Two weeks into the government shutdown, the Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion that had been reserved for more than 200 projects primarily located in Democratic-led cities, congressional districts and states, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
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Each of these infrastructure projects had received federal aid, sometimes after officials spent years pleading in Washington — only to see that money halted as President Trump has looked to punish Democrats over the course of the fiscal stalemate.
The Times conducted its analysis by examining federal funding records, which include details about the city and state where each grant recipient is based. The projects include new investments in clean energy, upgrades to the electric grid and fixes to the nation’s transportation infrastructure, primarily in Democratic strongholds, such as New York and California.
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In some cases, recipients had started to receive portions of the federal aid, only to become casualties in a funding battle that has no end in sight.
Mr. Trump’s aides have offered a series of explanations for the administration’s decision to pause or terminate grants, claiming in some cases that the spending would have been wasteful or in conflict with the president’s priorities. Since returning to office, Mr. Trump has been particularly aggressive in cutting federal investments to combat climate change.
But the budgetary moves coincide with the president’s public pledges to use the shutdown to slash spending favored by Democrats. He has described the federal stoppage as an “unprecedented opportunity” to make some cuts permanent.
Many Democrats said that the announcements fit a broader pattern at the White House, where Mr. Trump has claimed vast authority to reprogram the nation’s budget, even though the Constitution gives that power to Congress.
In doing so, Democratic lawmakers said the result could harm their cities and states, upending work that would have helped residents regardless of their political party.
The White House did not respond to requests for comment.
Total affected funding, by congressional district
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N.Y. 10th
Dan Goldman12$17.84 bil.
Ill. 7th
Danny Davis9$2.37 bil.
Calif. 12th
Lateefah Simon10$1.40 bil.
Wash. 10th
Marilyn Strickland1$995.1 mil.
Calif. 7th
Doris Matsui4$655.3 mil.
Calif. 32th
Brad Sherman1$499.5 mil.
Minn. 4th
Betty McCollum2$465.9 mil.
Ill. 3rd
Delia Ramirez14$365.4 mil.
Colo. 2nd
Joe Neguse15$352.5 mil.
Mass. 2nd
James McGovern3$114.6 mil.
Ore. 2nd
Cliff Bentz5$294.3 mil.
Mass. 7th
Ayanna Pressley9$207.6 mil.
Mass. 5th
Katherine Clark9$180.3 mil.
Mo. 2nd
Ann Wagner1$189.2 mil.
N.Y. 20th
Paul Tonko25$129.3 mil.
Md. 7th
Kweisi Mfume3$158.9 mil.
Calif. 2nd
Jared Huffman4$129.1 mil.
Calif. 16th
Sam Liccardo16$75.2 mil.
Colo. 7th
Brittany Pettersen13$74.2 mil.
Calif. 17th
Ro Khanna6$25.9 mil.
Minn. 5th
Ilhan Omar5$76.5 mil.
Calif. 5th
Tom McClintock2$79 mil.
Ore. 1st
Suzanne Bonamici11$73.6 mil.
Wash. 2nd
Rick Larsen3$47.8 mil.
Calif. 28th
Judy Chu5$53 mil.
N.M. 3rd
Teresa Leger Fernandez2$65.4 mil.
Calif. 34th
Jimmy Gomez3$60.3 mil.
Colo. 1st
Diana DeGette4$57.6 mil.
N.M. 2nd
Gabe Vasquez4$56.1 mil.
N.M. 1st
Melanie Stansbury3$52.3 mil.
Minn. 8th
Pete Stauber1$49.8 mil.
Calif. 6th
Ami Bera1$50 mil.
Wash. 3rd
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez1$46 mil.
Calif. 47th
Dave Min3$41.7 mil.
Calif. 19th
Jimmy Panetta3$30.8 mil.
Mass. 3rd
Lori Trahan3$39.7 mil.
Calif. 15th
Kevin Mullin5$31.6 mil.
Colo. 8th
Gabe Evans2$32.9 mil.
Ill. 13th
Nikki Budzinski7$27.6 mil.
