The federal government has terminated $4 billion in funding for California's high-speed rail project, citing the authority's failure to meet its commitments and mismanagement. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called the project a "boondoggle," while California Governor Gavin Newsom vowed to fight the termination. The project, initially envisioned to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco, was later scaled down to a 170-mile section between Merced and Bakersfield, with a projected cost of $22 billion and completion date of 2033. A previous report deemed the project unviable.

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