The memorandum from Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought regarding a reduction in force for federal agencies is photographed Feb. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/)
Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is ordering federal agencies to formulate plans for a reduction in workforce, likely terminating many thousands of government employees in addition to the ones who have already been fired since Trump took office five weeks ago.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that seeks to bring independent federal agencies under his control.
The moves were spearheaded by powerful Trump ally Elon Musk, a CFPB critic, and Russell Vought, who heads the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. The events put the future of the CFPB in doubt.
The Trump administration’s demand that federal agencies plan to radically downsize is driven by a key figure in the conservative movement who has long planned this move.