WASHINGTON — 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 targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown.

What You Need To Know • White House budget director Russ Vought said the Trump administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown • The pause affects a long-awaited plan to extend the city's Red Line train • Vought wrote on social media Friday that the money was "put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting" • Vought made a similar announcement earlier this week involving New York, wher

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