As Democrats and Republicans trade barbs, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought works to carry out what the Trump administration calls the "good that can come" from a shutdown.
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Franco Ordoñez is a White House Correspondent for NPR's Washington Desk. Before he came to NPR in 2019, Ordoñez covered the White House for McClatchy. He has also written about diplomatic affairs, foreign policy and immigration, and has been a correspondent in Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Haiti.
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