A spokesperson for the California governor said Trump's rhetoric over the project could give a generational advantage to China.

The government was already investigating how the state was spending a federal grant on the train project to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom fired back at Texas' lagging high-speed rail initiative after President Donald Trump rebuked California for its progress on a similar project. In a Wednesday press release, Newsom said that the state of California has far outpaced any progress made by Texas.

High-speed rail projects are underway in Texas and California, but despite decades of planning, neither is close to completion.

President Donald Trump said he would “love" California Gov. Gavin Newsom to launch a White House bid for the Democrats but said his response to wildfires and other issues “pretty much put him out of the race.

SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to close a projected $12 billion state budget deficit by curbing a signature health care program for undocumented immigrants as President Donald Trump’s tariffs and rising health care costs batter California’s finances.

California's high-speed rail project has drawn the ire of the White House, but the state's top lawmakers are saying the project should continue.

President Donald Trump recently chimed in on California's high-speed rail funding, the infamous Alcatraz prison and a 100% tariff on foreign-made films.