Mich. 6th
Debbie Dingell1$30.7 mil.
Ore. 3rd
Maxine Dexter2$15 mil.
Hawaii 1st
Ed Case5$24.5 mil.
N.Y. 23th
Nicholas Langworthy2$27.4 mil.
N.Y. 17th
Michael Lawler2$26.2 mil.
Conn. 5th
Jahana Hayes3$20.1 mil.
Mass. 6th
Seth Moulton3$17.5 mil.
N.Y. 16th
George Latimer1$20.4 mil.
Minn. 7th
Michelle Fischbach1$19.6 mil.
Calif. 25th
Raul Ruiz1$18.4 mil.
Calif. 4th
Mike Thompson2$16.6 mil.
Del.
Sarah McBride3$15.3 mil.
Mass. 9th
Bill Keating3$6.4 mil.
Conn. 1st
John Larson4$8.2 mil.
N.Y. 19th
Josh Riley5$10.4 mil.
Md. 4th
Glenn Ivey4$11 mil.
R.I. 1st
Gabe Amo2$11.5 mil.
N.Y. 3rd
Thomas Suozzi1$11.2 mil.
Calif. 49th
Mike Levin2$10.5 mil.
Mass. 8th
Stephen Lynch2$8.8 mil.
Calif. 42th
Robert Garcia1$9.7 mil.
Wash. 5th
Michael Baumgartner4$8 mil.
Md. 3rd
Sarah Elfreth4$6.8 mil.
Conn. 2nd
Joe Courtney3$7.8 mil.
Calif. 50th
Scott Peters1$6.3 mil.
S.C. 4th
William Timmons1$1.7 mil.
Calif. 43th
Maxine Waters1$6.3 mil.
Calif. 39th
Mark Takano1$6 mil.
Wash. 7th
Pramila Jayapal1$2.9 mil.
Vt.
Becca Balint2$2.8 mil.
N.Y. 22th
John Mannion1$5 mil.
Calif. 37th
Sydney Kamlager-Dove1$3.4 mil.
N.H. 1st
Chris Pappas1$4.7 mil.
N.Y. 25th
Joseph Morelle1$4.8 mil.
Conn. 3rd
Rosa DeLauro1$4.4 mil.
Md. 1st
Andy Harris1$4.5 mil.
N.J. 6th
Frank Pallone2$4.7 mil.
Calif. 14th
Eric Swalwell2$3 mil.
Calif. 9th
Josh Harder2$4.2 mil.
N.Y. 12th
Jerrold Nadler2$3.8 mil.
Ill. 16th
Darin LaHood1$2.9 mil.
Conn. 4th
Jim Himes1$3 mil.
Ill. 10th
Bradley Schneider1$2.9 mil.
Ill. 5th
Mike Quigley1$2.7 mil.
Calif. 20th
Vince Fong1$2.1 mil.
Calif. 36th
Ted Lieu2$2.4 mil.
Md. 5th
Steny Hoyer1$2.5 mil.
Ill. 9th
Janice Schakowsky1$2.5 mil.
Ore. 4th
Valerie Hoyle1$1.7 mil.
R.I. 2nd
Seth Magaziner1$1.9 mil.
Calif. 10th
Mark DeSaulnier1$2.1 mil.
N.Y. 26th
Timothy Kennedy1$1.8 mil.
Ill. 17th
Eric Sorensen1$1.8 mil.
Calif. 24th
Salud Carbajal1$1.3 mil.
Calif. 11th
Nancy Pelosi1$1.9 mil.
N.J. 12th
Bonnie Watson Coleman1$2 mil.
N.Y. 13th
Adriano Espaillat1$1.2 mil.
N.Y. 9th
Yvette Clarke1$1.1 mil.
N.Y. 6th
Grace Meng1$1.5 mil.
Ga. 5th
Nikema Williams1$1.1 mil.
Ill. 11th
Bill Foster1$1.1 mil.
