US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, from left, Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, and US Vice President JD Vance converse to members of the media following a gathering on the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025.
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The Trump administration has canceled almost $8 billion in funding for climate-related initiatives in primarily Democratic-controlled states, a high administration official stated on Wednesday.
The transfer got here hours after the identical official, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, revealed that the Trump administration had frozen about $18 billion in federal funding to two main infrastructure initiatives in New York City.
“Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda is being cancelled,” Vought wrote in a post on the social media web site X, on the identical day that the federal authorities shut down after Congress didn’t go a stopgap funding invoice.
“More info to come from @ENERGY,” wrote Vought, referring to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Vought stated that the initiatives affected by the choice are in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state.
In the 2024 election, President Donald Trump misplaced these states to then-Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee whom he defeated within the Electoral College.
CNBC has requested remark from the DOE.