President Donald Trump is pulling federal funding for one of California’s most ambitious—and controversial—projects as his feud with the state’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, rages on. Trump announced that he had “officially freed” American taxpayers from funding the state’s long-planned high-speed train,

Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced another lawsuit on behalf of California against the Trump administration, this time over the federal funding pulled from the state's high-speed rail project.

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday vowed to fight the "illegal" move by President Donald Trump's administration to rescind $4 billion in federal grant agreements to fund the state's ambitious but long-delayed high-speed rail project.

The troops were assigned to guard federal buildings and support immigration agents during protests against enforcement tactics.

Newsom criticizes Trump's National Guard deployment. July 17, 2025. California Governor Gavin Newsom called the deployment of National Guard troops to Los Ang