High-speed rail isn’t California’s only expensive boondoggle

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is suing the Trump administration for pulling back $4 billion in federal funding for high-speed rail. But President Donald Trump hasn’t actually derailed any trains. And all the lawsuit has really done is expose the trainwreck that is California’s fiscal situation. For months, Newsom has bragged about California having the world’s fourth-largest economy and sending back more money to Washington than it takes…

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Federal appeals court rules California ammunition background checks unconstitutional

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that California’s first-of-its-kind law requiring gun owners to undergo background checks to purchase ammunition is unconstitutional, declaring that it violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms. In a 2-1 decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court judge’s permanent injunction blocking the state from…

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