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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)

The Latest: Trump dedicates golf trophy to hurricane victims

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In this Nov. 12, 2016, file photo, Lin-Manuel Miranda arrives at the 2016 Governors Awards in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Donald Trump’s attack on San Juan mayor triggers angry tweets from Lin-Manuel Miranda, others

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 29, 2017 photo, U.S. Army veteran Luis Cabrera Sanchez holds his machete as he pauses for a portrait while clearing debris from his damaged home, with family and neighbors, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Sanchez, who served in the military from 1966 to 1969, said his greatest needs are water, food and energy. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Hurricane Maria a reminder of ‘second-class’ status for some

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to the National Association of Manufactures at the Mandarin Oriental hotel, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump praises Puerto Rico aid, mayor says it’s ‘killing us’

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

Clients of Coopaca Coperative wait in line to withdraw cash from their accounts after the passage of Hurricane Maria a week ago, in Catano, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. The cooperative only granted 200 turns to remove a maximum of one hundred dollars per customer. Banks are either closed, on limited hours or are short on cash and many people can’t go back to work. It’s compounding what is already a difficult situation on the island. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Now even money is running out in storm-hit Puerto Rico

By Ben Fox and Danica Coto - Associated Press

Juana Matos resident Hector Rosa walks through a flooded area after the passing of Hurricane Maria, in Puerto Rico, Wednesday, September 27, 2017. Since the devastating impact of said hurricane, the supply line of goods in general was interrupted in the US territory, causing endless rows in gas stations and comercial centers. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Ricans say US relief efforts failing them

By DANICA COTO and LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

People wait in line outside a grocery store to buy food that wouldn't spoil and that they could prepare without electricity, in San Juan, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. Most stores and restaurants remained closed Monday. Nearly all of Puerto Rico was without power or water five days after Hurricane Maria. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

Donald Trump says more supplies headed to Puerto Rico as governor fears ‘humanitarian crisis’

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

&quot;Whats important is ones life&quot; says Rufina Fernandez standing in front of her daughters ruined house while eating a coconut a day after the impact of Hurricane Maria, in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Thursday, September 21, 2017. As of Thursday evening, Maria was moving off the northern coast of the Dominican Republic with winds of 120 mph (195 kph). The storm was expected to approach the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas late Thursday and early Friday. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Rico faces weeks without electricity after Hurricane Maria

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

First airline flights land in Puerto Rico since Maria hit

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

New Mexico State Police Pete Kassetas discusses a recent traffic stop in San Juan County that ended with the armed suspect dead and a state police officer wounded during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Kassetas said New Mexico's criminal justice system is overtasked and needs a statewide comprehensive risk assessment tool for determining whether defendants should remain in custody pending trial. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Police: New Mexico justice system is broken, changes needed

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

A man surveys the wreckage on his property after the passing of Hurricane Irma, in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Heavy rain and 185-mph winds lashed the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico's northeast coast as Irma, the strongest Atlantic Ocean hurricane ever measured, roared through Caribbean islands on its way to a possible hit on South Florida. (AP Photo/Johnny Jno-Baptiste)

Hurricane Irma brings death, destruction to the Caribbean

By Danica Coto and Anika Kentish - Associated Press

US Judge: Utah county election maps must be redrawn again

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

In this June 22, 2017 photo, a no parking and one way sign stand next to the deteriorating wall of an abandoned building in the historic area of Puerto Rico's capital in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Nearly 40 key buildings in San Juan's metropolitan area are in danger of being lost, according to Andy Rivera, an architect who founded the Puerto Rico Historic Building Drawing Society. (AP Photo/Danica Coto)

Puerto Rico struggles to save historic buildings amid crisis

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

In this July 25, 1981 file photo, Puerto Rican nationalist Jose Lopez Rivera is driven to jail after his trial where he was convicted of seditious conspiracy in Chicago. Lopez Rivera, a Puerto Rican nationalist who was the last of his group serving time for his role in a violent struggle for independence for the U.S. territory, will be released from prison on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, to the cheers of his supporters and the dismay of the victims of violence. (Chicago Tribune via AP, File)

Puerto Rico militant leader emerges from 36 years in custody

By CARLOS RIVERA GIUSTI and DAVID McFADDEN - Associated Press

Group donates 39 quilts to San Juan County veterans

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Federal judge denies Navajos’ request for more polling sites

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Federal Land Grab Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

National monument designation a federal land grab

By Ken Cuccinelli

More than 500 evacuated in ship fire near Puerto Rico

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

A bronze statue of San Juan Bautista stands in front of Puerto Rico's Capitol in San Juan as U.S. and Puerto Rican flags fly on July 29, 2015. Mired in an ongoing economic crisis the government has tried to boost revenue by hiking the sales tax to 11.5 percent, higher than any U.S. state, and closing government offices. (Associated Press) **FILE**

San Juan out, Orlando in

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

"This is totally unacceptable. How can anybody give water from a tank like this that was clearly an oil tank and expect us to drink it, our animals to drink it? And to contaminate our soil with this?" said Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye. "It's just wrong. Clearly, it's wrong." (Associated Press)

EPA draws ire of Navajo Nation after water arrives in dirty oil tanks

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times