The message seemed designed to reach Washington as one administration prepares to hand the baton to the next: If the United ...

As Trump focuses on expanding the U.S. map, residents of Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico have spent years advocating for their own statehood.

President Donald Trump is sending an envoy to meet with the Venezuelan head of state, seeking to establish coordination on ...

The governor of Puerto Rico pleaded for President-elect Trump to intervene after Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro threatened to invade the U.S. island territory. In a letter addressed to Trump ...

Puerto Rican Governor Jenniffer González-Colón wants President-elect Donald Trump to respond to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s threats to invade Puerto Rico, she said in a letter ...

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Puerto Rico’s governor has called on President-elect Donald Trump to respond after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro threatened to invade the U.S. territory. Governor Jenniffer González-Colón called ...

then Caracas will retaliate by “liberating” the US territory of Puerto Rico, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed last week. Notwithstanding the fact that a majority of Puerto Ricans ...

With its transshipment hub, Alaska created about 8,000 jobs, but four years after getting the same exemption, the island ...