Gov. JB Pritzker and 16 Illinois Democrats sent a letter to OMB Director Russell Vought on Tuesday demanding the Trump administration release $1.88 billion in federal funding to Illinois.  Read More

Traumatized. That’s how Donald Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, has said he wants federal employees to feel. “When they wake up in the morning,

Traumatized. That’s how Donald Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, has said he wants federal employees to feel. “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work,

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has postponed 25% tariffs on most goods from Mexico for a month amid widespread fears of the impact of a broader trade war.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget ...

The Trump administration wages a ruthless war on “wokeness” when it means gutting social programs. But when it means suing a predatory firm that acts woke while ripping working-class Americans off, Trump suddenly loses interest.

President Donald Trump's administration says federal agencies should begin planning to eliminate employee positions. The process is known as a reduction in force.

Since acting CFPB Director Russell Vought took over, the agency closed its Washington HQ, fired staff and told those who remain to stop nearly all work.

OMB director Russell Vought isn’t as flashy as Musk. But it’s his vision of destroying the federal government that’s being put into effect.

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director Thursday night, putting an official who planned the zealous expansion of President Donald Trump's power into one ...

The nostalgia behind the slogan “Make America great again” has always provoked the obvious questions of just when America was great, and for whom. Early in the second Trump administration, we are getting the answer.

Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed Wednesday by President Donald Trump’s administration.