Russell Vought Archives

Office of Management and Budget director nominee Russell Vought is sworn in for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senate confirms Russell Vought to lead OMB in party-line vote

Every Republican lawmaker voted to confirm Vought after Senate Democrats staged a 30-hour floor fight.

Feb 6, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Russell Vought testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on his nomination to be director of the Office of Management and Budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Would Schedule F scrap due process rights for federal workers? OMB nominee won’t say

Russell Vought ducked the question during a Senate hearing while saying Schedule F is “not a tool to fire individuals.”

Jan 22, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Russell Vought testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images)

OMB nominee Russell Vought dodges Schedule F question

Any talks with Trump about the policy to ease federal agency firings “are private deliberations,” he said.

Jan 15, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Washington, D.C., aerial view, downtown, agencies, workforce, federal government — (Getty Images)

OMB tells agencies to ‘minimize’ face-to-face interactions, focus on ‘mission-critical’ work

Agencies have 48 hours to consider postponing or curtailing all other activities that can't be performed remotely, as the government adopts a more "aggressive posture" in response…

Mar 18, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir