Infrastructure

Meta's Stanton Springs Data Center.

Mills vetoes Maine data center ban

Brady Knox · April 24, 2026 5:34 pm

A metro train travels westbound along interstate 66.

Metro board votes to automate Red Line fully with driverless trains

Smoke rises over Washington, D.C., after a bus caught fire.

Smoke plume rises over downtown DC after bus catches fire

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a press briefing on flight safety, at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Air traffic control overhaul gains ground as safety concerns persist

A traveler walks though the terminal at O'Hare airport in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Duffy orders Chicago O’Hare airport to cut summer flights

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks after signing legislation calling for a special election on a redrawn congressional map on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif.

California officials to approve $20 billion for high-speed rail to keep project alive

Emily Hallas September 12, 2025 3:45 pm

Norfolk Southern Corp., left, and Union Pacific Railroad Co. freight locomotives in Burnside, Kentucky. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Trump move pushes huge railroad merger down the tracks

Jeremy Lott September 5, 2025 5:27 am

A Sheriff's deputy pauses while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas.

Texas legislators pass bills targeting flood safety at children’s camps after deadly Mystic disaster

Emily Hallas September 4, 2025 12:20 pm

New Jersey restores money for affordable housing after it was largely stripped in budget negotiations

Annabella Rosciglione September 3, 2025 3:57 pm

Sign outside of the Google Data Center on September 10, 2024 in in Papillion, Nebraska. (Misty Prochaska for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Google to invest $9 billion in AI data centers in Virginia

Molly Parks August 27, 2025 7:03 pm

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks during a news conference following up on the issuance of the National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report on the mid-air collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at the Department of Transportation in Washington.

Sean Duffy announces federal takeover of DC’s Union Station

Emily Hallas August 27, 2025 10:13 am

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters, announcing formal action against three states for failing to enforce federal English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements for commercial motor vehicle drivers, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump DOT to punish states that do not enforce English requirements for truck drivers

Anna Giaritelli August 26, 2025 11:07 am

Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is recognized by Republican Kelly Ayotte during her inauguration at the State House, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Concord, New Hampshire.

Former New Hampshire governor named CEO of airline lobbying firm

Molly Parks August 19, 2025 11:14 am

The back of a safety helmet worn by a steelworker.

Salena Zito laments loss of two US Steel workers ‘who keep our country secure’

Jenny Goldsberry August 14, 2025 1:42 pm

United Airlines grounds flights nationwide due to ‘technology issue’

Brady Knox August 6, 2025 9:52 pm

Data centers are in Ashburn in Loudon County, Virginia, on Sunday, July 16, 2023. The centers house the computer servers and hardware required to support modern internet use, including artificial intelligence. The county is home to the world's largest concentration of data centers. Tech companies like to place the centers here, partly because the region's proximity to the nation's traditional internet backbone allows the servers in those data centers to save nanoseconds crucial to support financial transactions, gaming technology and other time-sensitive applications.

Massive Virginia data center development drives debate about price of technological advancement

Emily Hallas July 26, 2025 7:00 am

DC has worst traffic in US, surpassing Los Angeles: Report

Ross O'Keefe July 22, 2025 5:22 pm