Democrats shouldn’t let Russell Vought fly under the radar

This post is a part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. President Donald Trump’s second administration is ...
New Republic

Why Russell Vought Is Worse Than Watergate

“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work…. We want to put them in trauma.” —Russell Vought, May 2023 “[The Center ...
PBS

A look at Russell Vought's push to reshape the government

As the government shutdown heads into its third full week, the Trump administration is halting billions worth of infrastructure funding. It’s the latest of Office of Management and Budget Director ...
Democracy Now

Shadow President: Project 2025 Architect Russell Vought Is Using Shutdown to Gut Federal Agencies

We look at the influence of Trump’s top budget adviser and the architect of Project 2025, Russell Vought, over the Trump administration’s policies and Trump himself. Vought is “the driving force ...
MM&M

Wielding obscure budget tools, Trumps’ ‘reaper’ Vought sows turmoil in public health

When President Donald Trump posted a satirical music video on social media in early October depicting his budget director, Russell Vought, as the Grim Reaper lording over Democrats in Congress, public ...