Trump has California’s high-speed rail in his crosshairs again
DOGE certainly has high-speed rail in its crosshairs. Before DOGE co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy stepped down to pursue a run for governor of Ohio, he called high-speed rail “a wasteful vanity project, burning billions in taxpayer cash, with little prospect for completion in the next decade… Time to end the waste.”
California high speed rail has $4.3B in unspent federal grants. Could Trump take it away?
What’s needed for San Francisco to LA to happen is we’re going to need the federal partner to say, ‘Get that done.’”
California high-speed rail project faces $6.5B shortfall, possible federal investigation
The California Office of the Inspector General warned that work on the initial segment could slip behind schedule.
California High Speed Rail Update on 2030 Target
California's high-speed rail project may not meet its deadlines for the first segment of track, according to a new report.
Trump says he’ll investigate California’s high-speed rail; authority calls comments ‘noise’
President Trump said Tuesday that he would investigate California’s high-speed rail plan, calling it “the worst-managed project” he has seen. “They have hundreds of billions of dollars of cost overruns,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “It’s impossible that something could cost that much.”
Trump pledges to investigate California high-speed rail. Is it actually over budget?
Trump and one of his key advisors, technology billionaire Elon Musk, have both been highly critical of the California High-Speed Rail Authority and its planned bullet-train project to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco by way of Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley.
President Trump says he plans to investigate California high-speed rail project
President Donald Trump said he intends to launch an investigation into California's high-speed rail project, calling it the "worst managed project" he's ever seen.
Ted Cruz says he’s investigating California’s High-Speed Rail; this is what he’s done
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz says he has been investigating the California High-Speed Rail project, accusing the nation’s first publicly funded high-speed rail system of wasting taxpayer money and
Trump investigating California high-speed rail project
A pro-President Trump Arab American organization, which performed voter outreach on his behalf to the Arab American communities during his 2024 White House run, has changed its name after the commander in chief’s remarks about taking over Gaza. The group’s name was changed from “Arab Americans for Trump” to “Arab Americans for Peace” on Tuesday,…
California High-Speed Rail Faces Its Most Crucial Year
California's high-speed rail risks running out of funds as the new presidential administration does not support the project.
Inspector General and President Trump deal new setbacks to high-speed rail boondoggle
Given the project’s track record of delays and the likelihood that high-speed rail will lose money from operations in the Central Valley, why would any private investor step up?
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High-Speed Rail Announces Completion of Fargo Avenue Overcrossing in Kings County
February 10, 2025 - KINGS COUNTY, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) is kicking off the new year ...
California high-speed rail construction sparks homeowner outrage in Madera County
Residents in a Madera County neighborhood are expressing frustration over a high-speed rail construction project that has ...
Opinion: Trump Takes Aim at California's Troubled 'Bullet Train' Project
President Trump seems more determined than ever to derail California’s high-speed rail project. Given its sorry history, it ...
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Mayor Says Fresno Needs High-Speed Rail Despite Cost Overruns
Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer hopes high-speed rail can be finished despite threats of an investigation into cost overruns from ...