内容摘要：It is very unlikely to happen before the fall because of a parliamentary recess that starts July 4 and runs to Sept. 1 and that will be followed by several weeks of campaigning.

It is very unlikely to happen before the fall because of a parliamentary recess that starts July 4 and runs to Sept. 1 and that will be followed by several weeks of campaigning.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Trump administration signaled Wednesday that it intends to cut off federal funding for a long-delayed California high-speed rail project plagued by multibillion-dollar, following the release of a scathing federal report that concluded there is “no viable path” to complete even a partial section of the line.

Voters first authorized $10 billion in borrowed funds in 2008 to cover about a third of the estimated cost, with a promise the train would be up and running by 2020. Five years beyond that deadline, no tracks have been laid and its estimated price tag has ballooned to over $100 billion.In a letter to the California High-Speed Rail Authority, which oversees the project, Federal Railroad Administration acting Administrator Drew Feeley wrote that what was envisioned as an 800-mile system connecting the state’s major cities has been reduced to a blueprint for “a 119-mile track to nowhere.”, the California agency “has conned the taxpayer ... with no viable plan to deliver even that partial segment on time,”

State officials defended what’s known as the nation’s largest infrastructure project and said they remain committed to construction, though it’s not clear what funding would replace the federal support if it’s withdrawn. Feeley noted the FRA could seek repayment of the federal funds but is not proposing to claw back those dollars at this time.Carol Dahmen, the state authority’s chief of strategic communications, said in a statement that the federal conclusions are misguided and “do not reflect the substantial progress made to deliver high-speed rail in California.”

Dahmen noted that the majority of the funding for the line has been provided by the state and that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal would extend at least $1 billion a year for 20 years to complete an initial segment of the line.

State officials are focused on a stretch connecting the Central Valley cities of Bakersfield and Merced, which is set to be operating by 2033.Nembhard also missed nearly a month early this season with tendinitis in his left knee, and Turner, Indiana’s rim protector, has overcome an assortment of nagging injuries.

But Indiana also changed its forcus after getting swept by Boston in 2024.“Last year, all that was being said was we couldn’t win because we didn’t guard anybody and all we do is try to outscore people,” two-time All-Star Tyrese Haliburton said. “We’ve taken such a big step on the defensive end as a group, and I think the step we made on that end of the floor is why we’re here. We’ve got our work cut out for us (in this series).”

Neither Carlisle nor Daigneault would disclose their defensive assignments entering Game 1 though there’s a good chance Nembhard and Nesmith will somehow find themselves pitted against Gilgeous-Alexander, the league MVP, and Williams.On the flip side, Oklahoma City may deploy its two all-NBA defenders, Williams and Dort, against the combination of Haliburton and Nembhard.