Puerto Rico’s block grant food assistance program already doesn’t stretch enough to meet the needs of its recipients.

Six days after Maria struck the island, conditions in Puerto Rico remain dire, with 3.4 million people virtually without electrical power and short of food and water.

From 2018 to 2020, Vought slowed the release of $16.5 billion in disaster aid to Puerto Rico by setting up extra hurdles, according to a federal investigation and a former Trump White House official.

Five days after the Category 4 storm slammed into Puerto Rico, many of the more than 3.4 million U.S. citizens in the territory were still without adequate food, water and fuel.

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Puerto Rico is already reeling under a $72 billion (53.03 billion pounds) debt load it cannot pay. Earlier this year, it filed the biggest government bankruptcy in U.S. history, suffering from ...

Six days after Maria struck the island, conditions in Puerto Rico remain dire, with 3.4 million people virtually without electrical power and short of food and water.