Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was savagely booed Thursday during a news conference on California’s high-speed rail project at the Union Station in Los Angeles. The Donald Trump appointee blasted state authorities for mismanaging the once “exciting” project and claimed it had amounted to a waste of funds.

Proponents of the project say it has already been an important source of economic activity and job creation for California, and it is needed to cut down on congested roads. Some politicians, even inside California, have suggested the high-speed rail will never open. Question: Is it time to step away from the California High-Speed Rail project?

The fate of the project remains uncertain. LOS ANGELES - Republican lawmakers, including U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, blasted California's "failing" high-speed rail project on Thursday, calling it a "waste of taxpayers' money" after revealing ...

The Trump administration has launched a formal review of the California high-speed rail project, questioning the state's ability to complete the project and the allocation of federal funds.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy put California's high speed rail project on notice Thursday, saying it is years overdue and billions over budget.

Duffy, speaking at Union Station in Los Angeles on Thursday morning, said the Federal Railroad Administration will review the rail project and its leadership.

The transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, said the government would conduct a “compliance review” on a $3.1 billion grant, potentially threatening the viability of the troubled project.

As President Donald Trump’s administration makes cuts to government programs, his head of the Department of Transportation announced that federal assistance intended for a major California

While U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy questioned the cross-state high-speed rail project, he praised the Las Vegas-to-Los Angeles effort.

A California crowd booed President Donald Trump's transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, at his LA news conference.

The Federal Railroad Administration initiated a review of California's 400-mile high-speed rail project aimed at connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco following concerns voiced by the Trump Administration,

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said the California high-speed rail project will continue to cost taxpayers billions of dollars with no definitive timeline for completion.