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Trump nominates CFPB leader, but Vought's 'not going anywhere' - Roll Call

President Donald Trump nominated a new CFPB leader, but the administration acknowledges OMB Director Russ Vought will remain in charge.

Roll Call

Trump's Budget Office Chief Directs 'Orderly Shutdown' Of Government: Blames Democrats' $1 Trillion 'Insane Policy Demands'

With just hours left to go before government funding lapses at midnight, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, instructed federal agencies to begin preparations for a shutdown.

Benzinga

Senate Democrats vote down Republican bill to keep funding the government putting it on path to shutdown

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries get their caucus to hold fast against a continuing resolution written by Republicans

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White House tells agencies to prep mass layoffs for shutdown - Roll Call

White House budget office to advise program managers to fire employees and eliminate their functions if a partial government shutdown begins.

Roll Call

Photos of the week | June 20-26, 2025 - Roll Call

The Senate grappled with the reconciliation bill while the military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities dominated the news in the Capitol.

Roll Call

Trump Admin Seeks To Slash State Dept Budget By 48%, Layoffs Loom

An internal memo shows that the White House Office of Management and Budget proposed reducing the combined budget of the State Department and USAID to $28.4 billion — a $27 billion cut from the amount approved by Congress for 2025.

International Business Times

White House proposes drastic cuts to State Department and funding for UN, NATO and other groups

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has proposed gutting the State Department’s budget by almost 50%, closing a number of overseas diplomatic missions, and eliminating funding for nearly all international organizations, including the United Nations, many of its agencies and for NATO headquarters

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Project 2025 architect Russell Vought confirmed as head of powerful Office of Management and Budget

Senator Chuck Schumer called Vought the ‘most radical nominee, who has the most extreme agenda’ and now heads the ‘most important agency in Washington’

The Independent UK

Trump’s Budget Director Pick, on Path to Confirmation, Could Hurt Millions of Working-Class Americans Including MAGA Voters

Russell Vought has long proposed deep cuts to social programs like Head Start and SNAP that benefit lower-income people, who were key to Trump's election in both red and swing states.

Capital & Main

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's Freeze On Federal Grants

Federal judges block Trump administration's attempt to freeze federal grants and loans, raising questions about the administration's actions.

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Spending, regulations and DOGE: Office of Management and Budget director plays vital role helping government get stuff done

The Office of Management and Budget sounds obscure, yet the agency plays a crucial role throughout the federal government. Presidents rely on the office to turn their ideas and wishes into actionable and funded policies.

The Conversation

SCOTUS takes up second Chevron case, bump stock ban challenge

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

Ballotpedia

More white-collar worker may soon be eligible for overtime pay

The White House Office of Management and Budget will soon review the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed changes to overtime eligibility.

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My Comment on the OMB's Proposal to Turn "Hispanic" into a Race

The federal Office of Management and Budget has requested comments on several proposals to change the official federal racial and ethnic classifications. One proposal is to merge the ethnic question (are you Hispanic/Latino or not?) with the racial one (are you black/African American, white, Asian American, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander?),…

Asharq Al-Awsat

W.House Gives Federal Agencies 30 Days to Enforce TikTok Ban

The White House on Monday gave federal agencies 30 days to purge Chinese-owned video-snippet sharing app TikTok from all government-issued devices, setting a deadline to comply with a ban ordered by the US Congress. Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young in a memorandum called on government agencies within…

Salon

Anti-Medicaid Trumpkin advising GOP

Trump admin budget hawk Russ Vought "has emerged as one of the central voices shaping the looming showdown"

Tribune News Service

White House tightens rules on federal software purchases

WASHINGTON — The Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday issued new guidelines that require all federal agencies to buy and use only software that complies with development and security processes approved by the federal government.

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The Independent UK

Biden administration forecasts $1.03T deficit, down $400B

The Biden administration is forecasting that this year’s budget deficit will be nearly $400 billion lower than it estimated back in March, due in part to stronger than expected revenues, reduced spending, and an economy that has recovered all of the jobs lost during the multi-year pandemic

Benzinga

Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Seen Cutting Up To $1.9 Trillion In Climate-Related Economic Damage, Latest Analysis Finds

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Tuesday released its first published analysis of avoided climate-related social costs resulting from a piece of legislation.

Reason

How Well Do You Know America's Racial Classification System? (Second of a Series)

As discussed in my forthcoming book Classified (out in less than 3 weeks!), contrary to popular belief, racial and ethnic classification in the US is not solely a matter of personal choice. The federal Office of Management and Budget created a classification scheme in 1978 to be used by all…

The Independent UK

Feds taking first steps toward revising race, ethnic terms

The federal government is taking preliminary steps toward revising racial and ethnic classifications on census and survey forms for the first time in a quarter century following calls for better categories for how people identify themselves in federal data gathering

The Independent UK

Democrats, GOP take contrasting views on LGBTQ survey bill

An effort to be more inclusive or attempted intrusion by the federal government

Reason

How Well Do You Know America's Racial Classification System? (First of a Series)

As discussed in my forthcoming book Classified, contrary to popular belief, racial and ethnic classification in the US is not solely a matter of personal choice. The federal Office of Management and Budget created a classification scheme in 1978 to be used by all federal agencies, and barely amended since.…

The Independent UK

Census ready to study combining race, ethnicity questions

U.S. Bureau officials say they are ready to start examining changes that would combine race and ethnic questions and add a Middle Eastern and North African category on the 2030 census questionnaire

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