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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Russell Vought: The man Trump picked to remake government agencies

    Russell Vought is known in conservative circles for being an architect of Project 2025. Now he has the job to implement its goals of remaking the government.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 10, 2025 • 1 min read

    Russell Vought is known in conservative circles for being an architect of Project 2025. Now he has the job to implement its goals of remaking the government.

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Oscar-nominated ‘I Am Ready, Warden,’ music compilations for fire survivors
    1. 0:00Constitutional crisis? RI judge says Trump isn’t following court order
    2. 13:39Russell Vought: The man Trump picked to remake government agenciesYou’re reading this
    3. 25:21‘I Am Ready, Warden’: Does the death penalty truly bring closure?
    4. 40:52Music compilations aim to help survivors of LA fires
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