DrWeb<p><strong>Trump pulls $4 billion in funding for California bullet train project – NBC News and the Associated Press (AP)</strong></p>Ironworkers with the California High-Speed Rail Authority work on the Hanford Viaduct in Kings County, Calif., on April 15. Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP file<p><strong><em>President Donald Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy have called the project, first approved by California voters in 2008, a “train to nowhere.”</em></strong></p><p>July 16, 2025, 7:46 PM PDT / Source: <a href="https://apnews.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Associated Press</a></p><p>By The Associated Press</p><p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/trump-administration" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trump administration</a> revoked federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project on Wednesday, intensifying uncertainty about how the state will make good on its long-delayed promise of building a bullet train to shuttle riders between San Francisco and Los Angeles.</p><p>The U.S. Transportation Department announced it was pulling back $4 billion in funding for the project, weeks after signaling it would do so. Overall, a little less than a quarter of the project’s funding has come from the federal government. The rest has come from the state, mainly through a voter-approved bond and money from its cap-and-trade program.</p><p>President <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a> and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy both have slammed the project as a “train to nowhere.”</p><p>“The Railroad we were promised still does not exist, and never will,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This project was Severely Overpriced, Overregulated, and NEVER DELIVERED.”</p><blockquote></blockquote><p>Continue/Read Original Article Here: <em><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-pulls-4-billion-funding-california-bullet-train-project-rcna219248" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trump pulls $4 billion in funding for California bullet train project</a></em> CA.gov</p><p><strong>See also Governor Newson’s statement on Trump’s failure</strong>… <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/07/16/governor-newsom-responds-to-trumps-latest-gift-to-china-defunding-americas-only-high-speed-rail/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/07/16/governor-newsom-responds-to-trumps-latest-gift-to-china-defunding-americas-only-high-speed-rail/</a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/america/" target="_blank">#America</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/ap/" target="_blank">#AP</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/associated-press/" target="_blank">#AssociatedPress</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/bullet-train/" target="_blank">#BulletTrain</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/california/" target="_blank">#California</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/donald-trump/" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/health/" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/history/" target="_blank">#History</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/library-of-congress/" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/nbc-news/" target="_blank">#NBCNews</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/politics/" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/resistance/" target="_blank">#Resistance</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/science/" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/travel/" target="_blank">#Travel</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/trump/" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/trump-administration/" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/trump-cancels-train/" target="_blank">#TrumpCancelsTrain</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/united-states/" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a></p>