California, rail and Trump

What California got wrong and Florida got right with high-speed rail
It’s the worst managed project I think I’ve ever seen,” Donald Trump said last week. “I built for a living and I built on time — on budget. ... It’s impossible that something could cost that much.”
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.”
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 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 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.”
Trump pledges to investigate California high-speed rail. Is it actually over budget?
President Donald Trump called California’s high-speed rail project “the worst managed project I think I’ve ever seen.”
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.
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?
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.
Inspector General says California high speed rail is unlikely to meet current start date
The start of California high speed rail operations between Bakersfield and Merced is unlikely to meet its current target, according to a new report from the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s Office of Inspector General.
Trump Wants A Probe Into California's High-Speed Rail—Says The Budget Overruns Could Have Bought 'Finest Limousine Service' For Everyone
President Donald Trump is once again targeting California’s high-speed rail project, calling it the “worst-managed project” he’s ever seen and demanding an investigation into its massive cost overruns.
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Restructured Calif. High-Speed Rail Is Poised to Lay Track
It’s not going to be easy. But we are definitely going to work together to make it happen,” Ian Choudri, the new CEO for the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA), told rail industry ...
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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 ...