内容摘要：Ahead of the CBO’s release, the White House and Republican leaders criticized the budget office in a preemptive campaign designed to sow doubt in its findings.

Ahead of the CBO’s release, the White House and Republican leaders criticized the budget office in a preemptive campaign designed to sow doubt in its findings.

State officials are focused on a stretch connecting the Central Valley cities of Bakersfield and Merced, which is set to be operating by 2033.The state agency has about a month to formally respond to the FRA, after which the grants could be terminated.

State Sen. Tony Strickland, a Republican from Huntington Beach who is vice chair of the Transportation Committee, said that “commonsense has prevailed” and urged the Legislature’s dominant Democrats to redirect the funds from the rail line to lowering gas prices or investing in viable construction projects.“Let’s stop wasting California’s hard-earned taxpayer dollars,” Strickland said.There is no known source for the billions of dollars that would be needed to complete the line.

California High-Speed Rail Authority CEOthat private investors could step in and fill the funding gap for the project that promised nonstop rail service between San Francisco and Los Angeles in under three hours. At the time, he acknowledged that even if funding is secured, it might take nearly two more decades to complete most of that segment.

President Donald Trump said in May that his administration will not continue to fund the line. “That train is the worst cost overrun I’ve ever seen,” Trump told reporters at the time, calling it “totally out of control.”

Social media platform Reddit sued the artificial intelligence company Anthropic on Wednesday, alleging that it is illegally “scraping” the comments of Reddit users to train its chatbot Claude.Authorities said agents seized about 35 firearms at the home, including short barrel rifles and an MG42 machine gun — a type typically supported with a bipod and which was used by German troops during World War II.

Other seized gear included grenade launchers, Army-issued explosives, body armor, ammunition and ballistic helmets, authorities said.Photos from inside the home showed Nazi paraphernalia, including a red Nazi flag emblazoned with a black swastika.

LONDON (AP) — The trial has started of six men accused of arson at an east London business with links to, with prosecutors saying Wednesday that the evidence against them was “overwhelming.”