Trump famously threw paper towels at people after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in 2017, destroying the electric ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Voters in Puerto Rico will not join their fellow American citizens in choosing a new president this November. Puerto Ricans are not allowed to vote in general presidential ...

For the first time since 2000, the people of Puerto Rico have elected a resident commissioner (non-voting delegate) to Congress who opposes statehood for Puerto Rico and thinks we should focus on ...

(NEXSTAR) — More than 3.5 million people live in U.S. territories, according to the most recent Census data. Yet, despite their citizenship status, Americans in Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin ...

President Trump recently proposed making Canada the 51st state, buying Greenland, and taking over control of the Panama Canal. Whatever you make of those ideas, it’s clear that Trump is outlining an ...

Momentum behind granting Puerto Rico statehood seems to be gaining momentum as the territory’s governor told Axios on Sunday that he expects Congress to take up the issue within the next month. In ...

Once again, the people of Puerto Rico have voted in favor of becoming the nation’s 51st state. Last week’s vote was the fourth time in the past 12 years that the island’s voters have endorsed ...

Experts doubt that much, if anything, will change. — -- Puerto Rico's political status as a commonwealth and an unincorporated territory of the United States is unlikely to change anytime soon, ...

Could Puerto Rico become the 51st US state? That’s the question of the day after Puerto Ricans voted overwhelmingly for statehood during a nonbinding weekend referendum. There are a few catches, ...

With the signing of the law that recognizes that “the human being in gestation or the unborn child is a natural person,” ...

An uptick over the last four years had protesters demanding government action. More than 100 days after declaring a state of emergency, Puerto Rico finally will have some funding to address an ...

Once again, the people of Puerto Rico have voted in favor of becoming the nation’s 51st state. Last week’s vote was the fourth time in the past 12 years that the island’s voters have endorsed ...