Jacob Bogage covers economic policy in Congress for The Washington Post, where he's worked since 2015. He's previously covered business and technology and wrote for the Sports section. Before ...

Russell Vought took over as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday night and officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency deleted the banking ...

Vought, who previously served as OMB director during the last six months of the first Trump administration, will oversee the implementation of the president’s policy, regulatory and management ...

HAPPENING SOON: A federal judge in Boston will hold a hearing over the Trump administration’s deferred resignation/buyout ...

The Senate voted 53-47 along party lines on Wednesday to limit debate on Vought’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the face of staunch opposition from Democrats.

The 53-47 vote sends Vought back to OMB, where he previously held the role of director toward the end of the first Trump administration. His confirmation also serves as a de facto green light for ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Democrats held the Senate floor overnight in protest of Russell Vought’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget. “Project 2025 is dangerous. Mr. Vought is ...

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) warns that conservative playbook includes proposals to cut Medicare and Social Security and give tax breaks to billionaires, which Vought could implement as the director of ...

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.