Vought was one of the architects of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for Trump’s second term.

Vought was confirmed on a party-line vote of 53-47 after Democrats warned he was Trump's "most dangerous nominee." ...

UPDATE (Jan. 29, 2025, 1:07 p.m. ET): The White House on Wednesday rescinded its budget memo freezing federal grants and loans two days after it was issued amid widespread confusion over its impact.

You absolutely knew this was coming in 2025.” Trump blamed the rescinding ... The reaction led Vought to call a meeting on Tuesday with the White House budget office’s program associate ...

The White House budget office has rescinded its controversial freeze on federal financial aid, lifting the pause that would have gone into effect next Monday evening barring court intervention.

The White House's controversial federal grants and loans freeze appears to be over. A memo sent by Matthew J. Vaeth at the Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday, January 29, and addressed ...

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the White House budget office, Russell Vought ... Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. The Project 2025 co-author, who served as director of the Office of ...

The White House tried to upend both lawsuits Wednesday by rescinding the original memo from the Trump administration’s budget office implementing the spending freeze. But the statements by ...

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued new guidance Wednesday ... Vought, a primary author of the conservative Project 2025 policy blueprint, said he would “uphold the ...