$50K for DEI Trainings, $5 Mil for Graffiti Removal, and No Rail Line: How California’s High-Speed Rail Project Has Burned Through Taxpayer Cash

When the Trump administration announced it was investigating California’s long-troubled high-speed rail project, the top official overseeing it pressed back. Though the project has more than tripled in price to $106 billion, the official said that “every dollar is accounted for.” While the money is indeed accounted for, that accounting does not paint a rosy

The Associated Press Is Suing the White House Over Press Access—What to Know

The AP filed the lawsuit in response to the White House’s restricting its press access after it declined to adopt the name ‘Gulf of America.’ WASHINGTON—The Associated Press (AP) news wire service is suing several members of President Donald Trump’s press team after being removed from an exclusive group of journalists with close access to