White House budget director Russ Vought said the Trump administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, specifically two long-awaited CTA expansion and modernization ...

But in October, the Trump administration froze the Red Line grant dollars, citing the transit agency’s diversity requirements for contractors. Since then, the CTA has not been able to receive federal ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation delivered a blow to the CTA Friday when it announced it was freezing $2.1 billion in funding for the agency. Why it matters: That decision puts the long-awaited ...

The White House budget director Russ Vought said the Trump administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, including money for the CTA, expanding funding fights that ...

The CTA is “fully and entirely committed” to building the Red Line Extension on the Far South Side, the agency’s acting president said Wednesday, days after President Donald Trump’s White House froze ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- President Donald Trump's administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, the White House budget director said Friday, expanding funding fights that have ...

CTA's Red and Purple Modernization project has already netted improvements for transit riders, but the project, along with CTA's Red Line Extension, now face a federal funding freeze. October 3, 2025 ...