Tag: Puerto Rico

People arrive at the Jose de Diego Elementary School to file FEMA forms for federal aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Beltway Confidential

Don’t use the military to rebuild Puerto Rico

Tom Rogan · October 3, 2017 2:03 pm

President Trump said he could be open to talking about federal gun policy in response to the mass shooting in Las Vegas at a later date. "The police department has done such an incredible job and we'll be talking about gun laws as time goes by," Trump said as he departed for Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: ‘We’ll talk’ about gun laws ‘as time goes by’

Anna Giaritelli · October 3, 2017 12:47 pm

A couple bathes in the Gurabo River in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Power is still cut off on most of the island, schools and many businesses are closed and much of the countryside is struggling to find fresh water and food. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

GOP lawmakers want Puerto Rico funding to accompany children’s healthcare bill

Diana Stancy Correll · October 3, 2017 4:16 am

Trump White House responds to American tragedies

Washington Examiner Staff · October 2, 2017 6:13 pm

President Trump announced that he plans to spend at least a "full day" in Las Vegas on Wednesday in response to a massive shooting there on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Trump praises ‘amazing’ Puerto Rico response, promises to spend ‘full day’ in Las Vegas

Sarah Bedford · October 2, 2017 5:19 pm

White House Watch: Who Dropped the Hammer on Tom Price?

Michael Warren · October 2, 2017 11:04 am

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Energy and Environment

On counterterrorism, we’re still fighting the last war

Washington Examiner Staff · October 2, 2017 4:01 am

President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he walks to Marine One as he departs the White House, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, in Washington. Trump is en route to Bedminster, N.J.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Weekend wrap: Trump picks a fight in Puerto Rico and picks at a scab in North Korea

Kyle Feldscher · October 2, 2017 1:53 am

In this Sept. 26, 2017 photo, neighbors sit on a couch outside their destroyed homes as sun sets in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. For decades AP journalists have worked in challenging conditions covering news around the world, but rarely have they had to navigate such constant shortages, blackouts and communications outages on U.S. soil. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

National Security

3-star general leading military’s Puerto Rico response says ‘This is the worst I’ve ever seen’: VIDEO

Naomi Lim · October 1, 2017 10:51 pm

President Donald Trump applauds as he watches play on the 14th hole during the final round of the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J., Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Trump dedicates US victory in Presidents Cup golf tournament to Puerto Rico: VIDEO

Kyle Feldscher · October 1, 2017 10:16 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said the federal government's response to the devastation in Puerto Rico was slow because the typical method of responding to natural disasters was itself a casualty of the storm. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Marco Rubio: Response to Hurricane Maria slowed because Puerto Rico distribution infrastructure destroyed

Kyle Feldscher · October 1, 2017 5:19 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin defends President Trump's feud with San Juan mayor, says "I think the mayor's comments were unfair given what the government has done." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Steven Mnuchin defends Trump’s feud with San Juan mayor: ‘When the president gets attacked, he attacks back’

John Siciliano · October 1, 2017 4:06 pm