The president of the American room Mike Johnson, a republican of Louisiana, on the left; Russell Vought, director of the management and budget office; The head of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, republican of the southern Dakota; And American vice-president JD Vance speaks to media members after a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2025.
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The Trump administration has canceled nearly $ 8 billion in funding for climate -related projects in States mainly controlled by Democrats, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.
The decision was made a few hours after the same official, the director of the Russell Vought Budget Budget and Budget, revealed that the Trump administration had frozen about $ 18 billion in federal funding with two major infrastructure projects in New York.
“Nearly $ 8 billion in Green New Sram funding to fuel the climatic agenda of the left are canceled,” Vought wrote in an article on the social media site X, on the same day, the federal government closed after the Congress did not adopt a financing bill.
“More information to come from @energy,” wrote Vought, referring to the US Energy Ministry.
Vought said the projects affected by the decision are in Calrado, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnestota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington.
During the 2024 elections, President Donald Trump lost these states to the president of the time, Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate whom he defeated in the electoral college.
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