It was Russ Vought who huddled with House Republicans on the first day of the government shutdown to tell them that mass layoffs of federal workers would begin in "a day or two." Vought, director of ...

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced on Friday that his office has started firing federal workers, writing on X that “the RIFs [reduction-in-force] have begun.” During a ...

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) spoke with Laura Ingraham on FOX News about Democrats' strategy in the government shutdown. SEN. MIKE LEE: The Schumer shutdown boils down to this. They have terrible policies.

As OMB director, Vought is responsible for overseeing and implementing the president's budget priorities across the federal government. President Trump said Thursday that he's meeting with Vought to ...

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell is the White House Correspondent for "The Daily Signal." Send her an email. President Donald Trump will meet Tuesday with Office of Management and Budget Director Russ ...

Americans, and even many Republicans in Congress, don’t like it when an unelected bureaucrat makes huge cuts to the government. Russell Vought has been “dreaming” of a government shutdown “since ...

South by Southwest has revealed its first slate of featured sessions and programs for its 40th anniversary event, taking place March 12 through 18, 2026 in Austin. SXSW 2026 marks the first time that ...

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WASHINGTON — Chicago became the second major US city to have billions of dollars in federal funding for infrastructure projects paused on Friday, as the Trump administration seeks to root out ...