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Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., asked for someone to be held accountable for the Whitefish contract, during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on hurricane response. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Energy and Environment

Lawmakers demand accountability for Puerto Rico’s $300M Whitefish deal

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A U.S. Army helicopter transports material to repair the Guajataca Dam, damaged during Hurricane Maria, in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. The dam was built around 1928, and holds back a man-made lake. Some Puerto Rico officials have refused to cooperate with the military and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to an Army Corps of Engineers official. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
National Security

Army Corps of Engineers: Not all Puerto Rico officials are accepting FEMA’s help

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It just isn't possible to produce skilled labor out of a hat if it is done directly by the government. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Beltway Confidential

Canceling the Whitefish contract won’t rebuild Puerto Rico’s power lines any faster

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Gov. Ricardo Rossello said he has requested Florida and New York send more brigades and materials to the U.S. territory to make up for the potential cancellation. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
News

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority kills controversial Whitefish contract

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The president's approval rating dropped 5 percentage points since September. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Economy

Trump approval rating drops to lowest-ever 38 percent: NBC poll

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Several lawmakers have already demanded an investigation into why the island's bankrupt utility gave a $300 million contract to repair the devastated power grid to a small Montana for-profit firm. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
News

Senators ask IG to investigate Whitefish contract with Puerto Rico

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has raised concerns about the size of the contract and scale of the job awarded to Whitefish, a company that had two full-time employees the day Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Energy and Environment

Nancy Pelosi demands probe into Montana firm’s ‘highly suspect’ contract to repair Puerto Rico

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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson joked that it will take his department
News

Ben Carson jokes it will take ‘between 1 and 100 years’ to rebuild Puerto Rico

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Cruz and Trump have a history of sparring over recovery efforts. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)
News

San Juan mayor: Trump living in ‘alternative reality world’

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President Trump, during a meeting with Gov. Ricardo Rossello of Puerto Rico, said he'd rate the federal response as
News

Trump gives himself ‘a 10’ out of 10 for Puerto Rico response

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