Calif. 22th
David Valadao1$1 mil. Show 91 more rows +
New delays in transportation aid
So far, the administration has targeted essentially two broad tranches of federal aid. First, the White House has held up billions of dollars in previously approved transportation funding for New York and Chicago.
In New York, the administration stopped the delivery of about $18 billion in pledged investments for two major projects: the Second Avenue subway, which traverses the east side of Manhattan, and the Hudson River tunnel, which serves as the primary rail route through New York City and along the northeast corridor. Funding for the tunnel, in particular, came only after years of wrangling, as New York officials and their counterparts in New Jersey looked to repair a roughly 115-year-old passage from damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy while improving rail capacity.
In Chicago, the Trump administration said it paused about $2.1 billion in money pledged for the city’s own transit upgrades, including an extension of its rail system into the South Side. Groundbreaking was expected to begin in 2026 after years of work to shore up federal funding for the expansion.
In both cases, the White House said it was pausing the delivery of federal dollars so that it could review the cities’ contracting policies. The administration sought to determine if leaders had made construction-related decisions on the basis of race, diversity or inclusion.
The moves came at a moment when the president was at war with key leaders from those states. Mr. Trump has frequently attacked Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer, two New York Democrats who lead their party in the House and Senate, for refusing to bow to his demands on spending. The Transportation Department claimed that the two men were to blame for the slowdown in aid, since the agency could not complete its review quickly during the shutdown.
Separately, federal officials have repeatedly tried to withhold security and counterterrorism funding from New York, though the state won back some of the money.
Mr. Trump has similarly gone after Chicago and its Democratic mayor, Brandon Johnson, along with the Democratic governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, saying this month that both should be jailed.
Deep cuts to energy funding
The Trump administration also moved to terminate another tranche of money outright. Two days into the shutdown, it announced it would end roughly $7.6 billion in previously approved grants for 223 energy-related projects in 16 states, 14 of which are led by Democrats. Those cuts were later expanded.
The cancellations were the latest attempt by Mr. Trump and his top aides to revoke climate- and infrastructure-related funding adopted under President Joseph R. Biden Jr., a series of actions that have been challenged in court. The Energy Department said that it made its decision because the projects were “not economically viable” or did not advance Mr. Trump’s energy policy agenda.
Many of the projects are located in Democratic-led congressional districts, prompting lawmakers to question in recent days if there might be political motivations behind the administration’s actions.
The cuts targeted a vast range of projects, including efforts to prevent power outages and modernize energy grids — a bipartisan goal — as well as investments in newer energy sources, like hydrogen. The Trump administration revoked its plan to provide up to $1.2 billion for the Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems, known as ARCHES, which aimed to help develop a clean-burning power source for heavy-duty trucks, port operators and other major drivers of harmful emissions.
The Biden administration announced the award in 2023, nearly two years after Democrats and Republicans adopted a bipartisan package to improve the nation’s infrastructure.
More cuts to come
As the shutdown enters its third week, Mr. Trump and his aides have threatened additional cuts. The president in recent days has described the closure as an opportunity “handed to us on a silver platter” to lay off federal workers, slash federal agencies and reduce other funding, perhaps in permanent ways.
One potential target is Portland, Ore. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, signaled this month that the Trump administration could block some unspecified federal aid to the city, which is led by a Democrat, because of ongoing protests of the president’s immigration crackdown.
Methodology
To analyze the impact of cancelled and paused grants, The Times began by compiling a list of affected grants. The list was then cross-referenced against data from USAspending.gov, where detailed information about each grant was collected. The figures shown on the page reflect the total amount of known funding that has not yet been outlaid.
To determine the impact by congressional district, each grant was grouped into the district where the grantee is located. In some cases, the work being funded by the grant may not occur in the same district, or could occur across multiple districts and states. The exact monetary allocation across those work sites is not known. Grants where the recipient could not be matched to a congressional district are not shown.
For some large projects, government data only shows currently allocated funds, instead of the entire cost of the project. In cases where this is known, the grant data was supplemented by additional reporting to better reflect the amount of affected funding.
