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Mr. Vought, an architect of Project 2025 who served in the first Trump administration, will be at the center of President Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.

Senate Confirms Russell Vought as Office of Management and Budget Director  The New York Times Russell Vought: Senate confirms Project 2025 co-author as Trump budget chief  BBC.com Project 2025 architect Russell Vought confirmed to head of powerful Budget Office  The Independent The United

At the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Mr. Trump took a moment to speak of bipartisan comity. Just hours earlier, he torched the federal bureaucracy, the global order, the media and Democrats.

Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of Treasury. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla)

Multiple judges have temporarily blocked efforts by President Trump to dramatically gut the federal government, and more lawsuits are yet to come. Laura Barrón-López reports on the latest.

US judge blocks Trump buyout program as 60,000 sign up to quit  Reuters

In our news wrap Thursday, Panama’s president is pushing back on U.S. claims that a deal over transit fees for the Panama Canal was reached, the NCAA updated its transgender policy to limit women’s competition to athletes who were assigned

Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s federal government employee buyout  ABC News More questions than answers about possible RIFs, deferred resignation program  Federal News Network Federal employee buyout could affect offices in Pennsylvania  WGAL Susquehanna Valley Pa. Federal judge delays Trump administration’s buyout deadline for

Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s federal government employee buyout  ABC News Trump And Musk’s Federal Buyout Offer Extended—Over 40,000 Workers Accept: What To Know  Forbes Anxiety mounts as U.S. government workers face buyout deadline  NBC News More questions than answers about possible RIFs, deferred

West Bank residents react to President Trump’s plan for the U.S. to take ownership of the Palestinian enclave of Gaza and relocate nearly 2 million people from there. And Gaza’s police were hit hard by Israel in the war against