"Cancelling these grants without cause isn't just wrong — it's illegal." Newsom blasts administration for halting billions in funding for California's bullet train project: 'Hand China the future' first appeared on The Cool Down.

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

Gov. Gavin Newsom says the effort by the Transportation Department to claw back federal grants is politically motivated and based on Trump’s “animus” toward the state.