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A solider walks out of the C-17 Loadmaster as various supplies and military vehicles were loaded inside as approximately 150 4th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division soldiers were deployed to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to provide sustainment support to Hurricane Maria Relief efforts at Fort Carson ADAC/G on Friday Sept. 29, 2017 in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Dougal Brownlie/The Gazette via AP)

False narrative amid Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria crisis

By Jenny Beth Martin

Soldiers and National Guard organize aid for the Santa Ana community in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Even before the storm hit on Sept. 20, Puerto Rico was in dire condition thanks to a decade-long economic recession that had left its infrastructure in a sorry state. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Pentagon: Hurricane to slow some deployments to Afghanistan

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence greets a group of Puerto Ricans who recently arrived at the Orlando International Airport and are getting help from relief agencies Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Kenneth Thomas)

Pence meets with Puerto Ricans recovering from hurricane

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

State donation drive for Puerto Rico exceeds expectations

Associated Press

In this Thursday, May 22, 2014, file photo, then-New Jersey Assemblywoman and congressional candidate, Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-Trenton, N.J., stands on the floor of the Assembly before a session at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File) ** FILE **

Bonnie Watson Coleman: Donald Trump ‘disgusts me,’ makes me sick to my stomach

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Massachusetts police to help with security in Puerto Rico

Associated Press

President Donald Trump talks with residents during a tour a neighborhood impacted by Hurricane Maria, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mick Mulvaney: Trump administration will deal with Puerto Rico’s debt after storm recovery

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then on to Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Trump calls Vegas shooter ‘demented man’

Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: U.S. not to blame for aftermath

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk with with Puerto Rico's Gov. Ricardo Rossello at the Luis Muniz Air National Guard Base before leaving the island in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. Trump is visiting Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats scramble to paint Puerto Rico as Trump’s Katrina

By Joseph Curl

Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz speaks with a man as she arrives at San Francisco hospital in the Rio Piedras area of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, as about 35 patients are evacuated after the failure of an electrical plant. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Trump’s comments lacked ‘sensitivity’, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz says

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump participate in a briefing on hurricane recovery efforts with first responders at Luis Muniz Air National Guard Base, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in San Juan, Puerto Rico as Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, left of the president, looks on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump applauds Puerto Rico’s Gov. Ricardo Rossello for ‘not playing politics’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

A political party banner waves over a home damaged in the passing of Hurricane Maria, in the community of Ingenio in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. President Donald Trump is planning to visit the U.S. territory on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

House GOP bill includes $1B boost for Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, speaks to reporters as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then on to Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump: San Juan mayor coming around on hurricane response

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump makes a statement about the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump calls Las Vegas shooter ‘sick’ and ‘demented man’

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

Kerialys Aldea de Jesus sits on bottled water at the Jose de Diego Elementary School where residents file FEMA forms for federal aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Even those happy with the federal aid effort for the U.S. territory's 3.4 million people said they resented President Donald Trump's tweets about some Puerto Ricans being lazy and ungrateful. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Rico disaster used for political ends

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

Illustration on rebuilding Pueto Rico's economic structures by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Puerto Rico rebuilding must be accompanied by economic increases

By Richard W. Rahn

A home stands damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in the Montones Cuatro, Sector Piedrazul of Las Piedras in Puerto Rico, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Power is still cut off on most of the island, schools and many businesses are closed and much of the countryside is struggling to find fresh water and food. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Rico can’t be helped with the Jones Act in place

By Ed Feulner

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Puerto Rico leaders derelict

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

US school districts prepare for influx of Puerto Ricans

By MICHAEL MELIA - Associated Press