Russell Vought, a prominent contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, will return as director of the Office of Management and Budget in Donald Trump’s second administration, the president-elect announced Friday.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Russell Vought to run the Office of Management and Budget, the largest office within the executive branch. The decision brings one of the architects of the controversial Project 2025 governing plan by the Heritage Foundation deep into the heart of the White House,

If confirmed, Russell Vought will return to the White House budget office to help dismantle the so-called deep state.

President-elect Donald Trump is planning to tap conservative loyalist Russell Vought to be the director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, according to two sources close to his transition effort,

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought to serve as the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during his second administration. Vought served as Trump’s OMB deputy director during his first term in the Oval Office.

President-elect Donald Trump has named Russell Vought, a Project 2025 co-author and former director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to resume the role in his second term. Trump praised Vought as a cost-cutter focused on dismantling the “Deep State” and advancing an “America First Agenda.”