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.