President-elect Donald Trump is considering a number of controversial nominees to serve in his second White House administration — including Russ Vought, a staunch Christian nationalist and one of the key architects of Project 2025.

Vought served as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during Trump’s first term. He is also a co-author and promoter of Project 2025, a far right plan to overhaul the federal government under a second Trump presidency.

According to a report from ABC News, Vought is being considered for a role in the new Trump White House, possibly for another stint as director of the OMB.

Although Trump sought to distance himself from Project 2025 during his campaign, he promoted the plan during a Heritage Foundation event in 2022 and has ties to dozens of its contributors — many of whom, like Vought, served in the first Trump administration. Since winning the election, Trump has nominated numerous architects of Project 2025 to serve in his incoming administration, despite his previous claims that he had “nothing to do” with the document.

Trump recently nominated John Ratcliffe, who was credited as a contributor to Project 2025, to lead the CIA. Stephen Miller, a longtime adviser to Trump, has also been given a role in his administration. Miller’s America First Legal, a conservative political interest group, was credited with being involved with the project, though its name was removed from the Project 2025 website after Trump sought to distance himself from the project during his campaign.

Brendan Carr, a current member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has been tapped by Trump to be its new chair starting next year. Carr was a co-author of Project 2025 who contributed to the chapter on the future of the FCC.

Trump advisers and Republicans in Congress have also reportedly begun talks to discuss ways to cut Medicaid and the Supplemental........

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