While U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy questioned the cross-state high-speed rail project, he praised the Las Vegas-to-Los Angeles effort.

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into California’s high-speed rail project in what could be the first step in clawing back the $4 billion promised by the Biden administration to build out the first section of the line, from Merced to Bakersfield.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has asked for a compliance review of California's controversial High Speed Rail project.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced that the Trump administration has launched a compliance review of California's high-speed rail project.

Duffy, speaking at Union Station in Los Angeles on Thursday morning, said the Federal Railroad Administration will review the rail project and its leadership.

The Trump administration is once again targeting ... Valley cities of Bakersfield and Merced, which is set to be operating by 2033. The entire San Francisco to Los Angeles line will now cost ...

Billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule, no government project needs DOGE more than California's high-speed rail.

FRA will review CHSRA and Merced-Bakersfield segment’s progress, including compliance for federal grant agreements to determine whether CHSRA has fully met its obligations

(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Trump administration is once again targeting California’s controversial high ... stretch connecting the Central Valley cities of Bakersfield and Merced, which is set to be operating by 2033.