Tag: Puerto Rico

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, right, testifying before the House Oversight Committee hearing on family separation and detention centers, Friday, July 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Also on the panel is Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz., left.

House Republican blocks $19.1 billion disaster aid package

Susan Ferrechio · May 24, 2019 3:18 pm

A Sapp Bros. gas station in Percival, Iowa, stands in floodwaters from the Missouri River, Friday, May 10, 2019.

Congress finally reaches disaster aid deal, in $19.1B accord

Susan Ferrechio · May 23, 2019 6:14 pm

Stronger demand for liquified natural gas fetching higher prices in more competitive Asian markets has diverted cargoes away from Europe.

Beltway Confidential

Sooner or later, Americans will get fed up with the Jones Act

William Murray · May 22, 2019 4:31 pm

The Paseo de Diego sits empty in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, April 17, 2019. New Census Bureau data shows that Puerto Rico lost nearly 4% of its population after Hurricane Maria - the greatest population drop in the recorded history of the island, according to one demographer.

GOP may force Trump to approve more Puerto Rico disaster aid

Susan Ferrechio · May 14, 2019 8:13 pm

President Donald Trump, center, joins the Boston Red Sox for a group picture during a ceremony honoring the 2018 World Series baseball champion to the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2019.

Trump: Championship team visits to White House better than cover of Sports Illustrated

Caitlin Yilek · May 13, 2019 12:46 pm

Soldiers with Florida National Guard's Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, load food and water for the public at an aid distribution point in the wake of Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla., Monday, Oct. 15, 2018.

Disaster aid spending package keeps growing as parties bicker over funding deal

Susan Ferrechio · May 10, 2019 4:38 pm

Chuck Schumer and Donald Trump.

Schumer blasts Trump’s ‘bloviating’ Florida Panhandle rally

Susan Ferrechio · May 9, 2019 3:18 pm

In this Sept. 8, 2018 photo, Alma Morales Rosario poses for a portrait between the beams of her home being rebuilt after it was destroyed by Hurricane Maria one year ago in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico.

Washington Secrets

HUD rips ‘fake news’ it stalled Puerto Rico aid probe

Paul Bedard · May 3, 2019 6:04 pm

President Trump during an event.

Energy and Environment

Trump tells Louisiana senators he won’t waive Jones Act to ship natural gas

Josh Siegel · May 1, 2019 8:45 pm

President Trump speaks during a briefing with state and local officials.

Trump to renominate Puerto Rico oversight board members over objections of governor and creditors

Colin Wilhelm · April 30, 2019 5:19 pm

LNG tanker Umm Al Ashtan arrives at a port in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. Japan's trade deficit ballooned to a fresh record for September as costs for imports of food and other necessities outstripped growth in exports. Imports of oil and gas accounted for nearly a third of the total but fell 1 percent as oil prices moderated.

Energy and Environment

Trump debates waiving Jones Act to ship natural gas to New England and Puerto Rico

Josh Siegel · April 27, 2019 4:00 am

The Capitol is visible behind signs protesting a government shutdown.

Rick Scott trades Twitter blows with Chuck Schumer over Puerto Rico aid

Daniel Jativa · April 16, 2019 5:35 pm