The federal government owes Illinois nearly $2 billion in funding, the governor and legislators say, as they look to D.C. for answers.

Illinois Gov. Pritzker and various members of the Illinois congressional delegation have sent a letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to demand accountability for $1.88 billion in federal funding being withheld from the state.

Nearly $2 billion in federal funding is being withheld from Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker and lawmakers said in a letter addressed to the Trump administration.

The governor traveled to Washington Tuesday to push for the release of frozen federal funds to Illinois and to warn of pending GOP budget cut to Medicaid affecting more than 700,000 Illinois residents.

Gov. JB Pritzker accused the Trump administration last week of continuing to withhold nearly $1.9 billion from Illinois state agencies, nonprofits and small businesses, despite the fact that

Latham & Watkins has hired Ed Siskel, White House counsel to President Joe Biden in the last year of his administration, as a partner in its Chicago and Washington offices.

Gleason is a healthcare technology executive who worked under Presidents Trump and Biden. The White House says Elon Musk still oversees the Department of Government Efficiency.