Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut cast doubt Tuesday on nominee Pete Hegseth’s ability to run the Department of Defense, ...

Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director, declined Wednesday to fully commit to ...

Democrats grilled Russell Vought, who was tapped to be President-elect Trump’s next budget chief, for his ties to Project 2025 and the powers of the executive branch as senators weighed his ...

After Trump's defeat, Vought founded the Center for Renewing America, a conservative think tank. In speeches he made in 2023 ...

If confirmed, Mr. Vought will be at the center of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) questioned Pete Hegseth about his tenure at two military-related nonprofits, asserting they suffered financial setbacks under his leadership. Revenues at ...

There has never been a nominee for an office of such serious consequence who is so unqualified and unprepared in recent ...

and Russell Vought for director of the White House Office of Management and Budget — largely avoided the kind of fireworks that can sink confirmation chances. At the same time, they collectively ...

With the nation watching, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal hit the “gotcha” button Tuesday. Blumenthal took a seven-minute-seventeen-second turn questioning Secretary of Defense nominee Pete ...

Democratic senators Richard Blumenthal ... Panama Canal. Blumenthal used his time to ask about money and personnel management at two nonprofit companies Hegseth led. He cited budget shortfalls ...