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.
The mainstream media have largely ignored the Democrats’ trip to Puerto Rico this weekend, in the midst of a partial government shutdown that journalists are doing their best to describe as a tragedy for federal workers.
Dozens of Congressional Democrats flocked to Puerto Rico, staying in hotel rooms at the island’s Concha hotel that cost a hefty $289 a night, to watch the opening weekend of ‘Hamilton,’ with tickets to the show ranging from $200 to $350.
FBI agents were seen entering the municipal offices of San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz earlier this week and now a spokesman has confirmed the operation, which lasted several hours and involved the seizure of documents and digital records.
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) stated “many” of the lives lost in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria “could have been saved if the Trump Administration had fully marshalled the resources of the federal government, but sadly,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson and a delegation of administration officials traveled to Puerto Rico on Thursday.
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” Washington Post columnist and MSNBC Contributor Jennifer Rubin stated President Trump has killed the people who died from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico two times, once by “neglect and oversight,” and the second time by
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks criticized President Trump for his comments on the death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria as “a lie where you render nearly 3,000 Americans invisible,” and “almost pathological.” Brooks said, “It
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp’s (D-ND) brother did not apologize for suggesting President Trump will help potential victims of Hurricane Florence because “they’re white,” and proceeded to explain why believes the president is a “racist.”
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) blamed President Donald Trump for what she said was a spike in suicides across Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria hit the territory in late 2017.
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) said on Friday that Congress should set up a 9/11-style commission to look into President Trump’s response to Hurricane Maria.
Hurricane Florence may prove to be the ultimate test of the Trump Theorem: that the media care most about what he says, while the voters care most about what he does.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) implied on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s response to Hurricane Florence will be more “empathetic” and better than his response to Hurricane Maria because Trump “has a golf club in North Carolina.”
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) on Thursday evening declined President Donald Trump’s invitation to attend a Hispanic Heritage Month reception at the White House, claiming Trump has lied about Puerto Rico’s death toll after Hurricane Maria and “demonized and dehumanized the Hispanic community.”
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Representative Mark Sanford (R-SC) stated President Trump’s praise of the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico “doesn’t make a lot of sense.” Sanford added that he has seen “good input and good preparation,
Democrats and the media have hyped high estimates of Hurricane Maria’s death toll in Puerto Rico to link Trump to Hurricane Katrina.
President Donald Trump fired back on Thursday at media criticism over the updated hurricane death toll of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.