Infrastructure

A rendering of the ‘triumphal arch,” that the Trump administration is planning to build near Arlington National Cemetery. A rendering of the ‘triumphal arch,” that the Trump administration is planning to build near Arlington National Cemetery.

Trump administration may be able to move ahead with arch plans in early November

Molly Parks · October 22, 2026 4:08 pm

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers undertake targeted immigration enforcement operation in California (Associated Press)

Major ICE operation underway across California: ‘Go after anybody’

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) speaks at a meeting.

DeSantis declares state of emergency for Tropical Storm Isaias

Yemeni military reinforcements travel in a truck, with some members stationed in the back, as they drive along the coastal road between Aden and Mokha, Yemen.

Yemeni government says it recaptured Bab el Mandeb Strait

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos attends a meeting at Blair House between Britain's King Charles III and chief executives from the technology industry, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in Washington.

Amazon sending locals $1 billion after Trump tells Big Tech to ‘make communities happy’ about data centers

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Trump proposal "falls short," of the Democratic plan to expand high-speed internet access and improve roads and bridges as well as modernize the electric grid "while creating millions of good-paying, middle-class jobs." (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Chuck Schumer: Infrastructure proposal would lead to ‘Trump tolls’

Susan Ferrechio February 12, 2018 6:40 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said President Trump's fiscal year 2019 budget "lays out a thoughtful, detailed, and responsible blueprint for achieving our shared agenda." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Paul Ryan praises Trump’s ‘thoughtful’ budget and infrastructure plan

Susan Ferrechio February 12, 2018 6:09 pm

Republicans are increasingly open to a gas tax towards generating revenue for infrastructure improvements. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

To fix infrastructure, Republicans should raise the gas tax and repeal the Davis-Bacon Act

Tom Rogan February 12, 2018 5:05 pm

President Trump's infrastructure plan says environmental reviews must be conducted in no more than 21 months. It calls for changes in how the government conducts environmental reviews, including streamlining the National Environmental Policy Act's requirements and potential reforms to the Clean Water and Clean Air acts. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Trump’s infrastructure plan aims to speed environmental reviews

Josh Siegel February 12, 2018 4:28 pm

Trump's plan, according to administration officials, would seek to facilitate more than $1.5 trillion in investments for projects such as road and bridge construction, waterway improvements and rural development by spending $200 billion in taxpayer money to jump-start the work. (Examiner file)

New White House $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan would fast-track projects, ’empower’ states

Sarah Bedford February 12, 2018 3:46 pm

"This will be a big week for Infrastructure. After so stupidly spending $7 trillion in the Middle East, it is now time to start investing in OUR Country," Trump tweeted. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump touts infrastructure plan as alternative to ‘stupidly’ blowing money in the Middle East

Mandy Mayfield February 12, 2018 1:19 pm

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