WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday confirmed Russell Vought, a key architect of Project 2025, to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget. Vought, 48, was confirmed by a vote of 53-47.

WASHINGTON — Russell Vought is well-known on Capitol Hill and thus far at least looks like a shoo-in to be confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s budget director, as he was during Trump ...

Trump budget chief Russ Vought proclaimed that there were no “downsides” to the “big, beautiful bill” in a Fox Business ...

Merkely noted that Vought oversaw the OMB in 2019 when the office held up $214 million in military aid for Ukraine — an issue that emerged as a key point in Trump’s first impeachment.

Powell has said politics don't play a part in Fed rate decisions. He and his colleagues have held the key overnight borrowing ...

Russell Vaught grew up in Trumbull, CT. Now he's President Trump's director of the Office of Budget and Management and an ...

Russell Vought confirmed to head government's leading budget ... for freezing $214 million in military aid for Ukraine in 2019 — a decision that ultimately led to Trump’s first impeachment.

Vought refused to comply with a congressional demand to depose him during the subsequent Democrat-led House investigation that led to Trump’s first impeachment. The inquiry, Vought said, was a sham.

Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought testifies before the House Appropriations Committee at the U.S. Capitol on June 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty ...

Russell Vought's comments on Ukraine aid spark debate during his confirmation hearing. Skip to content. NOWCAST KCRA 3 News at 5pm. ... an event that led to Trump’s first impeachment.