The Senate voted along party lines, 53 to 47, to confirm Russell T. Vought — an architect of the ultraconservative Project 2025 policy agenda — to lead the White House budget office.

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Russell Vought as the next director of the powerful White House budget office, installing a conservative fiscal hawk who has promised to pursue sweeping spending ...

Senate Democrats are planning a full night of speeches in opposition to Russell Vought's nomination to head up the Office of Management and Budget. Vought, who was instrumental in creating the ...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum began his tenure this week with a string of orders he said would “unlock America’s full potential in energy dominance and economic development.” The former ...

Russell Vought took over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Friday night, adding another twist at the banking watchdog that has landed in the crosshairs of Republicans and Elon Musk.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said his department will face scrutiny from the Department of Government Efficiency in the near future, specifically to eliminate unnecessary payments to consultants.

The Senate confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) as Interior secretary Thursday in a 79-18 vote, with the majority of Senate Democrats joining every Republican in the chamber.

President-elect Trump’s nominee for Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is sworn in during his Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee nomination hearing on Thursday, January 16, 2025.

The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the former North Dakota governor to spearhead the Republican administration's ambitions to ...

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday confirmed Russell Vought, a key architect of Project 2025, to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget. Vought, 48, was confirmed by a vote of 53-47.