Overview

• The Energy Department halted financing for 223 projects totaling $7.56 billion and opened a review of the awards.
• Officials said 26% of the affected DOE funding decisions, worth more than $3.1 billion, were made between Election Day and the inauguration.
• President Donald Trump’s administration froze about $26 billion in state-directed funds, including $18 billion for New York transportation projects.
• Roughly $8 billion for green-energy initiatives across 16 Democratic-governed states, including California and Illinois, was also put on hold.
• The federal government entered a partial shutdown at midnight on October 1 after Congress failed to pass a budget, and the DOE cited rushed, poorly documented Biden-era approvals that did not meet economic, energy, or national security standards.