Category: Federal Government
Trump and his unwitting attacks against the Oversight Board, in context
On October 23, the federally-appointed Puerto Rico financial oversight board unanimously approved...
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More reports of Puerto Rico IDs getting rejected stateside
On Wednesday, May 23, a Puerto Rican couple traveling through Rancho Cordova, California were not...
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America’s day begins in Guam
The first of the sun’s rays hits the United States, not along the eastern coast, but on the...
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Hurricane response continues to cause political storm in DC
Seven months after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, the archipelago continues to struggle with...
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American Samoans resurrect the citizenship question
American Samoans have a complicated arrangement with the federal government of the United States....
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FEMA faulted for failed contracts to deliver hurricane aid
A new investigation by Democrats on the United States Senate Committee on Oversight has found that...
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ICE raids expand to Caribbean territories
A recent enforcement action by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE)...
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Puerto Rico not immune to electric grid foreign attacks
In the ongoing diplomatic row between the United States and Russia, which now includes the...
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US territories in the Pacific consider marijuana legislation
The sale of marijuana is legal in 29 US states as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico...
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Challenges arise from compact of free association with the US in states and territories
It was under the United Nations Security Council Resolution 21 in 1947 that the four former German...
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Three Weeks after Cyclone Gita, state of disaster declared
In the wake of Cyclone Gita, president Donald J. Trump has officially declared a state of disaster...
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How infrastructure reform could affect the US territories
President Donald Trump’s recently unveiled infrastructure plan has already come under significant...
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