President Donald Trump is pulling federal funding for one of California’s most ambitious—and controversial—projects as his feud with the state’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, rages on. Trump announced that he had “officially freed” American taxpayers from funding the state’s long-planned high-speed train,

Donald Trump has pulled $4bn in federal funding for California’s “high-speed train to nowhere” which has been beset by delays and budget shortfalls.

The U.S. Transportation Department announced it was pulling back $4 billion in funding for the project, weeks after signaling it would do so.