Image: White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought testifies before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill on June 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Stephen Prager of Common Dreams reports: “An environmental watchdog group is calling on the White House Office of Management and Budget to withdraw a proposal that it said will give President Donald Trump and his allies unchecked power to control over a trillion dollars worth of federal grants.

Monday marked the end of the public comment period for a proposal from the OMB, spearheaded by Project 2025 architect Russell Vought and issued in late May, that would require all discretionary federal grants to “demonstrably advance the president’s policy priorities.”

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