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While Elon Musk has clearly been a major influence on the Trump administration, the less well known, but arguably more influential, power behind the presidency is Russell (usually Russ) Vought. Vought is the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) – the nerve centre of the administration’s sweeping…

Russell Vought, Trump's new OMB chief, is slashing £7.4bn and reviving Schedule F to fire federal workers. Efficiency or chaos?

Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm to climate research and safety

Has any other president in US history taken so many actions "substantially likely" to have been illegal in his first 100 days? Or, for that matter, in his entire term?

Suit alleges Trump’s office of management and budget deactivated tracker in violation of federal law

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

These memos offer the first policy guidance from the Trump Administration since his executive order requiring federal agencies to take a second look at their AI policies.

The White House budget office has taken down a website where approvals of funding provided in appropriations laws are required to be posted.

As the first anniversary of President Trump's inauguration approaches, he has proposed or initiated several changes impacting Medicare and Medicaid. Here's a roundup.