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White House budget director Russell Vought said Wednesday that the Trump administration was putting on hold billions of dollars of funding for infrastructure projects in New York City, hours after the federal government shut down.

Vought wrote on X that he would be pausing $18 billion in funding for infrastructure projects to “ensure” that the money was not “flowing based on unconstitutional DEI principles.”

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This is true multiple credible news sources published this information like NBC News

White House freezes $18 billion in New York City infrastructure funding

The New York City had a contract to $18 billion for infrastructure like a more railway systems. After the government shut down on Wednesday budget director Russel Vought said that Trumps administration would put it on hold to reevaluate.

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Could you please offer a primary source for this? Although NBC is a credible news source, it still doesn't offer sufficient evidence for the claim.
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Going forward, check multiple sources besides what the original poster has provided (re: NBC) to double confirm the information and claim.

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