Vought, Trump’s OMB Pick, Poised To Push Project 2025 Plans To Slash EPA

Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) for a second time, is expected to push a series of measures from the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 deregulatory blueprint for the new administration to slash EPA’s budget and rules, as well as wider efforts to scale back the executive branch civil service. Trump tapped Vought to reprise his role as OMB director in a Nov. 23 post on Truth Social . “Russ...