Welcome to Washington: Trump’s Budget Nominee — Potentially His Most Important — Appears To Be on Track for Confirmation

As director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought plans to implement the most critical parts of the new Trump agenda.

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President Trump's nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, on Capitol Hill, January 15, 2025. AP/Rod Lamkey, Jr.

The most important nominee of President Trump’s second term could well be a bespectacled budget expert with decades of experience working the bowels of Washington’s policy making apparatus. This nominee — charged with crafting White House budget proposals — is already planning a major makeover of how the federal government plans its spending. 

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