California Sues Trump Administration to Recover $1 Billion for Rail Project
- Lawsuit challenges Trump’s rescission of federal grants
- High-speed rail funding pulled after state sued president
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California sued the Trump administration over the government’s decision to withdraw a grant of almost $1 billion that would have funded a high-speed rail project, suggesting the move was a political response to the state’s challenge of the president’s declaration of an emergency on the southern border.
The Federal Railroad Authority announced it would cancel the grant on Feb. 19, one day after California and 15 other states sued to invalidate President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration. The FRA carried out the threat on May 16 while signaling it planned to reallocate the money to other “inter-city” rail projects.