Government shutdown updates: Trump vows to cut ‘waste’ as shutdown enters 2nd day

Oct 2, 2025 | Politics, U.S.

The White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced that the administration is moving to cancel $8 billion in funding for programs that he claims, “fuel the Left’s climate agenda.”

“Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda is being cancelled,” Vought said in a post announcing the move.

Vought added that more details would come from the Department of Energy.

“The projects are in the following states: CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MD, MA, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OR, VT, WA,” Vought added in the post.

The states that Vought listed all have at least one Democratic Senator voting against a clean continuing resolution to fund the government. The move comes after the administration paused funding for a New York infrastructure program that was championed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

-ABC News’ Michelle Stoddart

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