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Topic: Russ Voght

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters after meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on December 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Trump ushers in a Christian "deep state"

Amanda Marcotte
In 2020, then-Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought started the machine that printed copies of US President Donald Trump's proposed budget for the U.S. Government for the 2021 Fiscal Year at the Government Publishing Office ahead of its release (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Trump's man hopes to reshape America

Heather Digby Parton