Manhole Fires and Burst Pipes: How Winter Wreaks Havoc on What’s Underneath N.Y.C.
New York’s aging, messy, below-street infrastructure is tough to maintain. Extreme weather conditions make the job even harder, city officials say.
Why Can’t Trump Build Anything?
Infrastructure won’t happen until the Democrats regain control.
With Savings to Burn, Russia Turns (Again) to a State-Led Spending Plan
A new five-year policy offers $100 billion for infrastructure to stimulate growth — a shift from a focus on consumer spending.
Before Trump’s State of the Union, a Look at How Last Year’s Promises Fared
President Trump vowed in last year’s speech to pass an immigration overhaul, bring down drug prices and revamp the United States’ infrastructure. How much progress has he made?
President Signs Order to Help U.S. Manufacturers and ‘Trump People’
The order is meant to be a shot in the arm for “blue-collar Trump people,” one official said, even as they face shaky economic prospects from disputes such as a trade war with China.
How Democrats Will Govern (Now That Government Is Open)
We look at the ways that Democrats plan to leverage their new House majority to define their message for 2020.
Five Arrested After Brazil Dam Collapse That Killed Dozens
Those arrested were directly involved in and responsible for the mining enterprise and its licensing, as well as in recent testing that found the dam to be stable.
Karachi Seeks to Remake Itself, With Bulldozers Leading the Way
A government campaign against unofficial construction in Pakistan’s largest city is leaving hundreds of hawkers without a livelihood, but the Empress Market walls are visible from the sidewalk.
China Proceeds With Belt and Road Push, but Does It More Quietly
Ever since President Xi Jinping unveiled a plan to link Asia, Europe and Africa with building projects, Beijing has hailed it as central to its foreign policy. China has turned down the volume on its plan.
A Subway to Staten Island? How a Transit Dream Died
Deep under the New York Bay near Brooklyn, there is the start of a tunnel with the potential to change the lives of thousands of New York City commuters. So why hasn’t it?