You are going to swear an oath to the Constitution, not to Donald Trump, just like any other confirmed official," Slotkin reminded Vought

If confirmed again as White House budget director, Russell Vought would likely do more than oversee spending, policy and regulations. Vought, a co-author of Project 2025 who served as budget director in Donald Trump's first term,

If confirmed, Mr. Vought will be at the center of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.

Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget refused to answer questions about his chilling vision for an even more powerful White House.

As a presidential candidate last year, Donald Trump declared that if California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) did not divert more of the state’s limited water supply to farmers, “we won’t give him money to put out all his fires. And if we don’t give him the money to put out his fires, he’s got problems.”

Some of Project 2025’s recommendations include restricting abortion access and supporting a “biblically based” definition of family, because the “male-female dyad is essential to human nature,” by replacing policies related to LGBTQ+ equity with those that “support the formation of stable, married, nuclear families.”

If we can’t count on this country’s vaunted checks and balances to either check or balance the power of an absurdist president, where else can we look?

On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States, some people who work for the federal government are concerned. Trump and his allies have repeatedly promised to dismantle the administrative state and fire those they perceive as disloyal.

Russell Vought, Donald Trump's pick to direct the Office of Management and Budget, will appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on Wednesday around 1:00 p.m. Vought held this position in Trump's first term and has since worked on the RNC's platform committee and the Heritage Foundation's "Project 2025.

Incoming White House budget director Russ Vought has spent much of his career learning the detailed, often convoluted mechanisms that make up the Office of Management and Budget.

President-elect Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, faced questions on Capitol Hill. He was pressed about plans to exert greater power over government agencies and shrinking spending.

Executive actions by presidents have to be grounded in defensible legal authority and process. Just because Donald Trump says he can do something doesn't mean he can.