{
  "id": 17161935,
  "title": "California high-speed rail chief quits amid billowing expenses scandal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/california-high-speed-rail-chief-quits-amid-billowing-expenses-scandal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T01:37:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/29/california-high-speed-rail-ian-choudri-resigns"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ian Choudri resigns after report found agency overseeing troubled LA-San Francisco project misused over $600,000 in public funds The chief executive of California’s embattled high-speed rail authority abruptly resigned on Wednesday, over a month after a state watchdog determined the agency had misused public funds. In September, California’s office of the inspector general released an…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}