Democratic senators voiced their frustration Wednesday with answers from Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head up the White House’s budget office, about how he sees the limits of presidential power.
Few Democrats found ways to negotiate with Republicans quite like Shalanda Young — whose work as White House budget director stopped several potential economic crises from erupting.
Russell Vought, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the White House budget office, downplayed his past comments about the usefulness of shutting down the federal government to achieve
Elon Musk could occupy space in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the West Wing to head up the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE.
The OMB is like the government’s central nervous system – it, and its director, are at the center of pretty much everything.
On Wednesday, the White house issued a pair of data-focused memos. And on Thursday, Biden signed his much anticipated final cyber executive order.
The OPEN Government Data Act is the second section of the bipartisan Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act, a 2019 law that required agencies to use evidence in decisionmaking and make their data accessible. The law also required agencies to designate chief data officers and established the governmentwide CDO Council.
Indeed, the official statement from Trump announcing “DOGE” stated that the group “will partner with the White House and the Office of Management & Budget,” an acknowledgment of OMB’s ...
President-elect Trump tapped Penny Schwinn, a former Tennessee education commissioner, for deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
The jobless rate soared to 14.8% at the height of the pandemic, but, by the time Biden took office, it had dropped to 6.4%. It then fell steadily to 3.4% by 2023 as the U.S. recovered fully from the pandemic.
Trump told TIME in April he would close the White House's pandemic preparedness office. It's losing most of its staff during the transition, according to Biden officials.