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.

Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón asked President-elect Trump to take action after Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro ...

That year, Puerto Rico became a U.S. commonwealth, allowing it to draft its own constitution with a measure of self-rule. “The president prides himself as one who has done more for Puerto Rico ...

The governor of Puerto Rico requested that President-elect Donald Trump take a stand against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s threats to invade the U.S. island territory. Maduro made the ...

The island of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican voters stateside strongly support President Trump and the Republican Party. Puerto Rico recently elected Jenniffer González-Colón as governor – a ...

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The Lord works in mysterious ways, an eternal truth illustrated by the latest electric power blackout afflicting Puerto Rico on New Year’s Eve. Merely the latest manifestation of the reality ...

Barceló in Barrio Obrero, typically bustling with people, has been uncharacteristically empty since an immigration raid 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 ...