The Trump administration said it would pull roughly $4 billion in federal funding for California’s long-planned high-speed train, a project that has, over decades, become an avatar for the country’s declining ability to complete transformative new infrastructure.

The State of the Future” – first 220 mph electrified high-speed train system in the US. (Photo from the California High-Speed Rail Authority) Trump administration moves to rescind federal

California’s controversial rail project is about to lose federal funding, but powerful Democrats are doubling down on their support.