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

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said the Federal Reserve isn't basing its decisions about interest rates on speculation about Trump administration policies such as potential tax cuts. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Yellen: The Fed isn’t baking Trump tax cuts into its decisions

Joseph Lawler March 15, 2017 7:12 pm

Pai, a proponent of "light touch" regulation, has been a constant critic of government waste. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FCC boss argues broadband should be part of Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan

Daniel Chaitin March 15, 2017 5:05 pm

Business Roundtable survey found that expectations for growth, hiring and investment jumped sharply. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

CEOs’ top priority: Tax reform

Joseph Lawler March 14, 2017 4:47 pm

A member of Cal Fire, right, talks to workers on the Oroville Dam project in front of the main spillway in Oroville, Calif., on Feb. 20. The immense rainfall and the heavy flows of water damaged the dam's main spillway, causing a 250-foot long, 170-foot wide and 50-feet deep hole to open up in the spillway. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP, File)

California dam emergency sparks push for better flood protection

Kyle Feldscher March 13, 2017 5:01 am

House starts work on Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan

Nicole Duran March 12, 2017 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, pointedly needled his Democratic counterpart Chuck Schumer for voting against his wife, Elaine Chao, for transportation secretary this year. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

McConnell jabbed Schumer over ‘no’ vote on Chao

Susan Crabtree March 9, 2017 3:16 pm

Why Infrastructure Spending Is Not As Simple As It Seems

Eli Lehrer March 8, 2017 1:16 pm

Opponents of the wall say it would be a nearly impossible feat of engineering to build a wall along the entire border. The Rio Grande makes up much of the border, while the rest travels through barren desert and rugged mountains. (AP Photo)

Democrats’ new strategy to stop Trump’s wall: It will hurt the environment

Kyle Feldscher March 6, 2017 5:01 am

Style and substance are two very different things, and the latter left many conservatives concerned about potential consequences of acquiescing to President Trump's legislative agenda. (AP Photo)

Trump’s big-government fixes are giving conservatives indigestion

Gabby Morrongiello March 6, 2017 5:01 am

Editorial cartoon: Let the infrastructure projects begin…

Washington Examiner March 3, 2017 8:00 pm

Trump said it in his prepared remarks during his first address to Congress. (Courtesy: screengrab)

Trump asks Congress to pass $1 trillion infrastructure package

Sarah Bedford March 1, 2017 2:28 am

Not allowing citizens to sue the government over permits for projects that could affect them limits due process, one activist said.

Bill targets environmental lawsuits that block infrastructure projects

Kyle Feldscher February 27, 2017 5:01 am