The Trump administration said it would pull roughly $4 billion in federal funding for California’s long-planned high-speed train, a project that has, over decades, become an avatar for the country’s declining ability to complete transformative new infrastructure.

The Trump administration said it was pulling $4 billion in funding from the woefully protracted, over-budget project that the state first broke ground on more than a decade ago.

California’s controversial rail project is about to lose federal funding, but powerful Democrats are doubling down on their support.