Tag: Puerto Rico

The aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

Beltway Confidential

Politicized haggling over storms is gross and counterproductive

Erin Dunne · September 13, 2018 3:45 pm

Paul Ryan.

Paul Ryan: Trump not to blame for Puerto Rico’s death toll

Susan Ferrechio · September 13, 2018 3:12 pm

The aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

Beltway Confidential

President Trump unwittingly alerts the entire country to the Hurricane Maria death toll estimate he disputes

Becket Adams · September 13, 2018 3:02 pm

President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then on to Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Twitter rips Trump for claiming Puerto Rico death toll was inflated, devised by Democrats

Katie Leach · September 13, 2018 2:41 pm

San Juan mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz and Donald Trump on Puerto Rico hurricane death toll.

San Juan mayor calls Trump ‘delusional, paranoid, and unhinged’ after he claims Puerto Rico death toll inflated

Caitlin Yilek · September 13, 2018 2:01 pm

President Trump speaks during a reception in the East Room of the White House.

Trump blames Democrats for inflating Puerto Rico death toll to ‘make me look bad’

Katelyn Caralle · September 13, 2018 1:10 pm

Electricity poles and lines lie toppled on the road after Hurricane Maria hit the eastern region of the island, in Humacao, Puerto Rico.

Photos show Puerto Rico runway full of unused water bottles meant to help Hurricane Maria victims

Diana Stancy Correll · September 12, 2018 8:40 pm

Trump says feds succeeded in Puerto Rico despite ‘totally incompetent’ San Juan mayor

Katelyn Caralle · September 12, 2018 11:31 am

Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, speaks in Hartford, Conn.

San Juan mayor: ‘God help us all’ if Trump thinks response to Hurricane Maria was a success

Diana Stancy Correll · September 11, 2018 9:36 pm

President Trump tosses paper towels into a crowd as he hands out supplies at Calvary Chapel in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Trump on federal response to Puerto Rico: ‘An incredible, unsung success’

Melissa Quinn · September 11, 2018 8:15 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2004 file photo, ships carrying containers are loaded and unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles. The nation's busiest port is approving Thursday, June 5, 2014 a new director and a nearly $1 billion budget that focuses on construction projects to keep business from increasingly aggressive competitors. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

National Security

DHS may soon have to draft list of threats at all 300 US ports and waters around Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Anna Giaritelli · September 5, 2018 1:28 am

President Donald Trump walks with FEMA administrator Brock Long, second from right, and Lt. Gen. Jeff Buchanan, right as he tours an area affected by Hurricane Maria in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. Trump is visiting Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

Trump says his administration did a ‘fantastic job’ in Puerto Rico after death toll nears 3,000

Gabby Morrongiello · August 29, 2018 7:35 pm