All posts tagged "Politics"
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Trump Attaches Severe Restrictions to Puerto Rico’s Long-Delayed Disaster Aid
Days after the island was hit by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake, the White House released billions in aid but placed limits on how it can be spent.
- Posted January 16, 2020
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Swain’s World: Oil, Gas Industry Donations Affect Renewables for Prepa
Siemens Releases Resource Plan With Distributed Energy System, 10 Mini-Grids; Politicians Say Clean-Energy Proposals Politically Motivated
- Posted August 3, 2018
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Puerto Rico gov calls request to publish ‘draft’ budget given to fiscal board ‘unreasonable’
Says minority leader sued 'to try to remain relevant' and maintains that a draft document was sent
- Posted August 1, 2017
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Puerto Rico House Bill Would Establish Regulations for Lobbying
Would Establish Procedures Similar to Federal Regulation
- Posted July 8, 2017
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump overlooks his Obamacare promise
WASHINGTON – With the failure Friday of Republican health care legislation, President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to replace so-called Obamacare “immediately” has been broken. That promise stands at odds with his statement that “I never said repeal...
- Posted March 24, 2017
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump and his unachieved achievements
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is taking credit for persuading TransCanada Corp. to withdraw a hefty lawsuit against the U.S. government over the previous administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline. But the Canadian company says its...
- Posted March 23, 2017
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Supreme Court nominee unscathed facing last day of hearings
WASHINGTON – Assured of support from majority Republicans, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch was wrapping up two days of Senate questioning Wednesday to glowing GOP reviews but complaints from frustrated Democrats that he concealed his views from...
- Posted March 22, 2017
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Not my laptop! Airline passengers hit the device doldrums
NEW YORK – As the indignities of modern air travel go, the latest ban on laptops and tablets on some international flights falls somewhere between having to take off your shoes at the security checkpoint and having...
- Posted March 22, 2017
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Yahoo breach spotlights links between Russian spies, hackers
MOSCOW – A U.S. indictment of two Russian intelligence agents and two hackers alleged to have stolen more than half a billion U.S. email accounts in 2014 has cast a spotlight on the intertwining of the Russian...
- Posted March 16, 2017