WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has been eyeing several pots of money — including Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico disaster funds, counter-narcotic accounts and military
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Plaskett Grateful Trump Will Fund Federal Government For Three Weeks
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett issued the following statement Friday on President Donald Trump’s announcement that he is finally ending the government shutdown and temporarily
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TRUMP TWEETS: Ryan Zinke Out At Interior … He Was A Frequent Visitor To Territory
WASHINGTON — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who has sought to open U.S. offshore waters to oil and gas drilling despite environmental protests, will be
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New Puerto Rico Fiscal Plan Approved Today; Rossello Says It Is Too Austere
SAN JUAN — A federal control board has approved a five-year fiscal plan for Puerto Rico, though Gov. Ricardo Rossello warns it’s too austere and
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Separated Migrant Children Forced To Take Psychotropic Drugs At U.S. Detention Centers
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] DALLAS — Immigrant children are being routinely and forcibly given a range of psychotropic drugs at U.S. government-funded youth shelters
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Mapp Teleconferences With Trump, FEMA On Lessons Learned From Hurricanes
FEMA Coordinating Officer William Vogel (left) sits next to Gov. Kenneth Mapp and VITEMA Director Mona Barnes. [ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE —
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TRUMP SAYS: Virgin Islands Gov’t Won’t Have To Pay For Debris Removal, Emergency Home Repairs
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Additional federal disaster relief and recovery assistance has been authorized for the United States Virgin Islands at
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Mayor of San Juan Says Puerto Rico Remains ‘In Desperate Need of Help’ Right Now
HARTFORD, Conn. — The mayor of San Juan said Thursday that Puerto Rico remains in desperate need of help eight months after Hurricane Maria and isn’t
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Michigan Attorney General’s Property Holdings At Ditleff Point Become Campaign Issue
INHERITED PROPERTY: Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and his sisters have been selling off parcels of land on a peninsula called Ditleff Point on St.
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Raul Castro Bows Out in Cuba But Cold War Chill Returns With President Trump
[ad name=”HTML-68″] [wpedon id=”23995″ align=”left”] HAVANA — Raul Castro has stepped down as president and his brother Fidel is dead but U.S. relations with Cuba
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