WASHINGTON — The Senate voted along party lines Thursday to confirm Russell Vought as the next head of the Office of Management and Budget despite fierce pushback from Democrats. Although Democrats have been divided over various Trump nominees, they unified in opposition to Vought.

The fiscal conservative returns to the post he held in Trump’s first administration.

Democrats fought the OMB nominee's confirmation, elevating a little-known agency head to the national spotlight amid larger anxieties about the fate of congressional spending authority.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee attempted to subpoena Elon Musk Wednesday morning while some GOP members of the panel were absent, but were ultimately defeated by a 20-19 vote along party lines.

The emergence of X owner Elon Musk as the most influential figure around President Donald Trump has created an extraordinary dynamic — a White House adviser who's using one of the world's most powerful information platforms to sell the government's talking points while threatening its detractors.