Gov. Gavin Newsom sues the Trump administration for canceling $4 billion in funding for the state's high-speed rail project, calling it political retribution.

California's long-delayed high-speed rail project has become the latest victim in the ongoing battle between President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom, as White House officials again aim to cancel billions in federal funding. In response, California officials on July 17 sued to block Trump from halting funding.

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,