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

"Repatriation cannot be done as a standalone," Reichert said. "It must be part of a transition to a more competitive system." (AP file Photo)

Businesses wary as Congress looks to tax their overseas cash for roads

Joseph Lawler June 24, 2015 9:15 pm

"We're certainly not going to be able to be doing big, comprehensive tax reform with this president," McConnell said in an interview with the publication Morning Consult posted online Sunday. (Getty Image)

Hope for tax reform fades

Joseph Lawler June 9, 2015 4:01 am

The Lincoln Memorial and the Memorial Bridge is seen from Arlington House in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Sunday, May 4, 2014. (AP Photo)

Washington-area lawmakers push more infrastructure spending

Nathan Rubbelke June 2, 2015 12:01 am

Royal Dutch Shell will halt construction on a site that could have produced 80,000 barrels of oil per day in the Canadian tar sands, and the delay in approving the Keystone XL pipeline could be a factor.Â (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Why is Obama blocking infrastructure projects?

Merrill Matthews May 29, 2015 9:00 am

A U.S. Travel Association app to alert lawmakers when you're stuck in traffic.

Boom: Memorial Day travelers to spend $12.3B, $330 per person

Paul Bedard May 22, 2015 1:47 pm

"Is the Senate working better than ever?" Harry Reid said Monday. "I don't think so. America is one big pothole." (AP Photo)Â

Reid ridicules GOP: ‘America is one big pothole’

Susan Ferrechio May 18, 2015 7:27 pm

South Carolina needs its roads fixed, not gas-tax demagoguery

South Carolina needs its roads fixed, not gas-tax demagoguery

bill-ross, rick-todd May 18, 2015 9:00 am

It is not a violation of any federal law for a campaign to have collaborated with a foreign government to help elect their candidate. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Does ISIS pose a threat to the electric grid?

John Siciliano May 15, 2015 9:00 am

Highways need fixing, according to experts. AP Photo

Ray LaHood: ‘America is one big pothole’

Kelly Cohen, Paul Bedard May 14, 2015 3:22 pm

Trump's pushback toward Krauthammer came in a series of tweets, in which Trump called him "one of the worst and most boring political pundits." Â (AP Photo)

Democrats, Donald Trump view train crash as political opportunity

Ryan Lovelace May 13, 2015 5:00 pm

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, left, with Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, hold a news conference about Alaska's energy future, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators drop deluge of energy bills as broad legislation takes form

Zack Colman May 7, 2015 9:41 pm

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and top Democrat Sen. Maria Cantwell, of Washington, are working on broad energy legislation that they hope to move this spring. (AP Photo)

Senators to focus on improving U.S. energy

Zack Colman April 28, 2015 9:00 am