Puerto Rico

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Raids and revenge tips: Inside ICE's Puerto Rico deportation operation

4:54pm June 02, 2025

Rebecca González runs one of ICE's local domestic intelligence offices. She told NPR how her agents are tracking down immigrants in Puerto Rico to deliver on President Trump's mass deportation promise.

Unpacking Bad Bunny's personal and political 'DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS'

10:32am January 10, 2025

Time and time again Bad Bunny has proven that he's strongest creatively when he anchors himself to the island and if DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS is to be believed, home is where he's insistent on staying.

National

Power is restored to nearly all of Puerto Rico after a major blackout

1:21am January 02, 2025

Lights returned to households as well as to Puerto Rico's hospitals, water plants and sewage facilities after the massive outage that exposed the persistent electricity problems plaguing the island.

National

Puerto Rico holds general election that promises to be historic

1:08am November 05, 2024

Puerto Rico is holding elections that will be historic regardless of which of the top two gubernatorial candidates wins.

National

Trump and Harris were in Reading, Pa., today, thanks to a bad joke about Puerto Rico

5:00am November 04, 2024

The candidates both spent time on the last day of the campaign in Reading — a majority-Latino city — where that bad joke about Puerto Rico has resonated.

Donald Trump Campaigns In The Swing State Of Wisconsin

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Harris urged unity in her closing argument. Biden's 'garbage' line undercut that

7:24am October 30, 2024

It sounded like the president was calling Trump supporters "garbage." But the White House said he was talking about a joke made by a comedian at a Trump rally who disparaged Puerto Rico.

Kamala Harris Campaigns For President In Philadelphia Area

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The Trump campaign tries to distance itself from Puerto Rico ‘joke’ at MSG rally

12:44am October 28, 2024

In Pennsylvania — a pivotal state in this year's tight election — Puerto Ricans wield significant clout. A comedian at a Trump rally called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage."

National

Hurricane Ernesto lashes Bermuda as wealthy British territory closes down

12:53am August 17, 2024

Hurricane Ernesto began to pound Bermuda late Friday with heavy winds and rain after officials in the British territory opened shelters and closed government offices.

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Hurricane Ernesto barrels toward Bermuda as wealthy British territory preps for storm

11:53pm August 15, 2024

Hurricane Ernesto charged toward Bermuda on Friday as officials in the tiny British territory in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean prepared to open shelters and close government offices.

World News

Ernesto, now a hurricane, is drenching Puerto Rico and knocking out power

2:32pm August 14, 2024

by The Associated Press

Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left nearly half of all clients in the U.S. territory without power as it threatened to become a major storm en route to Bermuda.