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

The Trump administration‘s Office of Management and Budget rescinded its memo to freeze federal aid spending, though it could be blocked in court for a second time after contradictory statements from the White House suggested the freeze could still be in effect.

Washington has joined 21 other states in a lawsuit seeking to block the federal government from freezing billions in federal funding an array of state programs including ones centered on education, roads and health care.

The OMB has paused federal funding for various programs, impacting New York City. Mayor Adams is addressing the issue, noting critical services and tax contributions are at stake.

The full extent of the order was not immediately clear, but the directive sent to government agencies on Monday threatened to paralyze a vast swath of federal programs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s new tool for reshaping the federal government is a relatively obscure agency, the Office of Personnel Management.

Russell Vought has signaled he hopes to slash spending — and push the limits of presidential power to achieve Trump’s agenda.

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Budget Committee will move ahead on confirming President Donald Trump's pick for budget chief Russell Vought despite calls from top Democrats for a delay after an order halting all federal grants and loans.

See agency by agency, the more than one million federal workers who could be affected.

creating significant confusion across Washington. In a two-page document, Matthew J. Vaeth, the acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, instructs federal agencies to ...

President Trump's efforts to cut the federal workforce by 10% might not save as much money as hoped and could have unintended consequences. NPR explains why.