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Trump administration sees ‘no viable path’ forward to finish high-speed rail project, moves to pull federal funding

The Trump administration found “no viable path” forward to complete California’s high-speed rail project following a nearly four-month investigation that jeopardizes $4 billion in federal funding. In a 315-page compliance review released Wednesday, the Department of Transportation cited budget shortfalls, missed deadlines and a misleading projected ridership to connect San Francisco to Los Angeles via […]

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Republicans aren’t following Elon Musk’s lead anymore

House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters that Musk was “flat wrong” about the bill. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Elon Musk says President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is a “disgusting abomination.” Republicans on Capitol Hill are making clear that they don’t really care. “I think he’s flat wrong,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Wednesday. […]

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Amazon planning $10B investment in North Carolina for data center and AI campus

HAMLET, N.C. (AP) — Amazon plans to invest $10 billion toward building a campus in North Carolina to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure, bringing a massive shot in the arm to a region where many textile and apparel jobs dried up a generation ago. Amazon said Wednesday that its investment in rural […]

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Steel Tariffs Skip Britain, but Hit Europe Twice as Hard

Britain breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday after it was granted a carve-out from President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imported to the United States, while the rest of Europe fumed that it was now paying twice as much. The exemption for British exports was granted because the country had already […]

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South Carolina’s Republican governor keeps veto pen mostly capped for budget

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The invitation from South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said he was bringing reporters together Wednesday to talk about his vetoes in the state budget. But instead, it was a victory lap for both the Republican governor and the Republican-dominated General Assembly as McMaster spent his time talking about all his priorities […]

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Trump says Putin told him in phone call he will respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attacks

Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Donald Trump in a phone call Wednesday that he was obligated to respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack, Trump said, setting up a potential escalation in the conflict just as the US president hopes to broker an end to the war. The leaders’ conversation was their second time speaking […]

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