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Puerto Rico is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis, economies across the Caribbean are on life support, and dozens of people are dead. The region was still recovering from Hurricane Irma when it was pummeled last week by Hurricane Maria. Days after the storm passed, Puerto Rico is still without power and has spotty access to water.

Luis Rivera-Pérez was a baby-faced 18-year-old recruit when he left his home in San Juan in 1951 to fight in Korea with the 65th Infantry Regiment, a storied Puerto Rican unit known as the Borinqueneers. He aged quickly in combat, venturing out on night patrols where they used flamethrowers to incinerate enemy troops hidden in caves. In one battle, they slogged up a hillside for a bayonet assault, only to be pinned down by relentless gunfire. “It was a massacre,” said Mr.

President Trump’s criticism of the mayor of San Juan, P.R., drew sharp rebukes across social media on Saturday, including from Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and original star of “Hamilton.” Mr. Miranda, who has family in Puerto Rico and is raising money for Hurricane Maria relief efforts, said the president was “going straight to hell.” Mr.

WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out at the mayor of San Juan on Saturday for criticizing his administration’s efforts to help Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, accusing her of “poor leadership” and implying that the people of the devastated island were not doing enough to help themselves. As emergency workers and troops struggled to restore basic services in a commonwealth with no electricity and limited fuel and water, Mr.

WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out at the mayor of San Juan on Saturday for criticizing his administration’s efforts to help Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, accusing her of “poor leadership” and implying that the people of the devastated island were not doing enough to help themselves. As emergency workers and troops struggled to restore basic services in a commonwealth with no electricity and limited fuel and water, Mr.

SAN JUAN, P.R. — When Carmen Yulín Cruz was a long-shot candidate for mayor here in 2012, she cast herself as a “pitirre,” a small bird known for fearlessly attacking larger ones. Now in her second term as mayor of San Juan, the capital of this storm-ravaged island, Ms.

The release of a more detailed outline of what President Donald Trump and the White House have in mind for a tax overhaul has provided some new information but left many unanswered questions. The lack of specifics in the unified framework released by the White House on Wednesday means that a great deal will be decided in committee when Congress works up its version of the plan. That is going to be determined by committees on Capitol Hill.

Lawyers for senior White House adviser Jared Kushner told ABC News they have reviewed Kushner's private email account on which he conducted some official business since joining the administration and found no messages related to the ongoing Russia investigations. The House and Senate Intelligence Committees have previously sought all relevant records from Kushner related to the probe.

The White House is conducting a performance review of all staff members to ensure compliance with policies related to the use of private email accounts, two senior administration officials told ABC News. The review, which is being led by the White House counsel's office, comes after revelations that at least six senior officials, including President Jared Kushner, have used private email to discuss official business. The probe is focused on emails on the White House server sent to and from the private accounts of all staff, s

Two sources familiar with the process have told ABC News the search for Gen.