Army Corps

The Army Corps of Engineers is calling for a complete replacement of the two bridges that span the Cape Cod Canal.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has recommended replacing the two narrow and often backed-up bridges that carry vehicular traffic across the Cape Cod Canal. The Corps, which oversees the Bourne and Sagamore bridges, issued its draft report Thursday following a study that weighed the advantages of rehabbing the nearly 85-year-old bridges versus replacing them entirely. The Corps determined that...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the Bourne Bridge will be down to two lanes as repair work expected to last into late May begins. Workers starting Monday will be replacing damaged roadway joints on the bridge that crosses the Cape Cod Canal. The bridge will have one, wider 12-foot lane instead of two lanes in each direction.

If President Donald Trump declares an emergency to build the wall with Mexico, he still needs money to pay for it. And shifting money from other accounts to deliver the $5.7 billion he wants is not without political problems. The administration has been eyeing several pots of money — including disaster funds, counter-narcotic accounts and military construction dollars — to...

President Barack Obama stunned Republicans when he bypassed Congress and — relying on what he called his pen and his phone — used executive powers to enact his agenda, including protecting millions of young immigrants from deportation. Now, with President Donald Trump proposing an even more dramatic end-run around Congress to build his promised border wall with Mexico, many Republicans...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is in Washington making the case to the White House and top Capitol Hill leaders for a $60 billion Texas Gulf Coast rebuilding package.

The Trump administration moved Tuesday to roll back an Obama administration policy that protected more than half the nation’s streams from pollution but drew attacks from farmers, fossil fuel companies and property-rights groups as federal overreach. The 2015 regulation sought to settle a debate over which waterways are covered under the Clean Water Act, which has dragged on for years...

Actress Shailene Woodley spent her Thanksgiving continuing to protest in support of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), which is being built on sacred grounds of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota.

With options dwindling to stop construction of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline, American Indians and their supporters brought their message to President Donald Trump on Friday with rallies outside the White House and his Washington hotel. Even if the pipeline is completed, the protest movement has been successful because it has called attention to the issue of tribal sovereignty,...

The Army Corps of Engineers said it won’t extend a Wednesday deadline for Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents to vacate their encampment on federal land in North Dakota. The camp has existed since August and at times has housed thousands of people who supported the concerns of Sioux nations that the $3.8 billion pipeline to carry North Dakota oil through...

Congress is sending the White House a bill to let retired Marine Gen. James Mattis run the Pentagon in the Trump administration. The House passed the bill on a vote of 268-151.

Eight of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks face confirmation hearings in Congress this week, and some already face stiff opposition.

A civilian leader in the Army made the decision to deny an easement to the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline despite Army Corps of Engineers recommendations that it be granted, according to officials and a document, NBC News reported. But because of the pipeline’s size — 30 inches in diameter — its approval went to Assistant Secretary of the Army...

Actress Shailene Woodley spent her Thanksgiving continuing to protest in support of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), which is being built on sacred grounds of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota.

President Barack Obama says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is examining whether the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline can be rerouted in southern North Dakota to alleviate the concerns of American Indians. Obama told the online news outlet NowThis that his administration is monitoring the situation closely but will “let it play out for several more weeks.” As a...

Protesters at the demonstration against the Dakota Access pipeline are increasingly divided over how to stop the project, with militant younger activists seeking more aggressive tactics and an older crowd arguing for peaceful protest centered on prayer.

Actor Mark Ruffalo and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson join Native American protesters attempting to block construction of Dakota Access Pipeline. “The irony is they sent Native Americans out on these reservations to perish, only to find that there was great wealth beneath the soil,” Jackson said.

The head of a Texas company building the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline told employees Tuesday that it is committed to the project despite strong opposition and a federal order to voluntarily halt construction near an American Indian reservation in North Dakota. The memo to employees, which was also released to some media outlets, is the first time in months...