. Steny Hoyer, the senior Democrat from ...

Reporter Andy Kroll explains Vought’s rise from a congressional staffer to the man piloting everything from Trump's layoffs and agency closings to his shutdown strategy, controlling the fate of ...

The White House budget office is urging federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans if the government shuts down next week.

The Atlantic’s Ashley Parker said Vought’s goals in the government shutdown are “cruelty” and that “is squarely in his erogenous zone.” ...

President Donald Trump’s administration has canceled, or threatened to cancel, billions of dollars of previously approved ...

Russell Vought, a key architect of Donald Trump's second-term agenda and head of the White House OMB, wields significant influence. His estimated net worth is around $1 million, with substantial ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House budget director Russell Vought said on Wednesday he wants to close the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau even though President Donald Trump's administration ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Days into the 2025 shutdown that brought the federal ...