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,

California Gov. Gavin Newsom called President Trump a 'son of a b----' over immigration raids, and he criticized the administration's approach as "weakness masquerading as strength."

California Republicans have found ways to convince Trump he’s helping the state rather than Newsom before, one expert said.

Even before President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom squared off over Trump’s decision to send National Guard troops to quell immigration protests, before Newsom likened Trump to a dictator and Trump endorsed the idea of arresting the governor, the question of how much California could continue to rely on FEMA was front and center.

Newsom signed the bill, a pointed attack on Trump, into law in 2019. As with most legal attempts to wrangle Trump, it amounted to nothing. That law was later struck down by a California court.