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

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday afternoon that the oil and gas industry sees as essential to speeding up pipeline reviews and permitting, in addition to other energy infrastructure projects, according to senior representatives of the oil and gas industry in unions. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

New Trump executive order will hasten oil and gas pipeline permits: Industry officials

John Siciliano August 15, 2017 7:59 pm

Feelin’ Groovy

TWS Podcast August 12, 2017 9:35 pm

McConnell joins a growing list of Republicans who have earned the president's ire. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Republican senators rally around Mitch McConnell following Trump’s attacks

Melissa Quinn August 11, 2017 4:18 pm

James Bullard, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, said in an interview on Bloomberg TV that economic growth is likely to putter along at a 2 percent rate at least for the next year. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Fed official: Don’t expect faster growth soon

Joseph Lawler August 9, 2017 6:27 pm

"The president and others have set these early timelines about things need to be done by a certain point." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mitch McConnell laments Trump’s ‘excessive expectations’ for perception Congress is unproductive

Sean Langille August 8, 2017 6:07 pm

"I'm a proud American. But what's embarrassing to me is our inability to get infrastructure done properly," Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, told CNBC on Tuesday. "We haven't built a major airport hub in 20 years. The last one was [in] Denver. China's done 75 in the last 10 years. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon: ‘Embarrassing’ that leaders haven’t tackled tax reform, infrastructure

Melissa Quinn August 8, 2017 5:57 pm

President Trump lauded his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner as a "good boy" and boasted that the leader of the Boy Scouts told him his controversial jamboree speech was the "greatest speech that was ever made to them." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump lauds Kushner as ‘good boy’, boasts Boy Scout speech ‘greatest ever made’

Josh Siegel August 1, 2017 9:51 pm

The border structure separating San Diego from Tijuana, Mexico. The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it has issued a waiver to get around environmental rules and speed up border construction projects near San Diego, one of the country's busiest border sectors. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

DHS waives environmental rules to boost San Diego border

Anna Giaritelli August 1, 2017 12:35 pm

One particular infrastructure problem remains a puzzle -- well-publicized backups in some municipal sewer systems around the nation, and charges that the cause is a recently popular personal hygiene product: moist flushable wipes. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Our sewers are clogged, but flushable wipes are not the culprit

elizabeth-samson August 1, 2017 4:01 am

A majority of voters don't believe the United States should build a wall along the border with Mexico to help curb illegal immigration, according to a new poll. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Most voters don’t think US should build border wall

Melissa Quinn July 31, 2017 5:37 pm

Three of eight of the infrastructure panel's "mission" priorities focus on the energy sector. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Trump infrastructure team will focus on energy, from solar panels to oil pipelines

John Siciliano July 24, 2017 8:17 pm

In her leadership role of rebuilding the nation's infrastructure, Chao and her department are making short-term changes. However, there is much more to do. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US must regain its infrastructure advantage

Rich Goldsbury July 23, 2017 4:01 am