Trump vows to help Puerto Rico with recovery after Maria

Trump delivers remarks on proposed changes to the U.S. tax code at the state fairgrounds in Indianapolis on Wednesday. ALBANY - President Trump, whose been criticized for his administration's response to the emergency in Puerto Rico, vowed Wednesday "we will be there every step of the way until this job is done."

White House is restricting lawmakers from visiting Puerto Rico, U.S….

The Trump administration is restricting lawmakers in both parties from visiting storm-ravaged Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands aboard military aircraft this weekend in order to keep focused on recovery missions there, according to multiple congressional aides. The decision comes as the Pentagon is intensifying its relief efforts on the islands as the U.S. government struggles to respond to devastation caused last week by Hurricane Maria and earlier by Hurricane Irma.

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Trump administration refused to suspend a shipping restriction against fuel deliveries to Puerto Rico, which suffers shortages after Hurricane Maria. Why Puerto Rico is being denied shipping deliveries of fuel Trump administration refused to suspend a shipping restriction against fuel deliveries to Puerto Rico, which suffers shortages after Hurricane Maria.

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An Ohio prison inmate is expected to plead guilty to using a restraint chain to strangle a fellow inmate on a corrections transport van. The U.S. federal government has dispatched large numbers of personnel to Puerto Rico to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and local officials have praised the response.

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HURRICANE MARIA: Evan Mandino, right, sits with neighbors on a couch outside their destroyed homes as sun sets in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Sept. 26. Governor Ricardo Rossello and Resident Commissioner Jennifer Gonzalez, the island's representative in Congress, have said they intend to seek more than a billion in federal assistance and they have praised the response to the disaster by President Donald Trump, who plans to visit Puerto Rico next week, as well as FEMA Administrator Brock Long.

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But stung by a worsening post hurricane crisis in Puerto Rico, an escalating North Korea nuclear showdown, the humiliating failure to repeal Obamacare and the stunning defeat of his favored candidate in Alabama's Republican primary, that moment has arrived for Donald Trump. The President is being forced to deny that his Twitter blasts and culture war shots at NFL players protesting racial grievances show that he's too distracted to lead amid creating political storms.

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2 young boys whose parents died in a fall off a cliff during a family hiking trip with them are out of the hospital and recovering at their New York home. North Carolina's Outer Banks are bracing for the effects of Hurricane Maria, even though the storm is expected to pass the state at least 150 miles offshore.

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The federal government will pick up 100 percent of the costs of debris removal and other emergency assistance to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. President Donald Trump made the change Tuesday as part of an amendment to his earlier disaster declaration authorizing federal aid.

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Media reports prior to Irma's arrival painted the massive storm as perhaps one of the most powerful and destructive hurricanes to ever make landfall in the U.S. Data from Google show that interest from the U.S. about Hurricane Maria was substantially less than during both Harvey and Irma. The data, which calculated the number of times people searched for specific terms related to the storms, excludes interest generated from people living in Puerto Rico.

San Juan mayor to Trump: Maria relief, debt crisis are ‘two different issues’

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yuln Cruz responded to President Donald Trump's tweets about the island's debt crisis and hurricane relief Tuesday, saying "these are two different issues." On Monday, Trump linked Puerto Rico's recovery from Hurricane Maria to the debt crisis that has wracked the territory since last year.

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The Latest on the French president's Europe speech : 4:25 p.m. French President Emmanuel Macron says EU countr Residents at La Perla community in Old San Juan cling to their battered residences after the scourge of Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017.