As director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought plans to implement the most critical parts of the new Trump agenda.

Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Russell Vought arrives to testify during a hearing of the House Budget Committee about President Trump's budget for Fiscal Year 2021, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Trump's nominees for top posts in his administration are gearing up for their Senate confirmation hearings, which kicked off earlier this month.

Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, poses for a photo with Cabinet picks, other nominees and appointments, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

It’s a powerful strategy, designed not only to boost Trump’s policy plans but also to transform governance. It’s happening with a speed intended to overwhelm lawmakers, watchdog groups, journalists, and the public. Careful vigilance and swift action in the courts are called for—before it’s too late.

President Donald Trump's second White House is looking a lot like the inside of Mar-a-Lago, with extremely wealthy Americans taking key roles in his Republican administration.

Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee praised President Donald Trump’s pick, Russell Vought, to lead the Office of Management and Budget. “I

Virginia's Democratic senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, rebuked President Donald Trump's pick to head the nation's budget office for saying he wants federal employees to feel "traumatically affected" by the incoming administration's attacks on the professional work force and calling them "villains.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer took a small victory lap around the White House’s decision to rescind an order for a temporary freeze on federal aid, vowing that the move was the first of many fights Democrats were ready to wage against the Trump administration.

The Trump administration backed down Wednesday from its sloppy order — after the edict was put on hold by a federal judge — imposing a sweeping federal spending freeze. But even as it backtracked, the administration made clear it was not retreating from its audacious assertion that the president, not Congress, gets the final say on spending.