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Mr. Vought has assembled a team of like-minded advisers who are working to prepare Mr. Trump’s 2026 budget proposal.
From The New York Times
Senate Republicans said they are pushing ahead on President Donald Trump's big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts this week, even though they're punting some of the most difficult decisions — inclu...
From U.S. News & World Report
The Senate’s version, meanwhile, calls for $4 billion in cuts – although senators argue they set a lower marker to allow for maximum flexibility under strict Senate rules that govern the process.
From CNN
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Director Russell Vought shared his support for workforce reductions at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) while applauding Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
It's striking to see the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau try to give money to a mortgage lender, instead of trying to get money from a mortgage lender.
The CFPB is on hiatus, but policy experts are warning fintechs against running wild while the cops are off-duty. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg . The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director Thursday night, putting an official who planned the zealous expansion of President Donald Trump's power into one ...
The agency must reinstate fired probationary and term employees and can’t enact mass reductions in force, the court said. The injunction also lifts CFPB Acting Director Russ Vought’s stop-work order.
Ernst sent a letter to OMB head Russell Vought, requesting it move agencies to comply with government transparency laws.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the head of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, and her Democratic counterpart are challenging the Trump administration’s handling of emergency funding
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker launched a marathon speech on the Senate floor Monday evening, vowing to speak “as long as I am physically able."
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s $5 cap on bank and credit union overdraft fees finalized toward the end of the Biden administration is one step closer to elimination after the US Senate voted to repeal it.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins Democratic and Sen. Patty Murray are contesting President Donald Trump's authority to curtail nearly $3 billion in spending contained in the budget bill Congress approved just last week.
Senator Susan Collins of Maine, the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, joined top Democrats in insisting that the president does not have the power to “pick and choose” what to fund.