Tag: Puerto Rico

A gas station in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., alerts motorists that it is out of gas due to the heavy demand caused by Hurricane Florence, Sept. 11, 2018.

Energy and Environment

Top oil industry executive and Trump donor predicts Hurricane Florence won’t affect fuel prices

John Siciliano · September 15, 2018 4:47 pm

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Jan. 7, 2015.

Beltway Confidential

What if China sets up a naval base in Venezuela?

Tom Rogan · September 14, 2018 5:33 pm

President Donald Trump looks at a chart showing potential rainfall totals from Hurricane Florence during a briefing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018.

FEMA director during Katrina urges Trump to stop being distracting ‘bug light’ as hurricane hits

Steven Nelson · September 14, 2018 5:02 pm

Nancy Pelosi on Trump’s denial of Puerto Rico death toll: ‘Pray over that’

Laura Barrón-López · September 14, 2018 4:18 pm

The Trump White House: Week 86

Washington Examiner Staff · September 14, 2018 2:39 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a Medal of Honor ceremony for Air Force Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman, posthumously for conspicuous gallantry, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, in Washington.

Trump ducks as Hurricane Florence dunks the Atlantic coast

Washington Examiner · September 14, 2018 1:34 pm

Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Jeb Bush: Trump casting doubt on Puerto Rico death toll ‘incredibly disheartening’

Diana Stancy Correll · September 14, 2018 3:04 am

CNN’s Ana Navarro rants about Trump’s Puerto Rico death toll tweets, calls on Floridians to revolt

Daniel Chaitin · September 13, 2018 9:27 pm

New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez participates in a a town hall held in support of Kerri Evelyn Harris, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Delaware, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attacks Trump’s charge of inflated Puerto Rico death toll with tweet about grandfather

Daniel Chaitin · September 13, 2018 8:57 pm

President Trump speaks to members of the media as he meets with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Tuesday in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Trump stirs up needless controversy over Hurricane Maria death toll

Philip Wegmann · September 13, 2018 6:33 pm

In this May 16, 2018 photo, deteriorated U.S. and Puerto Rico flags fly on a roof eight months after the passing of Hurricane Maria in the Barrio Jacana Piedra Blanca area of Yabucoa, a town where many continue without power in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican officials said 98.86 percent of PREPA's customers had electricity on May 17, but many remain without power as the longest blackout in U.S. history continues.

Here’s why nobody knows how many people died in Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria

Pete Kasperowicz · September 13, 2018 6:32 pm

On several occasions, West Wing aides and officials were tricked into conversing with pranksters impersonating their colleagues or world leaders. Tom Bossert (pictured above), for example, accepted a fake dinner party invitation from Jared Kushner, which turned out to be an email from a British web designer. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ex-White House official says Trump’s Puerto Rico remarks lacked ’empathy’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 13, 2018 5:08 pm