Puerto Rico’s Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez Garced was sworn in Wednesday afternoon as the third governor that the financially and politically troubled island has had in less than a week.

Pedro Pierluisi was sworn in as Puerto Rico’s governor. ... Rosselló said Pierluisi doesn’t need to be confirmed to be named governor, citing a 1952 law. The House voted Friday and confirmed ...

Puerto Rico's House of Representatives prepares to vote on whether to confirm Pedro Pierluisi as secretary of state, in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Friday. The confirmation removes an important ...

Without the consent of the Senate and the House of Representatives, you cannot be governor. FLORIDO: That is the question that Puerto Rico's Supreme Court is expected to answer any day.

House leader Carlos Mendez Nunez speaks during a press conference regarding the nomination process for the next secretary of state, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019.

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló (D) and the White House are clashing as the governor seeks a meeting with President Trump to discuss disaster relief efforts on the island. Rosselló’s office ...

The governor of Puerto Rico announced late Wednesday that he will resign effective Aug. 2, amid intense pressure from inside and outside his government, after a series of leaked chat messages ...

[Photos of the protests that unseated a governor.] “This is an achievement for the people of Puerto Rico, to be here fighting on,” said Coral Alfaro, 25, a small business administrator.

This year’s election is unlike any other in the 76 years since the U.S. began allowing Puerto Ricans to vote for their governor. Puerto Rico Might Elect Its First Pro-Independence Governor Skip ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s governor said Tuesday that the U.S. territory’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year will be the largest in history at $14 billion, … ...

Jenniffer González-Colón, Puerto Rico’s resident commissioner and nonvoting member of Congress, won the island’s primary election held by the pro-statehood party on Sunday. It was a stunning ...

Juan Dalmau, the Puerto Rican Independence Party's gubernatorial nominee, would be the first governor since the U.S. started allowing Puerto Rico to hold free gubernatorial elections in 1948 to ...