As director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought plans to implement the most critical parts of the new Trump agenda.
Russell Vought has signaled he hopes to slash spending — and push the limits of presidential power to achieve Trump’s agenda.
Washington has joined 21 other states in a lawsuit seeking to block the federal government from freezing billions in federal funding of an array of state programs including ones centered on education,
President Donald Trump is relying on a relatively obscure federal agency to reshape government. The Office of Personnel Management was created in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter and is the equivalent of the government's human resources departent.
The pause was set to begin Tuesday at 5 p.m., according to an Office of Management and Budget memo independently viewed by FedScoop.
One of the most visible signs of how President Donald Trump is trying to reshape the federal government is his call for federal employees to return to the office full-time. On his first day, Trump signed an executive order that called for an end to remote work and later that week, agencies were instructed to end their telework policies.
President Donald Trump's budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order on a federal grant freeze two days after it was initially announced.
In her first White House press conference, press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that DOGE had identified $50 million for condoms in Gaza.
The Trump administration’s move to freeze swaths of federal spending drew backlash Tuesday from Washington’s Democratic leaders, as the state faced the threat of either losing or experiencing delays w
US District Judge Loren L. AliKhan’s stay temporarily blocked part of Trump’s plans, preventing the administration from pausing payments for open awards – those already granted by the federal government – through at least 5 p.m. ET Monday, February 3.