Trump praises response to Puerto Rico, says crisis straining budget
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump expressed satisfaction on Tuesday with the federal response to Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico, despite criticism that the government was slow to address the crisis.
Trump administration backs citizenship path for ‘Dreamers’: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration would support legislation allowing illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children to gain lawful permanent status and eventually citizenship, a Department of Homeland Security official said …
Trump administration backs giving ‘Dreamers’ path to citizenship: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration would support legislation allowing illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children to gain lawful permanent status and eventually citizenship, a Department of Homeland Security official said …
Motive for Las Vegas concert massacre baffles investigators
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Law enforcement officials puzzled on Tuesday over what motivated a retiree with no criminal record to assemble an arsenal in a high-rise Las Vegas hotel and rain gunfire onto a outdoor concert for nine minutes, killing at least 59…
Supreme Court justices divided in major voting rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices expressed distaste on Tuesday toward the long-standing U.S. political practice of drawing electoral maps simply to entrench one party in power but appeared deeply divided over whether to do anything about i…
Trump meets victims, responders in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – President Donald Trump visited Puerto Rico on Tuesday on a mission to reassure the island’s struggling residents that he is committed to their recovery from a devastating hurricane that has tested his ability to manage…
Buckeye resumes operation at Yabucoa, Puerto Rico; tankers discharge fuel
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Buckeye Partners has resumed operations at its marine oil terminal and storage tanks in Puerto Rico, which could help ease shortages of diesel and gasoline on the island two weeks after it closed the facility ahead of Hurricane Mari…
Top U.S. court wrestles with immigration bond hearing dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled for the second time over how to resolve whether immigrants detained by the U.S. government for more than six months should be able to seek their release while deportation proceedi…
House Republicans seek $1 billion in Medicaid funds for Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Puerto Rico, struggling to recover from hurricane damage, could receive $1 billion in additional funding for the Medicaid health insurance program for the poor under a proposal from a U.S. House of Representatives panel, a congre…
FCC wants to speed funding to restore Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands comms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday proposed making available as much as $76.9 million to fund repairs of communication networks and restore communications services in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Vi…
