Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

The ban would apply to terms like 'mother' and 'father.'

As an unincorporated U.S. territory, Puerto Rico has fewer constitutional and political rights than a state

Of 253 Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate, only 14 had acknowledged Joe Biden as president-elect a week after he was declared the winner.

As the long recovery from Hurricane Maria continues, Puerto Rico now faces a pandemic that experts say could cripple its long-struggling economy.

Island officials were quick to thank the president for the designation, which makes residents eligible for more financial assistance from FEMA. They were just told aid for 2017 hurricanes is coming.

The National Republican Congressional Committee mocked its political counterpart Tuesday, noting that several Democratic House members continued to use "gendered language" to describe themselves in their Twitter profiles after new congressional rules stamped out such terms.

The time has come for Congress to grant statehood to Puerto Rico after more than 122 years of colonial rule by the United States. Several weeks ago, the U.S....

Puerto Ricans voted 'yes' on a referendum asking whether or not the territory should become a U.S. state. But with control of Congress still yet to be determined and some in Washington making the issue of Puerto Rican statehood a partisan issue, what's the prospect of it actually happening? Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Jenniffer González-Colón, Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner and non-voting representative in…

Democrats muscled an emergency aid package for Puerto Rico heavy with tax breaks through the House on Friday, brushing aside Republican critiques.

Some ethics experts say the Ethics Committee rules governing members' outside work fall short from properly mitigating conflicts of interest.

Republicans said Puerto Rico statehood is part of a Democrat socialist agenda in a statement on one of the Senate runoffs in Georgia. That's news to Puerto Ricans.

Petition, letter to Congress part of efforts to keep Arecibo landmark from being demolished

Ed Morales writes about the undeniable impact of the Latino vote on the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. While many were surprised at how many voters ultimately voted for President Donald Trump, upon closer inspection, it really should not be so surprising.

Congress hasn't taken steps to admit Puerto Rico as the 51st state.

Right-leaning observers and commentators reacted angrily to proposals made by the Democratic House Speaker in January 2021. But what did she actually say?

Puerto Rico residents are on record as favoring statehood, but partisan concerns might complicate efforts to admit the island territory to the union.

For the sixth time, Puerto Ricans will be asked to vote on statehood, which is ultimately the call of the US Congress. The island's history? It's complicated.

While Friday's bill passed in the House in favor of Washington DC's statehood isn't going forward now, says Nicole Hemmer, it's a demonstration of why statehood for DC and Puerto Rico should be an urgent priority for Democrats, not just something they support in theory. It's a way to defend democratic principles in a precarious time, she writes.

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