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Sam Levine

Watchdog group sues White House after government spending tracker removed

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Russell Vought, director of the office of management and budget, attends a cabinet meeting at the White House on 10 April. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters

A watchdog group on Monday sued the Trump administration over its decision to remove a public tracker of how the government spends funds appropriated by Congress.

The director of the office of management and budget (OMB), Russell Vought, has sought to justify taking down the tracker, telling Congress in March that the tool “requires the disclosure of sensitive, predecisional and deliberative information”.

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