Russ Vought announced Friday on X that the Army Corps of Engineers would be pausing $11 billion in funding for lower-priority projects in the Democratic cities of New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Baltimore, and considering them for cancellation. The Democrat shutdown has drained the Army Corps of Engineers' ability to manage billions of dollars in projects, he wrote, before promising more information to come from the Army Corps of Engineers.
Project 2025, never an official Trump platform, was built by some Trump allies and echoes moves from the early days of Trump's second presidency. Some of Trump's MAGA allies called Project 2025 the next-term agenda after Trump's win. Driving the news: Trump said Tuesday he planned to meet with Russ Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, to discuss agency cuts amid the government shutdown.