Natural Disasters

Donnie Cardenas recovers from the flu at the Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, Calif. The San Diego County resident said he was battling a heavy cough for days before a spike in his temperature sent him into the emergency room on Jan. 10. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Healthcare

Congress looks to reauthorize pandemic program as flu cases swell

Kimberly Leonard -

January 30, 2018 5:01 am

San Juan, Puerto Rico Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz feuded with Trump in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

News

Kirsten Gillibrand bringing San Juan mayor who feuded with Trump to State of the Union

Caitlin Yilek -

January 29, 2018 2:48 pm

Four months after Hurricane Maria rolled across the center of Puerto Rico, power is still out for nearly 30 percent of people as the work to restore miles of transmission and distribution lines grinds on. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Energy and Environment

Puerto Rico to privatize bankrupt power utility

Josh Siegel -

January 22, 2018 10:55 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said enough members of the caucus opposed a short-term spending bill as written Wednesday to prevent Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., from passing it on a party-line vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Healthcare

White House scrambles to avoid government shutdown as immigration talks stall

Sarah Bedford -

January 18, 2018 5:01 am

Puerto Rico authorities said that nearly half of power customers in the U.S. territory still lack electricity more than three months after Hurricane Maria. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

National Security

Watch: Kids, teachers rejoice when power returns to Puerto Rico school after 112 days in the dark

Anna Giaritelli -

January 17, 2018 2:23 pm

Gov. Ricardo Rossello of Puerto Rico said reports that President Trump called certain foreign nations

Immigration

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello: Trump’s ‘shithole’ remarks are ‘unacceptable,’ ‘surreal’

Naomi Lim -

January 13, 2018 5:38 am

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her family's Clinton Foundation is still blamed by many Haitians for the subpar disaster relief efforts after the 2010 earthquake there. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Hillary Clinton is the last person who should be talking about Trump’s remarks on Haiti

Becket Adams -

January 13, 2018 5:21 am

On Friday, Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy raised the flag of Haiti at the Governor's Residence, saying in a tweet that it was meant to commemorate the eight-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake and serve as a response to President Trump's comments about the nation. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)

Immigration

Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy raises Haiti flag at residence

Diana Stancy Correll -

January 13, 2018 1:50 am

In a recent column in Puerto Rico's Nuevo Dia, or New Day, newspaper, Wilda Rodriguez poses the question,

Beltway Confidential

Columnist for Puerto Rico’s largest paper: I’m sorry you thought my ‘Jews control Congress’ article was anti-Semitic

Becket Adams -

January 12, 2018 3:44 am

The storm plunged much of the island into darkness, increased economic hardship, and contributed to a police sickout. And then there's the gang turf war. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Crime

Puerto Rico fears murder surge after Maria

Associated Press -

January 11, 2018 10:23 pm

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