Vought, left, with Mark Paoletta, general counsel at the OMB. Photo: Will Oliver/Bloomberg/Getty Images The first few months of Donald Trump’s second term saw steep cuts and mass…
Read more USAID’s Remaining Funds Are Paying for Vought’s Security DetailNEW YORK (AP) — President Trump nominated Stuart Levenbach as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday, using a legal maneuver to keep his…
Read more Trump nominates new CFPB director, but White House says agency is still closing(CNN) — Hundreds of staff fired from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Friday have been reinstated, according to the American Federation of Government Employees. After…
Read more More than half of CDC staffers recently fired by Trump administration have been reinstatedHere’s the real battleground. Photo: Matt McClain/The Washington Post/Getty Images As congressional Democrats sort through their strategic options for managing the current government shutdown, they should keep in…
Read more The Other Demand Democrats Should Make During the Shutdown FightRuss Vought’s coming for you! Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images There are a lot of developments that can be cited to illuminate the crucial differences between the first and…
Read more Trump Regards Millions of Americans As Enemies of the PeoplePresident Trump has shared a largely AI generated music video which depicts Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, one of the architects of the conservative…
Read more Donald Trump posts Project 2025 music videoRussell Vought is probably looking forward to Wednesday. Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images Democrats and Republicans must agree on a temporary spending bill by the end of Tuesday…
Read more Are Democrats About to Walk Into a Devastating Trap?Photo: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg/Getty Images One of the reasons congressional Democrats are unwilling to accept a “clean” stopgap spending bill that would avert a government shutdown until November 21…
Read more Shutdown Layoffs Threat Shows Limit of GOP’s Fear TacticsIs legislation from the obscure backbench House Republican Jen Kiggans the key to avoiding a government shutdown? Photo: Michael Brochstein/ZUMA/Reuters At midnight on September 30, the government funding…
Read more Government Shutdown May Be Averted … By Obamacare?Trump advisor Russ Vought wants to push the button. Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images When people tell horror stories about Donald Trump’s second-term agenda, they usually focus on his…
Read more Trump Doubles Down on Plan for Huge Spending Power Grab
