Trump administration freezes $11 billion more in infrastructure spending in shutdown fight

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Source: Reuters

October 18, 2025 12:55 AM EDT Updated 6 hours ago


WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The Trump administration will freeze a further $11 billion worth of infrastructure projects in Democratic states due to the ongoing government shutdown, White House budget director Russell Vought said on Friday.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will pause work on "low priority" projects in cities such as New York, San Francisco, Boston and Baltimore, Vought said on social media, adding that the projects could eventually be canceled. The money includes $600 million for two aging, federally owned bridges spanning the Cape Cod canal in Massachusetts that are slated for replacement and carry millions of travelers yearly.

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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and the state's U.S. senators said that despite Vought's post, "we have not received any information from the federal government regarding this action... This project is moving forward with funding appropriated by a bipartisan Congress and lawfully awarded by the federal government."

The White House Office of Management and Budget said President Donald Trump "wants to reorient how the federal government prioritizes Army Corps projects."

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-freezes-another-11-billion-infrastructure-spending-shutdown-2025-10-17/

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The White House Office of Management and Budget said President Donald Trump "wants to reorient how the federal government prioritizes Army Corps projects."

That's NOT your fucking job. The Legislative Branch TELLS YOU WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT, then they FUND IT, and YOU DO IT.

[kerouac2]

1. Dems will be blamed of course

And people in those states will pressure them to cave. And if they do cave, then Dems will be blamed when they all lose healthcare because they can't afford it.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. What a time to be alive! Especially if you're a lawyer on the side of democracy. ❤️

[travelingthrulife]

3. We finally have an infrastructure plan from the GOP! Blow it all up, as usual.

[ffr]

4. This weaponization by the criminal in the WH and his enabling republican goons in congress

is what you idiots on the right voted for. I just hope, but won't hold my breath, that if election results are reversed and democrats are in control that they pay RED states back ten fold.

[Farmer-Rick]

5. Pedo Trump needs the money for

His luxurious ballrooms and overpriced McDonald arches. Then there are roads in Argentina that need repairs.