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

White House Watch: Get Ready for Infrastructure Year

Michael Warren December 7, 2017 9:52 am

Trumpism Is Alive and Well. Just Not in the United States.

Ethan Epstein December 6, 2017 4:48 pm

"The department is also focused on the threat of domestic terrorism. Ideologically-motivated violence here in the United States is a danger to our nation, our people, and our values," Elaine Duke said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Acting DHS secretary: Greatest national security threat is from global jihadist groups

Anna Giaritelli November 30, 2017 9:07 pm

FCC’s fall cleaning will enable faster broadband growth

FCC’s fall cleaning will enable faster broadband growth

Bruce Mehlman November 16, 2017 5:01 am

International commerce is the foundation of our region's economy and essential to the long-term well-being of Louisiana. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

America must not turn its back on trade

Caitlin Cain November 15, 2017 5:01 am

According to statistics compiled by the industry, major freight rail operators such as BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific have spent $26 billion annually in recent years. This investment, which allows the industry to serve nearly every sector of the economy, which in turn supports 1.5 million jobs nationally and generates nearly $100 billion in taxes for public projects, including infrastructure. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Freight rail shows that private infrastructure is more than viable

Pete Sepp November 14, 2017 8:04 pm

The Senate has passed two major bills aimed at expanding access to broadband, and experts are hopeful that at least one of those bills, the MOBILE NOW Act from Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., (pictured above) will be on President Trump's desk by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Congress takes piecemeal approach to expanding broadband Internet access

Melissa Quinn November 13, 2017 5:01 am

Protect infrastructure finance in tax reform

Protect infrastructure finance in tax reform

rep-dutch-ruppersberger, rep-randy-hultgren November 10, 2017 5:01 am

Kirstjen Nielsen told the senators her background in national security, defense, cyberissues has prepared her to deal with the 21st-century challenge. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s DHS nominee: Cybersecurity a top challenge for US

Anna Giaritelli November 8, 2017 4:13 pm

Debris scatters a destroyed community in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai was in Puerto Rico to assessed the recovery efforts in response to the hurricane. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai visits Puerto Rico to survey damage from Hurricane Maria

Melissa Quinn November 8, 2017 12:59 am

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello argued Thursday that things have not gone as smoothly as President Trump has indicated. Aside from the Army Corps of Engineers' failure, he noted that Texas and Florida have been approved for permanent restoration work more quickly than Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Puerto Rico governor slams ‘unacceptable’ recovery effort by Army Corps of Engineers

Pete Kasperowicz November 2, 2017 12:32 pm

Private equity and infrastructure funding experts say private investment alone cannot guarantee the actual development of infrastructure, and that commitment from the federal government is needed to provide long-term financing, and to connect money with projects that need it.

Private investors line up to support infrastructure projects without Trump

Josh Siegel October 30, 2017 4:01 am