Forum on the Road: Trump Revokes $929 Million for California High Speed Rail




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Summary: The Trump Administration announced this week that it will cancel a nine $929 million federal grant to the California High Speed Rail Authority and at the same time seek to claw back $2.5 billion in federal funds already spent on the bullet train project. The announcement came shortly after California and other states filed a lawsuit challenging the President's national emergency declaration to fund a southern border wall. In this segment we’ll talk about what all this means for the future of the rail project. And we want to hear from you: What do you think of the latest battle between the Trump administration and California?