Senators advanced the nomination of Russell Vought, who was tapped to be President Trump’s next budget chief, on Monday, as Republicans are ramping up efforts to confirm the president’s nominees.

If confirmed again as White House budget director, Russell Vought would likely do more than oversee spending, policy and regulations. Vought, a co-author of Project 2025 who served as budget ...

But the administration ran out of time to fully implement it. Only the White House budget office, led then by Russell Vought — who is also Trump’s pick to run the office in his second term ...

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced energy executive Chris Wright as his nominee for secretary of energy on November 16, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a ...

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) as his nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on November 11, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee ...

The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet. The vote was unanimous.

Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Russell Vought, nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget. (AP Photo) This combination photo of President-elect Donald Trump's nominees who will have ...

Ratcliffe received a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1987, and a law degree from Southern Methodist University in 1989. Before being elected to Congress, Ratcliffe served as the mayor of Heath, Texas, from 2004 to 2012. He also ...

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing for Vought on January 15, 2025. Russell Vought's Senate confirmation hearing, January 15, 2025 The Senate Budget Committee held a confirmation hearing for Vought on ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), one of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, is the latest to express public disapproval, particularly for the pardons for those convicted of assaulting police officers.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) grilled Russell Vought, President Trump’s nominee to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget, over a budget proposal created at the think tank where he worked,

Democrats on Wednesday grilled Office of Management and Budget (OMB) nominee Russell Vought over recent executive orders made by President Trump they say “illegally” target funding authorized by