FRA will review CHSRA and Merced-Bakersfield segment’s progress, including compliance for federal grant agreements to determine whether CHSRA has fully met its obligations

While U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy questioned the cross-state high-speed rail project, he praised the Las Vegas-to-Los Angeles effort.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced that the Trump administration has launched a compliance review of California's high-speed rail project.

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into California’s high-speed rail project in what could be the first step in clawing back the $4 billion promised by the Biden administration to build out the first section of the line, from Merced to Bakersfield.

Republicans have long targeted high-speed rail, despite its popularity with a majority of Californians. U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley, who appeared with Duffy and introduced legislation in December to defund it, blasted the railway as “the worst public infrastructure failure in U.S. history.”

USA: 'With multiple independent federal and state audits completed, every dollar is accounted for, and we stand by the progress and impact of this project', California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri said after recently appointed US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a review of federal

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said the California high-speed rail project will continue to cost taxpayers billions of dollars with no definitive timeline for completion.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has launched a formal review of the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) following an order from U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean P.