White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is asking Senate Republicans whether they are “serious” about fiscal responsibility before the chamber votes next week on legislation that would claw back spending Congress has already approved.

A key Trump official said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has “grossly mismanaged” the institution and demanded more information about the central bank’s renovation of its headquarters in Washington.

The White House has accused Jay Powell of “grossly” mismanaging an “ostentatious” refurbishment of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters, opening a new front in its attack against the US central bank. Russell Vought,