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FILE - In this May 5, 2017 file photo, Ana Sanchez and her 8-year-old daughter Naiyari lock the gates of her school, The Dr. Isaac Gonzalez Martinez school, one of 179 closing that month amid an economic crisis in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Investigators with the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at New York’s Hunter College said Tuesday, May 7, 2019 that public and private school enrollment in Puerto Rico has dropped 44% since 2006, leading to the closure of 265 schools and raising concerns that children will start to drop out. (AP Photo/Danica Coto, File)

Report: Puerto Rico saw 44% drop in students since ‘06

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

Man who had cocaine mailed to Rhode Island gets prison time

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People walk by a globe structure showing the United States of America on display outside a bank in Beijing, Monday, May 6, 2019. U.S. President Donald Trump raised pressure on China on Sunday, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods in a tweet that sent financial markets swooning. Trump's comments, delivered on Twitter, came as a Chinese delegation was scheduled to resume talks in Washington on Wednesday aimed at resolving a trade war that has shaken investors and cast gloom over the world economy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s fallacious tariff tale

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

In this March 28, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks to the media after leaving the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) **FILE**

Trump blasts Democrats, Puerto Rico: Territory ‘should be very happy’ with their disaster relief

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2017 file photo, buildings with their roofs damaged by the winds of Hurricane Maria are shown still exposed to weather conditions, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's government said Tuesday, April, 23, 2019, that it plans to demolish 16,000 structures that were heavily damaged by Hurricane Maria nearly two years ago. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

House Dems renew probe on hurricane response in Puerto Rico

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Ex-Puerto Rico Gov. Rafael Hernández Colón dies at 82

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A protester shouts during a protest against the Federal Fiscal Control Board, as part of the May Day celebration, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. The U.S. Congress established the appointed Fiscal Control Board to oversee the debt restructuring in order to combat the Puerto Rican government-debt crisis. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

US lawmakers review control board’s role in Puerto Rico

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2017 file photo, buildings with their roofs damaged by the winds of Hurricane Maria are shown still exposed to weather conditions, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's government said Tuesday, April, 23, 2019, that it plans to demolish 16,000 structures that were heavily damaged by Hurricane Maria nearly two years ago. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Trump’s GOP allies press for action on disaster aid bill

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Board orders Puerto Rico to pay $340M owed to pension system

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

Puerto Rico gov slams Trump, seeks swifter storm recovery

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

In this March 18, 2019, photo released by the U.S. Air Force, environmental restoration employees deploy a containment boom from a boat on Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, as a precautionary measure for possible fuel leaks in the flooded area. After massive flooding along the Missouri River in the spring of 2019, many want to blame the agency that manages the river's dams for making the disaster worse, but it may not be that simple. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says much of the water that created March's flooding came from rain and melting snow that flowed into the river downstream of all the dams, and at the same time, massive amounts of water filled the reservoirs and some had to be released. (Delanie Stafford/U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

Congress splits town with no deal on disaster aid

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

The Dome of the Capitol Building in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Congress fails to approve disaster aid money before two-week recess

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2018, file photo, Ramon Alicea Burgos walks past his palm tree, with its top broken off one year ago by Hurricane Maria one outside his partially rebuilt home in the mountain town of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. A fight between President Donald Trump and Democrats over hurricane relief for Puerto Rico is imperiling a widely backed disaster aid bill that is a top priority for some of Trump’s southern GOP allies. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Infighting stalls disaster aid for Puerto Rico, Southeast

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Donald Trump allies see stealth Hispanic support for 2020 re-election

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This June 18, 2018, file photo shows an aerial view of the Amelia neighborhood in the municipality of Catano, east of San Juan, Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera, File)

Donald Trump slams ‘incompetent’ Puerto Rican politicians after disaster relief bill fails

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Puerto Rico education, public safety secretaries resign

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump departs following the 2019 Prison Reform Summit and First Step Act Celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump misstates hurricane aid for Puerto Rico

By ANDREW TAYLOR and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018 file photo, Puerto Rican parrots huddle in a flight cage at the Iguaca Aviary in El Yunque, Puerto Rico. Nearly two years after a deadly hurricane season, tourists are visiting Puerto Rico in record numbers as the U.S. territory continues to rebuild from Hurricane Maria. All beaches are open to visitors, and most trails at the tropical forest of El Yunque are open as well. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Puerto Rico is rebounding after Hurricane Maria

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, pauses for reporters as he and other senior bipartisan House and Senate negotiators try to negotiate a border security compromise in hope of avoiding another government shutdown, at the Capitol in in Washington, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Richard Shelby says disaster relief package from Senate Democrats likely to fail

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2018, file photo, Ramon Alicea Burgos walks past his palm tree, with its top broken off one year ago by Hurricane Maria one outside his partially rebuilt home in the mountain town of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. A fight between President Donald Trump and Democrats over hurricane relief for Puerto Rico is imperiling a widely backed disaster aid bill that is a top priority for some of Trump’s southern GOP allies. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Disaster aid stalls in Senate amid fight over Puerto Rico

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press