By Sri Taylor, Bloomberg

President Donald Trump’s administration said it withdrew more than $175 million in federal funding from projects related to California’s high-speed rail, in the latest move to kneecap the long-delayed plan to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco via train.

The Federal Railroad Administration moved to block four projects related to the high-speed rail, according to a Tuesday statement from the US Department of Transportation, citing waste and lack of progress in what it called a “failed experiment.” It said the cost was projected to total $135 billion, more than quadrupling from the original estimate.

Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy have long been strong critics of the project that has been marred with cost overruns and constant delays, arguing that

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