2 days ago · Russell Vought, President Trump’s pick to head the White House budget office, told senators in his confirmation questionnaire that he believes the 2020 presidential election was “rigged.”

Russell Thurlow Vought (IPA: / v oʊ t / VOHT, born March 26, 1976) is an American government official who served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from July 2020 to January 2021. Before assuming this role, he was deputy director of the OMB for part of 2018, and served as acting director from 2019 to 2020.

9 hours ago · President-elect Trump’s nominee for Director of OMB Russell Vought is sworn in during his Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee nomination hearing on Wednesday, January 15, 2025.

The United States Senate confirmed Vought as OMB director on July 20, 2020. He left office on January 20, 2021. In 2021, Vought founded the Center for Renewing America, an organization supporting Trump's policies.

Oct 28, 2024 · As OMB director, Russell Vought sought to use Trump’s 2020 Schedule F executive order to strip away job protections for nonpartisan government workers.

Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 2020. [a] The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Harris defeated the incumbent Republican president Donald Trump, and vice president Mike Pence. [9]

Jan 15, 2025 · Democrats grilled Russell Vought, who was tapped to be President-elect Trump’s next budget chief, for his ties to Project 2025 and the powers of the executive branch as senators weighed his...

Jan 15, 2025 · Donald Trump's choice to oversee the federal budget, Russell Vought, defended the U.S. president-elect's goal of cutting spending by refusing to spend money that Congress has already...

2 days ago · The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Budget Committee will move ahead on confirming President Donald Trump's pick for budget chief Russell Vought despite calls from top Democrats for a delay ...

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