Over the last week, Vought has ramped up this rhetoric, repeatedly talking about using a controversial tactic known as a “pocket recission” to defy Congress’ funding directives. Using such a maneuver later this summer, he contends, would let the White House make all of the DOGE cuts permanent, regardless of support or disapproval from Congress.

WASHINGTON—Elon Musk is gone, and the next act of streamlining government is now set to play out on Capitol Hill, with public media and foreign aid the first to be targeted.The White House sent Congress a $9.

The White House has sent its long-awaited spending cuts request to Congress as it seeks to formalize a slew of DOGE slashes to federal funding.