Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought speaks in front of TV camera at White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 7, 2025.
Kevin Lamarque | Reuters
The Trump administration could slash more than 10,000 federal jobs during the government shutdown, White House budget director Russell Vought said Wednesday.
“We want to be very aggressive where we can be in shuttering the bureaucracy, not just the funding,” Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said at the White House.
“We now have an opportunity to do that, and that’s where we’re going to be looking for our opportunities,” he said.
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