A veteran State Department official who was on Breitbart’s February list of removable Obama holdovers has been reassigned to Puerto Rico, at least temporarily.
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello Nevares asked federal taxpayers to pay $94 billion towards the island’s recovery from Hurricane Maria, then reportedly spent $100 million on Christmas bonuses for the territory’s government employees.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) elaborated on the reasons for not seeking re-election in 2018, stating he wants to spend more time with his family, do more to help Puerto Rico, and organize inside
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) vowed on Tuesday that he will travel from coast to coast in the years ahead, “creating a new fierce framework for immigrant rights across this country as we work to 2020 and the presidential election.”
The U.S. Justice Department is reducing the huge backlog in the immigration courts by using video-streaming to enable U.S. judges in Puerto Rico to oversee cases in mainland courtrooms, despite the huge damage inflicted on the island by recent storms.
Puerto Rican terrorist Óscar López Rivera, responsible for placing over 130 bombs throughout the United States and causing millions in property damage, landed in Cuba this week to receive the nation’s “Order of Solidarity” and honor dead tyrant Fidel Castro.
During the recovery following Hurricane Maria, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a group of illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic after they sailed to the island on a small boat.
The Department of Interior is pushing back against media reports that there was any collusion between the agency and Montana-based Whitefish Energy, which has contracted with Puerto Rico to repair the island’s electronic grid taken out by Hurricane Maria last month.
“I’d say it was probably the most difficult,” he acknowledged, calling the storm “worse than Katrina” and saying that “it was in many ways worse than anything people have ever seen.”
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks of showing compassion towards hurricane victims in Puerto Rico and noted the lesson that people in Puerto Rico “don’t look like a lot of people in Texas.” Brooks said, “[T]here was total
On Thursday’s broadcast of HLN’s “SE Cupp Unfiltered,” Representative Darren Soto (D-FL) stated that he’s concerned that the Trump administration is either slow-walking the reporting of the death toll in Puerto Rico, or worse. He also declared, “I think they’re
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-host Joe Scarborough stated that President Trump sees Puerto Rico as “the others,” because the island’s population is Hispanic. Scarborough said, “[O]bviously, I think Mika asks a question that many people believe answers itself,
A Latino professor from Florida says Congress should divert money away from building walls along the southwestern border to fund the rebuilding of Puerto Rico. He went on to call for an FDR-style public works program for the U.S. territory that was devastated by Hurricane Maria.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been criticized for appearing as a virtual reality cartoon in hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico to promote Facebook’s new VR tool.
The U.S. military’s involvement in hurricane relief efforts has “slightly delayed” the deployment of additional American troops to Afghanistan, according to the Pentagon.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed on Twitter that his company could provide Puerto Rico with a new power grid comprised of “independent solar and battery systems.”
As U.S. citizens Puerto Rican children can enroll in public schools and many are doing so following Hurricane Maria’s devastating strike on the island last month.
Bankrupt Puerto Rico’s bond prices plunged by over 30 percent after the White House confirmed President Donald Trump’s commitment to not bailing out Wall Street speculators who bought Puerto Rican debt.
President Donald Trump appeared frustrated by his media coverage after visiting Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
Some of them were holding signs that read “Proud Americans,” “Let’s Make Puerto Rico Great Again” and “God bless You Mr. President.”
Puerto Ricans relocating to Florida have already had a significant effect on the politics of the Sunshine State, and the process may well intensify after Hurricane Maria’s devastation of the island.
“I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you threw our budget a little out of whack, but that’s fine,” Trump said.
Is there no third rail of American politics this president fears? Obviously not.
NEW YORK – Jewish and Israeli groups who sent aid to hurricane-stricken Puerto Rico said they were shocked by the level of devastation.
Paul Krugman, one of the sitting emperors among our media elite, and who is both a New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize winner, decided to use his verified Twitter account over the weekend to falsely hold President Trump responsible for a horrible outbreak of cholera in Puerto Rico.
Former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Tevi Troy told Breitbart News: Sunday Edition that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had actually done an even better job managing Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico than it had in dealing with Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Irma in Florida recently.
Former MLB pitcher and SiriusXM radio host Curt Schilling joined Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Monday to discuss his Operation Bullpen relief efforts in Puerto Rico, as well as continuing news developments coming out of Las Vegas.
During the “Weekend Update” segment on this week’s “Saturday Night Live,” co-host Michael Che ripped “cheap cracker” President Donald Trump over his response to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Che responded to Trump’s tweet that San Juan
The cold open of the “Saturday Night Live” season 43 opener hit President Donald Trump and his administration over topics like Puerto Rico and the NFL. Alec Baldwin in his role as the president took a call from San Juan Mayor Carmen
During Saturday’s “AM Joy” on MSNBC, The Root politics editor Jason Johnson said President Donald Trump’s response to Hurricane Maria’s damage to Puerto Rico was “what white nationalism looks like as policy.” He explained, “When you have a policy, when you
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) said she shares the frustration of those in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands “who feel forgotten and neglected.” She also said, “We also call on the President to stand
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz responded to criticisms of her by President Trump by stating that she was asking for assistance and not making “nasty” comments about the president. She also pointed Lt.
President Trump appeared angry by San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz’s dramatic accusations, especially after they were used by his critics to accuse him of failing Puerto Rico.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher suggested telling President Trump black people are kneeling in Puerto Rico so he’ll focus on that. Maher began his opening monologue by taking a knee. He then stated, “Donald Trump
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Representative Darren Soto (D-FL) stated that the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico “has already become a Katrina.” Soto said, “Well, this has already become a Katrina. We have American citizens, who
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), who has family in Puerto Rico, fought back tears and slammed the response to Hurricane Maria as “disgraceful” and placed the blame on President Trump. He also said he has
President Donald Trump signaled that he would work with Democrats to provide more assistance to Puerto Rico after the island was devastated by Hurricane Maria.
“The president and the administration, every time we’ve asked them to execute they’ve executed quickly.”
On Thursday’s edition of NBC’s “Tonight Show,” MSNBC host Rachel Maddow stated that President Trump doesn’t seem to care about the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Maddow said, “[I]t’s not that there hasn’t been a response. It’s just
So what is the actual situation on the ground on the island of Puerto Rico? Obviously, there is no small amount of devastation thanks to Hurricane Maria, which did incalculable damage earlier this month. Which brings us to the next
