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Reuters
Oct 03, 2025

White House freezes $2.1bn in Chicago transit projects

Vought said $2.1 billion for major Chicago subway projects — 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.”

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Reuters
Oct 02, 2025

US government shutdown: Trump targets ‘Democrat Agencies’

Trump has already frozen federal transit and green-energy funding for Democratic-leaning states and has threatened to fire more federal workers during the shutdown, which began on Wednesday due to a partisan standoff in Congress.

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Reuters
Oct 01, 2025

Trump targets New York in US government shutdown fight

Trump has threatened to use the shutdown to extend a purge of the US civil service that is already on track to push out some 300,000 workers by December, but he did not announce any immediate job cuts.

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Reuters
Sep 30, 2025

Trump warns US likely headed for government shutdown

US president says Democrats are “taking a risk” in their negotiations

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AFP
Sep 25, 2025

White House threatens mass layoffs as govt shutdown looms

Trump is locked in a funding clash with Democrats ahead of a September 30 fiscal deadline

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Reuters
Dec 21, 2024

US Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown

The Democratic-controlled Senate in an 85-11 vote passed the bill to continue government funding 38 minutes after it expired at midnight (0500 GMT Saturday). The government did not invoke shutdown procedures in the interim.