CHICAGO — The White House on Friday froze $2.1 billion in federal funding for Chicago infrastructure projects in the latest move targeting Democratic cities and states amid the federal government shutdown.

Federal budget director Russ Vought announced on social media that the money has been put on hold “to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting.” He specified that the pause applied to funds earmarked for Chicago’s Red Line extension and Red and Purple Line modernization projects.

In a follow up statement , the U.S. Department of Transportation said it had sent letters to the Chicago Transit Authority to indicate that the two projects were under review to determine the constitutionality of their contracting requirements.

The Chicago Transit Authority confirmed receip

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