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More than a week after being rocked by a Jan. 7 earthquake that knocked out its largest power plant, the island of Puerto Rico is still contending with ongoing temblors that are disrupting recovery efforts.

President Donald Trump gained some ground in his border wall fight and now seeks to divert more milcon billions in 2020, but other courts have rejected the approach.

Proponents see eased barriers for big construction projects, but others say environmental review cutbacks will create climate change risk and be tied up in lawsuits.

Developers disagreed with a city assessment that they were pushing back the demolition date.

The new standards deal with both operation of the machinery and training and are slated to go into effect March 1.

Transit agency had two derailments and a track fire this summer; safety report cites 61 corrective actions, with multiple general managers since 2010 “incredibly disruptive."