Total construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.3% in the three months to August 2025. Over the three-month period, new work fell by 0.4%, and repair and maintenance grew by 1.3%. At the ...

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. President Trump has unleashed new weaponry in his war against Democrats, liberals and the left.