Trump, California spar over high-speed rail

Published March 1, 2019 5:00am ET



The Trump administration and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are sparring over funding for California’s high-speed rail project, a bullet train originally designed to carry passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

President Trump has attacked the “failed” project and said it has “no hope of completion” — comments that coincide with his administration’s efforts to rescind what amounts to $3.5 billion in federal grants for the California High-Speed Rail Authority.

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