United States===Office of Management and Budget

The United States===Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is allocating $15 million from USAID's operating expenses to cover the security costs for Russell Vought. This action raises questions about the appropriate use of funds and transparency in government spending.

The United States===Office of Management and Budget directed federal agencies to freeze funds without considering recipients' reliance interests, a directive that was largely blocked by the United States===United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The OMB later withdrew its memo, but the policy's implications continued.

The United States===Office of Management and Budget is setting up protections to allow US federal agencies to use Anthropic's Mythos AI model, indicating its role in managing the integration of advanced AI into government operations.

The United States===Office of Management and Budget confirmed its instruction to the United States===United States Department of Transportation and the United States===Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to cancel over $1.5 billion in grants to Democratic-led states.

The United States===Office of Management and Budget issued a memo ordering agencies to prepare for an 'orderly shutdown,' hoping it would be short.