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Biden knocks Trump before surveying Puerto Rico hurricane damage

President Biden jabbed at his predecessor Donald Trump Monday before heading to Puerto Rico to examine damage caused by Hurricane Fiona last month.

Worst hurricanes in US history

Images surveying the destruction of some of the worst hurricanes in American history.

'Shameful': Conservative host raises more than $100K for AOC's grandma

A clap back with a cause. After AOC detailed the damage done from Hurricane Maria to her grandmother's Puerto Rican home Conservative commentator Matt Walsh set up a GoFundMe for...

'Sell your Tesla!' AOC slammed for not helping grandma in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico home

AOC tweeted photos of her grandma's storm-damaged home and the called out the former Trump administration for blocking money to Puerto Rico. Some Twitter users then called out the NY...

Puerto Rico’s new agony

Puerto Ricans are rightly furious at the continued discovery of unused emergency supplies dating back to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017. Last Saturday, a local blogger posted video...

Puerto Rico protesters call for governor to resign after mob finds relief supplies

Protesters in Puerto Rico called for Gov. Wanda Vazquez to resign Monday — blaming her for squandered emergency supplies found locked up in a warehouse over the weekend. Dozens in...

Former top FEMA official busted for taking bribes after Hurricane Maria

A former top official in the Federal Emergency Management Agency was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly taking bribes from the head of a company who received $1.8 billion in federal...

Dorian largely spares Puerto Rico, takes aim at Florida

Hurricane Dorian was barreling toward the US coastline Wednesday night and could strengthen into a Category 3 storm by the time it hits the mainland as early as this weekend,...

Dorian now a hurricane as it bears down on Puerto Rico

Dorian has been upgraded to a hurricane as the churning storm prepares to strike Puerto Rico on Wednesday — with 75-mph winds and heavy rains that could cause up to...

Florida now in the projected path of Tropical Storm Dorian

Florida is now within a 5-day forecast cone of Tropical Storm Dorian, which is expected to become a hurricane in the coming days. It's still "too early to speculate" if...

Extreme breast milk donor has been pumping four years straight

This woman’s milk production is a cut above the “breast.” Meet Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra, an extreme breast milk donor outside Portland, Oregon, who has shared over 200,000 ounces of her “liquid...

Puerto Rico won't recover from bankruptcy unless it embraces fiscal reform

Puerto Rico is in trouble. Hurricane Maria battered the island in 2017, killing nearly 3,000 people, destroying 85% of the housing stock and causing $90 billion in damage. More than...

Puerto Rico suffered 'greatest population drop in history' after Hurricane Maria

New Census Bureau data shows Puerto Rico lost nearly 4 percent of its population after Hurricane Maria — the greatest population drop in the recorded history of the island, according...

Oprah Winfrey donates $2M to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria

“The needs of Puerto Rico and our fellow American citizens following the tragic hurricanes are still very real," Winfrey said in a statement.

Trump lashes out at Democrats over Puerto Rico aid vote

President Trump lashed out at Senate Democrats for voting against a GOP-backed disaster bill that would have aided US farmers but that Democrats argued didn't go far enough to help...

Heartbreaking reality facing disaster-struck Puerto Rico

Iraida Vargas can no longer afford the two kinds of insulin her aging mother needs and has stopped buying fresh fruit and vegetables as billions of dollars in federal funds...

Puerto Rico governor to Trump admin: 'If the bully gets close, I'll punch the bully'

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló continued to fire shots at President Trump on Thursday — warning that "if the bully gets close, I'll punch the bully in the mouth" —...

Trump claims he's cared for, funded Puerto Rico more than 'anyone ever'

President Trump on Thursday lavishly praised his rescue efforts in Puerto Rico following the devastation of Hurricane Maria — claiming that no one alive could have done a better job....

Puerto Rico governor: Trump still has it wrong about Hurricane Maria recovery

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló called out President Trump's remarks that aid to the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean island should be cut off as "below the dignity of a sitting President." Trump,...

Puerto Rico lures tech developers as hurricane season looms

PUERTO RICO — In the dark and isolating days after Hurricane Maria, people across Puerto Rico invented new ways to communicate: Elderly couples in need of food or water would...