ProPublica investigation revealed that Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought has become “basically a second commander-in-chief, a shadow president” who is “the driving force” behind Trump administration policy while Trump appears increasingly disengaged and …
Russell Vought founded the Center for Renewing America (CRA) in January 2021, initially called the Center for American Restoration, creating a Christian nationalist policy organization to prepare for Trump’s return to power and advance a theocratic agenda. Vought, a self-described Christian …
Acting OMB Director Russell Vought ordered the freeze of $214 million in congressionally approved security assistance to Ukraine in July 2019 after the Trump White House pressured Ukraine’s government to investigate then-candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter. On July 25, 2019, Trump made his …