CA High-Speed Rail Authority v. U.S. DOT, et al

  1. December 10, 2025

    Calif. Suit Over $4B High-Speed Rail Funds OK To Proceed

    A California federal judge on Tuesday denied the Trump administration's bid to toss California's lawsuit challenging the termination of $4 billion in grants for the state's electric rail project, rejecting the administration's contention that California asserted a breach-of-contract claim that only the Court of Federal Claims could hear.

  2. October 28, 2025

    Feds Rip Calif.'s Bid To Halt $4B Bullet Train Funds Reshuffle

    The Trump administration has told a federal judge that California is not entitled to billions in continued funding for its beleaguered high-speed rail project, firing back at what it describes as the Golden State's attempt to hoard grant funds that could be allocated to other projects.

  3. October 14, 2025

    Calif. Says Feds Can't Divert $4B High-Speed Rail Funds

    The California High-Speed Rail Authority has asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from diverting $4 billion in grant funds that were previously set aside for the Golden State's electric high-speed rail project, saying the administration's contrived funding decisions are based on overt political animus.

  4. July 18, 2025

    Calif. Sues Trump Admin Over $4B High-Speed Rail Fund Cuts

    California's High-Speed Rail Authority hit the Trump administration with an Administrative Procedure Act lawsuit in California federal court Friday, claiming the Federal Railroad Administration's abrupt termination of $4 billion in grants to the electric rail project was arbitrary, politically motivated and based on Trump's "extreme antipathy toward California."