Trump picks Russell Vought, a key figure behind Project 2025

Trump picks Russell Vought, a key figure behind Project 2025, as OMB director
If confirmed, Vought will be in charge of overseeing the White House budget and putting Trump’s policies into action across executive divisions.
Trump says Russell Vought will return as OMB director
Vought was a prominent contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 initiative to draft proposals for a second Trump administration.
Trump picks Project 2025 author Russell Vought to lead budget office
President-elect Donald Trump tapped Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought to serve as the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during his second administration. Vought served as Trump’s OMB deputy director during his first term in the Oval Office.
Trump planning to tap loyalist Vought to lead OMB, sources say
President-elect Donald Trump is planning to tap conservative loyalist Russell Vought to be the director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, according to two sources close to his transition effort,
Trump taps former budget chief Russell Vought for OMB in second term
President-elect Donald Trump has named Russell Vought, a Project 2025 co-author and former director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to resume the role in his second term. Trump praised Vought as a cost-cutter focused on dismantling the “Deep State” and advancing an “America First Agenda.”
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Russell Vought is reportedly the president-elect Donald Trump's choice to again become the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Trump picks Project 2025 co-author to lead White House’s budget office
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Russell Vought as his pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, he said in a Truth Social post.
Trump taps Russell Vought, key Project 2025 architect, to lead budget office
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Russell Vought, a key architect of Project 2025 and defender of strong presidential powers, as OMB director.
Vought Expected to Lead Budget Office
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick Russell Vought to run the Office of Management and Budget. Vought is notable as having served as OMB director during the final two years of Trump’s first term and thereafter as an author of the “Executive Office of the President” chapter of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.
Donald Trump Faces Backlash Over Russ Vought Pick: 'He Lied'
On Friday evening, Trump announced he was nominating Russ Vought as director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
Trump Picks Russell Vought, a Project 2025 Author, for Budget Role
The president-elect is staffing his administration with people affiliated with the controversial policy and personnel blueprint that he had disavowed on the campaign trail.
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Russell Vought, the once and reportedly future head of the Office of Management and Budget, is poised to choke off millions ...
House Oversight Democrats slam Trump for choosing Project 2025’s ‘lead architect’ to head OMB
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, and committee member Rep.
Trump picks Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought to lead budget office
Trump named Vought, who played a central role in designing Project 2025, to head up the Office of Management and Budget in ...