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

Can the ‘Supercommittee II’ fix Congress’ dysfunction?

Susan Ferrechio February 12, 2018 5:01 am

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently called for the Trump administration and Congress to raise the gas tax by 25 cents per gallon to help pay for an infrastructure package, projecting it would generate more than $375 billion over a decade.

Republicans consider the unthinkable: A gas tax increase to pay for infrastructure

Josh Siegel February 12, 2018 5:01 am

FILE - In this July 9, 2017 file photo, Amtrak workers continue ongoing infrastructure renewal work beneath Penn Station in New York. President Donald Trump on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, will unveil his long-awaited infrastructure plan, a $1.5 billion proposal that fulfills a number of campaign goals, but relies heavily on state and local governments to produce much of the funding.
The administration's plan is centered on using $200 billion in federal money to leverage local and state tax dollars to fix America's infrastructure, such as roads, highways, ports and airports. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

On infrastructure, Trump administration seeks to avoid Obama stimulus trap

W. James Antle III February 12, 2018 2:00 am

File- This Jan. 22, 2018, file photo shows Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney talking during a television interview outside the White House in Washington. Mulvaney, the former tea party congressman who runs the White House budget office, said Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, that Trump's new budget, if implemented, would tame the deficit over time, though unlike last year's submission, it wouldn't promise to balance the federal ledger eventually. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Trump’s budget will propose cutting $3 trillion, set goal of reducing the debt rather than balancing the budget

Joseph Lawler, Kyle Feldscher February 12, 2018 2:00 am

White House Watch: Trump to Announce $200 Billion in Federal Spending on Infrastructure

Michael Warren February 11, 2018 10:00 pm

The move further casts leadership of the top federal railroad safety regulator in doubt as Democrats have placed a hold on President Trump's nominee to fill the role. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Top Federal Railroad Administration official steps down while Trump’s nominee to lead agency remains in limbo

Daniel Chaitin February 10, 2018 7:27 pm

Freshman Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has become a favorite of the media for his vocal defense of President Trump in the Russia investigation. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg)

Matt Gaetz: The boy politician making the most of his Trump moment

Philip Wegmann February 9, 2018 10:59 pm

House Republicans, led by Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, need political cover from President Trump, an immigration hawk beloved by the GOP base, if they're to risk crossing their most committed voters and supporting legislation that could provide amnesty to around 2 million people. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Paul Ryan, cornered on immigration, defers to Trump

David M. Drucker February 9, 2018 5:01 am

Jack Gerard, the CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, has called for Congress and the administration to improve predictability in permitting in order to encourage private investment in energy infrastructure. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Energy industry prods Congress to back permitting reform in Trump’s infrastructure push

Josh Siegel February 8, 2018 8:47 pm

On Thursday, leaders from the House and Senate were on track to reaching a spending deal that would fund the government continuously for two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress on track for Thursday vote to avoid government shutdown, lay groundwork for budget deal

Susan Ferrechio February 8, 2018 6:36 pm

Republican leaders said Wednesday they support the deal as a way to ensure more defense spending, and note it would also create a bipartisan committee that will try to recommend new budgeting reforms. (iStock photo)

Conservatives accuse GOP of ditching fiscal restraint with new spending deal

Pete Kasperowicz February 8, 2018 12:54 pm

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., recently introduced legislation that would bar the IRS from collecting Schedule B forms, as well as the "name, address, or other identifying information" of donors to 501(c) organizations, otherwise known as nonprofits. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

How about a little bipartisanship to protect nonprofits and privacy?

Eric Peterson February 7, 2018 11:23 pm