Russ Vought
Russell Thurlow Vought is an American political advisor who has served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget since February 2025 and is a primary architect of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 blueprint. Vought has additionally served as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from February 2025 to August 2026 and as the acting administrator of the United States Agency for International Development from August to November 2025. He served as the Office of Management and Budget's director from 2020 to 2021 and as its deputy director, as well as its acting director, from 2018 to 2020.
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Oct 7, 2026
Lean Right
Trump named the Project 2025 architect as his partner for pre-midterm 'big surprises.'
For institutionalist Republicans, Vought is the tip of the spear for dismantling the administrative state; for anti-institutionalists, he is the rare operative willing to actually do it.
Oct 7, 2026
Lean Left
Vought is named by Trump as the source of 'big surprises' before the midterms.
Vought is the architect of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation blueprint to dismantle the administrative state, and his elevated role signals Trump is doubling down on the unpopular parts of his agenda.