Trump and Senate Republicans Are Determined to Starve Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico’s food stamps program, which serves a staggering 1.3 million Americans—or 43 percent of the island’s…
Trump Tells FEMA to Give Alabama Storm Victims the 'A+ Treatment,' Whatever That Means
At least 23 people are dead after tornadoes tore through the South, according to the Washington Post. Sheriff Jay Jones…
Fox News Guest Says AOC's 'Latin American Values' Could Turn America Into Venezuela
At this point, it’s common knowledge that Fox News is obsessed with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Hosts on the network…
GOP Congressman Yells 'Go Back to Puerto Rico' at Democrats on the House Floor
An attempt at a voice vote on the House floor Thursday was abandoned after it devolved into a shouting match, according…
Trump Reportedly Didn't Want Puerto Rico to Get a Single Cent After the Hurricane
Taken in by an utter falsehood about how Puerto Rico was planning to misuse disaster relief funds, President Donald…
Trump Considers Stealing Money From Puerto Rico Disaster Relief to Fund the Wall
As the shutdown drags on, President Trump’s ideas about how to secure funding for his absurd border wall are becoming…
FEMA Isn't Getting Any More Competent After Disastrous Hurricane Maria Response
Nearly six months after the Federal Emergency Management Agency released a report addressing how staff shortages…
Trump Wants to Cut Off Funds for Puerto Rico's Hurricane Recovery
According to a new report from Axios, President Trump is considering stopping federal aid to Puerto Rico for its…
Trump Says He's an 'Absolute No' on Puerto Rico Statehood Until He Likes Their Officials Better
Today, in a radio interview with Geraldo Rivera, President Trump said he was an “absolute no” on statehood for Puerto…
FEMA Administrator Brock Long Backs Trump in Questioning
Puerto Rico Death Toll
Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long is really bad at groveling for Trump to save his job.
Abby Huntsman Tried to Defend Donald Trump on The View by Bringing Up Hitler
ABC’s The View is back, baby! And while Meghan McCain is no longer there to grace us with inane rants about socialism…
Trump Denies Nearly 3,000 Died in Puerto Rico in Unhinged Pre-Florence Tweetstorm
Hurricane Florence is expected to make landfall on the Carolina coast on Thursday, and President Donald Trump has…
Trump Calls Government Response Following Hurricane Maria an 'Unsung Success'
As Hurricane Florence—a potentially once in a lifetime monster storm—bears down on the Eastern seaboard, President…
'I’m So Tired of Asking for Help': Letters From Puerto Rico
This week the Puerto Rican government raised Hurricane Maria’s official death toll from 64 to 2,975. In response to…
Trump Says He Did 'A Fantastic Job' in Puerto Rico a Day After Official Maria Death Toll Skyrockets
President Donald Trump insisted on Wednesday that his administration had brilliantly handled Hurricane Maria and its…
New Study Estimates Nearly 3,000 People Died in Puerto Rico Following Hurricane Maria
A long-awaited George Washington University study estimating the death toll in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane…
Supplies Donated to Puerto Rico
Were Found Abandoned and Rotting
Nearly a year after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the fallout, devastation, and political shortcomings…
Puerto Rico Acknowledges Hurricane Maria Death Toll 20 Times Larger Than Official Number
The U.S. government’s abject failure to come to Puerto Rico’s aid in the wake of Hurricane Maria has been…
The Trump Administration Reportedly Lied to Americans About Domestic Poverty
Documents obtained by Foreign Policy and the nonprofit crisis journalism website Coda Story show that the Trump…
FEMA Admits Its Catastrophic Failings During Last Year's Hurricanes
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has finally admitted what everyone already knew: that it was disastrously…