The U.S. Department of Transportation said Wednesday it would cut about $4 billion in grants to build a long-planned high-speed rail line connecting Northern and Southern California, the latest in an escalating feud between the Trump administration and the nation’s largest state.
In a letter to the California High Speed Rail Authority, the Federal Railroad Administration accused the state of mishandling taxpayer money to deliver a rail system that is far shorter than initially envisioned.
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