NASA administrator Sean Duffy visited the Kennedy Space Center ahead of the NASA and SpaceX Launch Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pulled $175 million from California’s high-speed rail project, citing $15 billion in costs and calling it a “boondoggle.” Duffy canceled federal grants and directed a review of all obligated grants for the project, following concerns over viability and completion deadlines. California filed a lawsuit against the Department of Transportation for its actions, while Duffy criticized Governor Gavin Newsom’s understanding of functional government. The high-speed rail project originally aimed to connect San Francisco and Los Angeles in under three hours but was scaled down to a 170-mile stretch between Merced and Bakersfield. The project, estimated to cost $22 billion with an end date of 2033, receives most of its funding from the state.

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