Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget director, backs the 'unitary executive' theory, ...

The “unitary executive theory” underpins most of the Trump administration’s most sweeping — and potentially illegal — actions to date.

The administration’s early moves to fire thousands of federal workers and dismantle entire agencies even before Vought took office reflect his influence at the White House.

Longtime Democratic Federal Election Commissioner and Chair Ellen Weintraub on Thursday said President Donald Trump sent a ...

Russell Vought previously served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget during President Donald Trump's first administration.

It's a concept that’s normally dry, esoteric and distanced from Americans' everyday lives, yet the heart of the matter is a ...

The Senate was headed for a confirmation vote Thursday night on Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director, who is planning to use one of ...

Powerless to stop President Trump or Russell T. Vought, the nominee to lead the White House budget office, Democrats pulled ...

Disparate fights in the early weeks of Trump 2.0 are linked together by the question of whether a president can take spending ...

The economic fallout began Saturday evening as Canada said it will retaliate with a 25% tariff on $30 billion (Canadian dollars) of U.S. goods, with another C$125 billion to follow in three weeks.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Georgetown Law professor Stephen Vladeck about the constitutional issues raised by the Trump administration's efforts to pause federal loans and grants last week.

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.