Donald Trump has a serious Puerto Rico problem — in Pennsylvania. Many Puerto Rican voters in the state are furious about racist and demeaning comments delivered at a Trump rally. Some say their ...

As Trump focuses on expanding the U.S. map, residents of Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico have spent years advocating for their own statehood.

If Congress and the incoming Trump administration seek to help Puerto Rico, few measures would help more than repealing this ...

and Pennsylvania. Puerto Rico also lacks economic sovereignty. The U.S. dollar is its currency, U.S. federal regulators oversee its businesses, and U.S. laws dictate its trade policy. Residents ...

"The freedom of Puerto Rico is pending, and we will achieve it with Brazilian troops," the Venezuelan president said.

The fallout underscores the importance of Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes and the last-minute efforts to court growing numbers of Hispanic voters, mostly from Puerto Rico, who have settled in ...