Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget director, backs the 'unitary executive' theory, ...

The administration’s early moves to fire thousands of federal workers and dismantle entire agencies even before Vought took office reflect his influence at the White House.

Longtime Democratic Federal Election Commissioner and Chair Ellen Weintraub on Thursday said President Donald Trump sent a ...

Despite Democratic tactics to delay the vote, the Senate confirmed Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). He previously served as OMB director during President Donald ...

Powerless to stop President Trump or Russell T. Vought, the nominee to lead the White House budget office, Democrats pulled ...

It's a concept that’s normally dry, esoteric and distanced from Americans' everyday lives, yet the heart of the matter is a ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 29 The Washington Post on Trump's OMB pick The White House memo announcing a federal spending freeze, rescinded Wednesday ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Georgetown Law professor Stephen Vladeck about the constitutional issues raised by the Trump administration's efforts to pause federal loans and grants last week.

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.

Disparate fights in the early weeks of Trump 2.0 are linked together by the question of whether a president can take spending ...

President Donald Trump‘s opponents celebrated when his administration rescinded a memorandum to freeze federal aid spending ...