Trump administration puts on hold $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects, Vought says [View all]
Source: CNBC
Published Fri, Oct 3 2025 7:44 AM EDT Updated 1 Min Ago
The Trump administration has put on hold $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects, primarily two efforts to improve the city’s transit system, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said Friday.
Vought’s announcement on the third day of the U.S. government shutdown comes on the heels of two other moves by the Trump administration targeting funding in cities and states led by Democrats.
President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers have blamed Democrats in Congress for the shutdown, and Trump said Thursday that the shutdown had given him an “unprecedented opportunity” to cut what he called “Democrat Agencies.”
Vought on Wednesday first revealed that the Department of Transportation was freezing $18 billion in federal funding for two major infrastructure projects in New York City.
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The Trump administration has put on hold $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said in a social media post on Friday.
Vought’s announcement on the third day of the U.S. government shutdown comes on the heels of two other moves by the Trump administration targeting funding in cities and states led by Democrats, whose party is being blamed by the administration for the shutdown.
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