WASHINGTON (AP) – White House Budget Director Russ Vote says the Trump administration will withhold $2.1 billion on infrastructure projects in Chicago, expanding fundraising fight targeting democratic regions Government closure.
The pause affects the much-anticipated plan to extend the city’s red line train. Vought wrote on social media on Friday that it was “pending to ensure that funds do not flow through racial-based contracts.”
Vought made a similar announcement earlier this week involving New York. $18 billion in infrastructure It will be suspended, including funding for a new railway tunnel under the Hudson River.
President Donald Trump embraced Vought’s tactics. On Thursday night, he posted a video depicting him as a Grim Reaper, wearing a hood and carrying a sickle.
Losing money is a significant setback Chicago Transportation Plans. The Red Line extension plans to add four train stops on the south side of the city, improving access to underprivileged communities.
Additionally, Vought said it is also targeted by a wider modernization project of the red and purple lines, but aims to upgrade the station and remove bottlenecks where different lines intersect.
In New York, Trump’s Department of Transportation is considering whether “unconstitutional practices” have occurred in two large infrastructure projects, but said the government shutdown, which began Wednesday, forced staff to strike reviews.
The funding halt could be aimed at targeting New York Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. He said the funding freeze would harm commuters.
“Stopping these projects is stupid and counterproductive because they produce great work for tens of thousands and are essential to a strong local and national economy,” Schumer said in X.
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This story was revised to show that $18 billion was held in New York, not $18 million.
