Russ Vought faces questioning during his confirmation about him wanting to make some federal employees more accountable to the president than to the bureaucracy.

Democratic senators voiced their frustration Wednesday with answers from Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head up the White House’s budget office, about how he sees the limits of presidential power.

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director is declining to commit to doling out congressionally approved funds, specifically U.S. military aid to Ukraine.

More than half of federal employees were either teleworking regularly or fully remote” by May 2024, the report notes.

(THE CONVERSATION) The Office of Management and Budget sounds obscure, yet the agency plays a crucial role throughout the federal government. Presidents rely on the office to turn their ideas and ...

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.

Martha Coven served for six years as a political appointee in the Obama White House, at the Domestic Policy Council and the Office of Management and Budget. In 2020-21, she led the OMB agency ...

Few Democrats found ways to negotiate with Republicans quite like Shalanda Young — whose work as White House budget director stopped several potential economic crises from erupting.

The Linn County Treasurer’s Office, where local residents can come to pay property taxes. (Gazette Archive) Property taxes are crushing

Federal workers say President-elect Trump is causing panic with threats to cut government costs through layoffs and return-to-office mandates.

President-elect Trump tapped Penny Schwinn, a former Tennessee education commissioner, for deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.