Tag: Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria made landfall in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday night as a Category 5 storm before bringing heavy rain, high winds and flooding to Puerto Rico on Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Dominique Chomereau-Lamotte)

Trump in the crosshairs over differences between responses to hurricanes in Puerto Rico and Texas

Katelyn Caralle · March 27, 2018 12:21 pm

Beltway Confidential

No, an Alabama Republican didn’t mock a Puerto Rican woman’s accent at a hearing

Becket Adams · March 22, 2018 9:14 pm

Fact Check: Did a GOP Congressman Make a Racist Jab at Puerto Rico’s Congresswoman?

Holmes Lybrand · March 22, 2018 4:12 pm

US Coast Guard Pacific area commander, Vice Adm. Fred Midgette, right, walks by bundles of cocaine aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Stratton in San Diego on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018.

National Security

Puerto Rico police find $34M worth of cocaine in biggest drug bust in four years

Anna Giaritelli · March 20, 2018 6:33 pm

Energy and Environment

House panel investigating Puerto Rico’s power authority for corruption

Josh Siegel · March 12, 2018 9:55 pm

President Trump promised on the campaign trail to "drain the swamp." Trump has appointed approximately 184 former lobbyists to senior posts, an investigation by ProPublica has found. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s battalion of lobbyists keeps the swamp undrained

Washington Examiner · March 10, 2018 5:01 am

‘Welcome to Florida!’

adrian-carrasquillo · March 8, 2018 11:35 am

Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria last year, leading to downed power and few resources throughout the Commonwealth. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Beltway Confidential

Puerto Rico is addicted to debt

Charles Sauer · February 28, 2018 4:15 pm

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello said in his letter to congressional leadership that the Treasury told him last week it wanted to cut the aid fund from $4.9 billion to $2.065 billion and impose special terms and conditions. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Puerto Rico cries foul after Treasury delays, decreases hurricane disaster loan

Katelyn Caralle · February 28, 2018 2:31 pm

Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Damage Should Not Preclude Real Fiscal Reform

Ike Brannon · February 27, 2018 10:00 am

Elaine Duke, who was nominated last January as Homeland Security deputy secretary and was confirmed to that position in March, announced Friday evening she will retire in April from her role. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

National Security

Former acting DHS Secretary Elaine Duke to retire in April

Anna Giaritelli · February 23, 2018 10:42 pm

Congress is considering a budget deal that would implement $17 billion in retroactive, temporary tax breaks. Separate from the tax cuts President Trump signed in December, the Joint Committee on Taxation, Congress' tax experts, estimated Thursday that the cuts would cost just under $17 billion altogether. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Budget deal includes $17 billion of retroactive tax breaks

Joseph Lawler · February 9, 2018 12:04 am