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 reopening the federal government: “After the longest…
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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 leaving his post at the end of…
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 will affect government services. The economic blueprint…
Separated Migrant Children Forced To Take Psychotropic Drugs At U.S. Detention Centers
[ad name=”HTML-68″] DALLAS — Immigrant children are being routinely and forcibly given a range of psychotropic drugs at U.S. government-funded youth shelters to manage their trauma after being detained and in some…
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″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Kenneth Mapp joined governors from across the country for…
TRUMP SAYS: Virgin Islands Gov’t Won’t Have To Pay For Debris Removal, Emergency Home Repairs
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Additional federal disaster relief and recovery assistance has been authorized for the United States Virgin Islands at the request of the territory’s government, Governor Kenneth Mapp said….
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 ready for the hurricane season that begins…
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. John. CRUZ BAY — Michigan Attorney General…
Raul Castro Bows Out in Cuba But Cold War Chill Returns With President Trump
[ad name=”HTML-68″] HAVANA — Raul Castro has stepped down as president and his brother Fidel is dead but U.S. relations with Cuba are frostier than in years, with their reopened embassies nearly…
President Trump Calls Kenneth Mapp Governor ‘of Michigan’ in White House Bill Signing Ceremony
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth Mapp “the President of the Virgin Islands” six months ago. On Wednesday, in a bill signing ceremony inside the Oval Office,…