US EditionTrump administration puts on hold $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects, Vought says
The funding pause halts a 5.6-mile Red Line extension aimed at cutting commute times by 30 minutes, as officials contest race-based contracting concerns, White House said.
- Russ Vought, the White House budget director, announced that funding of $2.1 billion allocated for infrastructure projects in Chicago will be paused starting October 3, 2025, as part of the Trump administration’s broader funding disputes.
- This withholding follows a similar pause of $18 billion in New York infrastructure funding earlier this week to prevent race-based contracting.
- The Chicago funding hold impacts projects such as the anticipated Red Line train extension and is part of a wider dispute over financing in regions governed by Democrats amid the government shutdown.
- On social media Friday, Vought explained that the administration halted the funds to prevent the allocation of money through contracts based on race.
- These funding holds suggest ongoing federal scrutiny of contract allocations and may delay key urban infrastructure projects in both Chicago and New York.
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President Donald Trump’s budget director announced on Friday that he pulled billions in federal funding from a major Chicago infrastructure project, marking Washington’s latest move to suspend finance flows to developments suspected of using diversity, equity, and inclusion measures. White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said the government is placing $2.1 billion allocated to the Red Line Extension and the Red and Pu…
The Trump administration will withhold $2.1 billion for infrastructure projects in Chicago, the White House budget director said Friday, expanding funding disputes that have targeted Democratic-led areas during the government shutdown.
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