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'Ultra-right': Trump budget chief pick Russell Vought faces fire from Dem senators

President Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget faced a tough grilling from Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday.

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Republicans Set Terrifying Precedent in Trump’s Budget Chief Hearing

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced Stargate—a public-private joint AI venture between the federal government, OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle, which the forty-seventh president claimed could invest as much as $500 billion into the bubbling tech sector over the next four years.

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Trump’s budget pick is famous for defying Congress. GOP senators want to confirm him anyway.

It’s looking like "thumbs up" for Russ Vought in the Senate, where Republicans are preparing to confirm him to lead the White House budget office despite his reputation for withholding congressionally-approved funding.

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Trump’s Budget Pick Grilled on What Exactly He Thinks Is “Woke”

Russell Vought, Project 2025 mastermind and Trump’s nominee for the Office of Management and Budget, had quite a testy ...

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Senate Dems sound alarm on Trump's budget director

Why it matters: The intensity of Senate Democrats' opposition to Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is notable: That nomination is usually more low-profile. Schumer ...

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Maddow Blog | Team Trump eyes Congress’ power of the purse as part of new power grab

One of Donald Trump's most controversial Cabinet nominees wants to shuffle the deck on core American principles such as checks and balances.

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Trump Budget Nominee Says He’s Proud of Legislation That Doubled Extreme Poverty

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White House would have many ways to upend lives of Trump’s enemies

For the many people considered enemies by President Donald Trump, his return to the White House has sparked anxiety about how ...

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Everything Trump did in the first executive orders and actions of his presidency

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.

Trump Signs Dozens Of Executive Orders, Including An Indefinite Freeze On IRS Hiring

President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive actions on his first day in office, including two that could impact the IRS ...

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Sen. Warner calls Vought’s plan for federal employees ‘management malpractice’

Director of the Office of Management and Budget nominee Russell Vought came under fire during his nominee hearing today in ...

Michigan senators oppose Trump's picks to lead Pentagon, White House budget office

Michigan's U.S. senators voted in committee against Trump's picks to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, and White House budget ...

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Can Trump Overrule Congress’ Spending Decisions? What To Know As He Pauses Infrastructure And Climate Change Funding.

Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget has refused to say Trump will follow the law that forbids him from blocking funds.

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Senate Democrats grill Trump’s OMB nominee

Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee praised President Donald Trump’s pick, Russell Vought, to lead the Office of ...

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