Xavier Becerra, who served as the Health Secretary under former President Joe Biden, vowed to scrap Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA ...

Xavier Becerra said he will “scrap the current configuration” of the project to ensure it’s completed on time and on budget.

Ten California mayors push back against Gov. Newsom's high-speed rail funding plans, opposing the use of local taxpayer money after 16 years of no track.

California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra has vowed to scrap the current High-Speed Rail plan and to forge a new path ...

California lawmakers demand the state's high-speed rail project be abandoned after projected costs surge by more than 700% past original estimates.

It will go down as the most wasteful government project in California history.

California's dream of building a high-speed rail system linking San Francisco and LA is a cautionary tale of ambition outpacing funding, planning, and federal support. Reading time 9 minutes Seventeen ...

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"Our country has never seen a fiscal disaster of this magnitude," says California congressman Kevin Kiley.

It’s been more than a decade and a half since I first wrote that the California bullet train to nowhere would be a disaster. I write that not just to toot my own horn. It was an easy prediction to ...

California's hundred-billion dollar high-speed rail project is facing scrutiny for a $1 billion detour meant to preserve the gravesite of disgraced labor leader Cesar Chavez.