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Newsom blamed Trump for high-speed rail’s $4 billion funding cut. Records show California never bought the trains it promised.

California’s High-Speed Rail Authority repeatedly missed key deadlines to buy its trains, a failure federal officials cited when they pulled $4 billion in funding a year ago. More than a year and a half after the original deadline, the authority still cannot say when it expects to award the contract. The state says that the…

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July deadliest month of 2026 as 205 lives lost, 401 terrorists killed: PICSS – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Violence linked to terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations intensified sharply in July, making it the deadliest month of 2026, with 112 security personnel among 205 people killed, while 401 terrorists were eliminated. The Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), an Islamabad-based think tank, said in its monthly security assessment that fatalities among…

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Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum, draft memo says

Washington — The Defense Department is considering its most sweeping remake of military higher education, according to an unreleased draft memorandum obtained by CBS News that would abolish civilian tenure and overhaul course offerings at the military service academies and senior war colleges that educate future military officers.  The memorandum, labeled “Refocusing the Military Service…

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