Russell Vought
Inside Trump's Government Shutdown: How Russell Vought Became America's Budget "Grim Reaper"
Oct 05, 2025 03:02 pm CST
Russell Vought, Trump's powerful Office of Management and Budget director, is leveraging the US government shutdown to implement dramatic federal workforce reductions. Once a key architect of Project 2025, Vought now wields unprecedented influence in reshaping American bureaucracy while Democrats accuse him of deliberately engineering the budget crisis to dismantle essential government functions.
100 Days Later, US Federal Workers Navigate Wreckage From Musk's DOGE
Sep 15, 2025 10:38 am CST
Roughly 100 days after Elon Musk's dramatic departure from the Trump White House, federal workers are still grappling with the lasting damage from his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).