Trump caves on plan to hold tunnel money hostage after court smackdown

Trump administration officials have agreed to release $16 billion in federal funding for a critical tunnel project below the Hudson River — putting an end to a four-month legal battle the president started.

According to The New York Times, "Federal funding for the $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel between New York City and New Jersey, which had been suspended for more than four months, began to flow again on Friday after lawyers for the Trump administration told a federal judge on Friday that it would comply with her orders.