A truck crosses beneath the ongoing construction of the high-speed railway in Fresno, California, on May 8, 2019, amid ongoing construction of the railway in California's Central and San Joaquin Valleys. - In February, newly elected Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he was drastically revising downward the high-speed rail project to link Los Angeles to San Francisco in three hours, even though the plan was approved in a 2008 referendum. The federal government indicated that it was scrapping a $900 million subsidy due to "chronic" construction delays. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump admin to pull federal funding from Calif. high-speed rail project after state spent billions without ‘any results to show for’

The Trump administration has indicated that it intends to pull the remaining 4 billion in federal funding from California’s high-speed rail project — citing missed deadlines, budget overruns, and unreliable ridership projections.

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US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy speaks during a briefing about the mid-air crash between American Airlines flight 5342 and a military helicopter in Washington, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Divers pulled bodies from the icy waters of Washington's Potomac river Thursday after a US military helicopter collided midair with a passenger plane carrying 64 people, with officials saying there were likely no survivors. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Transportation Secretary Duffy Surveys Hurricane Helene Storm Damage, Residents Say They Already Feel ‘Forgotten’

President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, took a trip to North Carolina and Tennessee in order to examine the aftermath damage left by “Hurricane Helene,” which occurred in late September 2024 — when President Joe Biden was still in office.

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