U.S. Department of Transportation

Democrats’ High Speed Rail Slush Fund Growing Again to $130+ Billion

September 16, 2025 2:46 amSeptember 23, 2025 3:27 pm

When President Donald Trump announced in February he would be launching an investigation into the high cost of California High Speed Rail fulfilling a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) promise made late in 2024, many California taxpayers celebrated. Originally estimated...

Senate Transportation Vice Chair Strickland: Sacramento’s $87 Billion Train Off the Rails, Proposition 1A Promise Broken

August 25, 2025 12:01 pmAugust 25, 2025 1:24 pm

California’s long-delayed and grossly over-budgeted high-speed rail project could be operating the Central Valley line by 2032, a new report quietly released Friday by the High Speed Rail Authority says. However, rail authority officials also admit that they will need...

California GOP Congressional Reps Push for Cancelled $4 Billion HSR Funds Diverted to Infrastructure Projects

July 25, 2025 12:40 pmJuly 25, 2025 12:40 pm

A group of nine Californian GOP Congressional members, led by Congressman Vince Fong (R-CA) wrote a letter earlier this week to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy urging the Department of Transportation (DOT) to reroute the $4 billion originally assigned to...

California High Speed Rail Sues Federal Government Following $4 Billion Funding Cut Claiming ‘Petty, Political Retribution’

July 18, 2025 11:52 amJuly 18, 2025 11:52 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced late Thursday that the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) would be suing the Trump administration over the $4 billion in federal cuts to the High-Speed Rail program. According to the announcement by Newsom’s office, a...

California Lawmakers React to Trump Admin Cutting $4 Billion High Speed Rail Funds

July 17, 2025 11:14 amJuly 17, 2025 11:16 am

Following the Trump Administration’s announcement on Wednesday that $4 billion in federal funds would be cut from California High-Speed Rail (CHSR), lawmakers from across the state reacted. After all, the $10.2 billion deficit CHSR needs to plug by June 2026...

$4 Billion in Federal Funding Terminated for California’s High Speed Rail

July 16, 2025 6:59 pmJuly 16, 2025 6:59 pm

President Donald Trump cuts off federal funds for California’s disastrous, fraudulent, corrupt High Speed Rail, we posted on X Wednesday, following his Truth Social announcement: “This is California’s fault. Governor Newsom and the complicit Democrats have enabled this waste for...

California High-Speed Rail Needs $7 Billion for Bakersfield to Merced by 2026

March 27, 2025 2:45 amMarch 27, 2025 2:46 am

The California Legislative Analyst’s Office told lawmakers in an Assembly Transportation budget hearing Wednesday that California High-Speed Rail needs $7 billion in funding by June 2026 or else the first Bakersfield to Merced leg of the system could be delayed...