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MIRAMAR, FLORIDA - MAY 01: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference held at the ICE-Enforcement and Removal Operation office on May 01, 2025 in Miramar, Florida. DeSantis talked about a multi-agency immigration enforcement effort named Operation Tidal Wave that they say resulted in more than 1,100 arrests in a single week in Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

DeSantis defends painting over LGBTQ-themed crosswalk in Orlando despite backlash from local Democrats

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis reaffirmed his decision to remove a rainbow-colored crosswalk outside of the Pulse nightclub in Orlando despite outrage from local Democrats and LGBTQ activists.

A Norfolk Southern train rests near the University of North Carolina's energy generation plant, after delivering coal to the facility, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo

Union Pacific to reshape US freight rail with $85 billion deal for Norfolk

Union Pacific said it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the first U.S. coast-to-coast freight rail operator.

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 16: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy testifies before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. Duffy testified about his department's FY2026 budget request. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Sec. Duffy spars with Dem Rep. Nadler over safety of NYC Subway system

Donald Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy got into a recent spat with New York Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler over the safety of New York City’s subway system.

CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA - JULY 8: California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to a crowd at the Kershaw County Center on July 8, 2025 in Camden, South Carolina. The governor is on the first of a two-day tour of rural counties in South Carolina, hosted by the state Democratic Party. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Trump announces cancellation of federal funds for Calif. Gov. Newsom’s high-speed rail project: ‘HIGH SPEED TRAIN TO NOWHERE’

President Donald Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy have announced the termination of federal funding for California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom’s high-speed rail project.

A technician gestures to a pilot flying an experimental Joby Dubai Aerial Taxi aircraft in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 30, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

Dubai aims to beat the traffic with 2026 Joby air taxi liftoff

Joby Aviation conducted the first test flight of its fully-electric air taxi, a major milestone in an effort to integrate airborne transport into existing mobility networks as early as next year.

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.