Tag: Russ Vought
The shutdown layoffs at health agencies followed a familiar, DOGE pattern
The mastermind of President Donald Trump’s effort to downsize the federal workforce, Russ Vought, promised to use the…
Judge halts Trump’s planned layoffs of federal workers during government shutdown, calling them unlawful
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the Trump administration to immediately halt its efforts to lay…
Shutdown layoffs will be ‘north of 10,000’
White House budget director Russ Vought on Wednesday estimated that more than 10,000 federal workers would lose their…
White House says ‘substantial’ shutdown layoffs have begun
The White House said Friday it had begun mass layoffs of federal workers as President Donald Trump sought…
Trump promises cuts to programs favored by Democrats
President Donald Trump said Thursday the administration will begin cutting programs backed by Democrats as the government shutdown…
Trump readies mass layoff plans as government shutdown drags on
President Donald Trump on Friday prepared plans for mass layoffs of federal workers and unilaterally cut $2 billion…
Trump freezes $2.1 billion in funds for Chicago in shutdown standoff
By Andy Sullivan and David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration froze $2.1 billion in Chicago transit…
White House freezes $2.1 billion in Chicago transit projects
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government has put $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects on hold, Office…
White House freezes $2.1 billion in Chicago projects, Vought says
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. federal government has put $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects on hold,…
Trump hits independent agencies, spares the big stuff – for now
In the first hours of the shutdown, President Donald Trump has taken a scalpel to federal projects backed…
Trump causes bipartisan alarm by turning shutdown into DOGE 2.0
The NewsPresident Donald Trump’s budget guru wants to use a shutdown to slash the federal government in the…
Trump administration freezes $18 billion in infrastructure funding to New York
Washington — The Trump administration said Wednesday it is freezing roughly $18 billion in federal funding for a…