Trump administration puts on hold $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects, Vought says

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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.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/03/trump-chicago-infrastructure-shutdown-vought.html

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Published Fri, Oct 3 2025 7:44 AM EDT Updated 4 Min Ago


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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[kerouac2]

1. Rule thru chaos and pain.

This is what happens when you have serial abusers in charge.

[rubbersole]

2. Buckle up. This is kiddies play compared to what's coming.

Chaos is necessary for tsf to declare martial law. Everything that's not facilitating that is being defunded. It's right there in the table of contents of Project 2025. The author is running the federal government. Other than that..

[Lovie777]

3. This is already backfiring bigly...............

Physically attacking American cities, drones, and withholding "We the People" tax payer's money" especially doing a shutdown of the WH's own making.

The Republican party are just plain evil.

[moonshinegnomie]

4. its time for a judge to order vought to pay personally

make him pay the 2B out of his own pocket.

[Paladin]

5. Completely predictable.

The trump regime would never miss the opportunity for some grade school playground-level revenge.

[riversedge]

6. "..... citing concerns over "race-based contracting" in the city's project plans."

The Age Of Genz @TheAgeOfGenZ
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BREAKING:

The Trump administration has frozen $2.1 billion in infrastructure funding for Chicago, citing concerns over “race-based contracting” in the city’s project plans.

Link to tweet

[travelingthrulife]

7. When does the GOP stop this nightmare?

It is on your heads.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. The GOP are nothing more than lemmings, ready to leap off the cliff when told to

[DSandra]

10. Never, they want to go back to the day when minorities were "properly" terrorized

and the people are so thoroughly weakened and that they have so much power that their power will never be challenged. Your life is supposed to be eternally miserable under them. Your lack of existence is favored by them.

[Scalded Nun]

9. Another blue state rip-off. How about this...

Instead of sending in the extra billions, 'reallocate' those stolen $$ to the projects, initiatives, etc. being screwed, along with the announcement that the state is saving the government the trouble of sending existing congressionally-authorized funds.

[nwliberalkiwi]

11. Russell Vought

Look up Russell Vought---This will send chills down your spin---evil person!!!