Russell Thurlow Vought (IPA: / voʊt / VOHT, born March 26, 1976) is an American government official who served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from July 2020 to January 2021. Before assuming this role, he was deputy director of the OMB for part of 2018, and served as acting director from 2019 to 2020.

Nov 23, 2024 · After repeatedly disavowing Project 2025 during his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate co-author Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget.

Jan 15, 2025 · Donald Trump's choice to oversee the federal budget, Russell Vought, defended the U.S. president-elect's goal of cutting spending by refusing to spend money that Congress has already authorized...

Dec 2, 2024 · Russell Vought is well-known on Capitol Hill and thus far at least looks like a shoo-in to be confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s budget director, as he was during...

Nov 23, 2024 · Russell Vought, a prominent contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, will return as director of the Office of Management and Budget in Donald Trump’s second administration, the...

Aug 15, 2024 · Russell Vought, a co-author of Project 2025, was caught on a secretly recorded video saying that Trump’s denials of any connection with the conservative policy blueprint were politics.

5 days ago · Russell Vought, U.S. President Trump's nominee to be director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies before a Senate Budget Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in ...

3 days ago · WASHINGTON - The Senate Budget Committee voted on Thursday to advance Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, for a floor vote. The floor vote ...

Russell Thurlow Vought (born March 26, 1976) is an American political aide and government official who was the 42nd Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2020 to 2021. He was also the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2018 to 2020. [1]

Jan 15, 2025 · 'Astonished and aghast' Democrats grilled Russell Vought, who was tapped to be President-elect Donald Trump’s next budget chief, for his ties to Project 2025 and the powers of the executive...