In a 2023 recording surfaced by ProPublica, Trump budget director Russell Vought said, “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to ...

Senator Gary Peters hammered Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem during her testimony before the US Senate this morning for wasting taxpayer money. GOP Calls for Investigation into Federal ...

At worst, he’s become an apologist and errand boy for the men behind them — Stephen Miller and Project 2025’s mastermind Russell Vought. On Friday, Griffith issued a newsletter about legislation to ...

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Russell Vought, head of the Office of Management and Budget, told Fox News’s Martha MacCallum recently that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is “not going away” and that ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. But that version of the story misses a key character: Russell Vought. Behind all the DOGE pyrotechnics, Vought—who serves as director of the Office of ...

But that version of the story misses a key character: Russell Vought. Behind all the DOGE pyrotechnics, Vought—who serves as director of the Office of Management and Budget—is working ...

Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought issued a “do no work” order, canceled contracts, and terminated CFPB employees. In response, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) filed a lawsuit ...

The president’s 2026 fiscal budget request, unveiled earlier this month, included a 65 percent increase for the DHS budget, which Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said ...

Robert Peters (D) in the 2nd Congressional District in the House. The safe blue seat is held by Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), who is running for retiring Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) seat in 2026.