The Latest Breaking News from Russell Vought

Project 2025 leader says Trump ‘very supportive’ of their work and lays out plans if he returns to White House

Possible Trump chief of staff Russell Vought says he wants to be ‘the person that crushes the deep state’

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2024

Rand Paul's brewing fight with Trumpworld

"There's a growing sentiment in Trump world that Rand can't be trusted"

Axios · Jun 2, 2024

If Trump wins, he’ll be a vessel for the most regressive figures in US politics

A Trump presidency would usher in dark consortium dedicated to stripping millions of Americans of our freedoms

The Guardian - US · Feb 27, 2024

Are Republicans fascists or nihilists?

They want to burn it all down so that they can rule over the smoldering ashes

Salon · Oct 27, 2023

Trump and allies boost calls for Justice Dept. takeover in new attack on democratic institutions

This week's charges against former President Donald Trump for trying to remain in power despite losing the 2020 election have highlighted a new worry about American democracy — increasing calls by Trump and his allies for more control of federal prosecutions

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2023

Only four out of dozens of former Trump cabinet members say he should be re-elected

‘If anyone can lose to Joe Biden, it would be him,’ former chief of staff says

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2023

Trump's 2025 plot for "authoritarianism"

Trump aims to expand presidential power over "every part of the federal government" with any independence

Salon · Jul 17, 2023

Trump tries to flip it all on Biden

The GOP's alleged hostility to the "Deep State" is nothing more than a set-up to co-opt state power for themselves

Salon · Jun 16, 2023

Debt deal's (surprising) biggest losers

Has Kevin McCarthy somehow defanged the House Freedom Caucus?

Salon · Jun 7, 2023

Biden proposes eliminating real estate investor tax break, while Republicans discuss cuts to housing programs

The Biden administration's newly released budget proposes an elimination of the “like-kind exchange” tax break for real estate investors.

Fortune · Mar 11, 2023