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President Donald Trump floated the possibility of selling Puerto Rico in 2017, according to former acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke.

Puerto Rican Miguel Juan Munoz said on Tuesday in Charleston, South Carolina, outside of the Democrat debate venue, he survived Hurricane Maria in 2017 even as President Donald Trump’s efforts to help the U.S. territory were thwarted by government corruption.

FBI agents arrested a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent and his wife on charges they allegedly laundered millions of dollars for a Colombian drug cartel. Prosecutors alleged the couple used the agent’s position and influence to divert millions in drug proceeds from the DEA to their own personal use, including the purchase of expensive vehicles, jewelry, and vacation homes.

Hillary Clinton stated she would not consider being Democrat presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg’s vice-presidential candidate should he receive the party’s nomination later this year.

Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced on Sunday fired two more top officials in wake of the fallout from the discovery of unused Hurricane Maria aid. 

Puerto Rico’s disaster agency head was fired Saturday after aid supplies designated for survivors of Hurricane Maria were found unused in a warehouse. 

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico on Saturday morning after the island experienced a series of aftershocks this week, including one quake on Tuesday that was the largest on the island in nearly a century.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — FBI agents arrested Puerto Rico Senator Abel Nazario and seven other people early Wednesday as part of an investigation into corruption in the U.S. territory.

An Inspector General report for the Social Security Administration reveals $11.6 million in payments were made to dead people in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz said on Saturday thousands of Puerto Ricans died because of Donald Trump’s response to Hurricane Maria.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Puerto Rico late Monday, rousing and scaring many from their sleep in the U.S. territory.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal authorities said Tuesday they have arrested two former officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the former president of a major disaster relief contractor, accusing them of bribery and fraud in the efforts to restore electricity to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

Puerto Rican pop icon Marc Anthony exploded on Donald Trump on Thursday, describing him as both “gruesome” and “demented” after the president suggested that Puerto Rico is “one of the most corrupt places on earth.”

Dorian has been upgraded to hurricane status and could reach Category 3 when it reaches the U.S., according to the National Hurricane Center.

President Donald Trump criticized Puerto Rico Wednesday for wasting disaster recovery money as the U.S. territory faced another tropical storm.

The National Hurricane Center and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are warning that Tropical Storm Dorian could become a category 2 hurricane by the time it makes landfall on the east coast of Florida over the Labor Day weekend.

A group of nurses who work at a Florida Department of Health clinic allege they have been told not to speak Spanish among themselves while on the job or risk being fired.

President Donald Trump ripped the Puerto Rican government on Monday, calling its leadership “corrupt” and “incompetent” as tens of thousands of protesters take to the streets demanding Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s resignation.

Former housing secretary and Democrat presidential candidate Julián Castro called for Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to resign amid mass protests against Rosselló that have recently consumed the island.

NEW YORK (AP) — “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has joined protests in New York demanding the resignation of Puerto Rico’s governor.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Accompanied by some of Puerto Rico’s most famous performers, thousands of people marched to the governor’s residence in San Juan on Wednesday chanting demands for Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to resign after the leak of online chats that show him making misogynistic slurs and mocking his constituents.

San Juan mayor and Bernie Sanders campaign co-chair Carmen Yulín Cruz refused to condemn the violent dictatorships of Cuba and Venezuela in an interview with Univisión on Sunday, comparing the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela to poverty in Puerto Rico and referring to a radical leftist terrorist as a “political prisoner.”

The family of a toddler who died after her grandfather allegedly dropped her from the window of a cruise ship Sunday are refusing to place blame on him.

A toddler has died after her grandfather allegedly dangled her out of the window of a cruise ship on Sunday.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora has decided he will not attend his team’s scheduled White House visit to celebrate their 2018 World Series title. After taking several months to think about it, the BoSox skipper and Puerto Rican native says that he doesn’t feel “comfortable” making the trip after the way the Trump Administration handled hurricane relief to his native island.

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz attacked President Donald Trump as being so “vengeful” he was “willing to let people starve” to death. When asked about Trump’s tweet on Puerto Rico, Yulin Cruz said, “It still continues to

President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his administration’s response to the hurricane disaster in Puerto Rico, accusing local officials of wasting billions of dollars.

During an interview with CNN on Thursday, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello said of President Trump, “If the bully gets close, I’ll punch the bully in the mouth.” Rossello said, “If the bully gets close, I’ll punch the bully in the

During Tuesday’s “New Day” on CNN, network political analyst John Avlon compared President Donald Trump’s response to the deadly wildfires in California killing around 100 people in 2018 and Hurricane Maria killing around an estimated 3,000 to his response to

If you believe the Guardian and the BBC, the world is on the brink of Insectapocalypse: A mass extinction of creepy crawlies that threatens the “collapse of nature.”

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy lambasted Democrat leaders from the House floor Wednesday for putting politics before country and vacationing during the shutdown.

While speaking to CNN Tuesday from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) accused President Donald Trump of trying to use unspent Puerto Rico relief funds to “build a monument to hate on the southern border.” “Donald Trump won’t

Many have questioned whether Red Sox Manager and Peurto Rican native Alex Cora will attend the White House ceremony when the World Series champs make the trip to D.C. next month.

Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) told the House Democratic members holding a conference in Puerto Rico during the government shutdown to “go back.”

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló told CNN on Monday morning that he was glad Democrats had visited the island over the weekend despite the federal government shutdown.

President Donald Trump ridiculed Congressional Democrats on Monday for traveling to Puerto Rico amidst the partial government shutdown.