Trump freezes $18B reserved for NYC infrastructure projects
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The Trump administration is pausing $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects to make sure that "funding is not flowing via race-based contracting," the director of the Office of Management and Budget announced Friday.
"$2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects – specifically the Red Line Extension and the Red and Purple Modernization Project – have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting," Russell Vought wrote on X.
A subway train travels down an elevated track on Wabash Avenue in Chicago on Aug. 25, 2025. (REUTERS/Jim Vondruska / Reuters Photos)
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