By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government has put $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects on hold, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said on Friday, in another jab at a Democratic-led city during the government shutdown.

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.”

On Wednesday, Vought said the administration of President Donald Trump had frozen $18 billion for major transit projects in New York, including the Hudson Tunnel and the Second Avenue Subway, citing the same issue.

The Trump administration’s Energy Department on Wednesday said it would cancel nearly $8 billion fo

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