Latest in Hurricane Maria

HBO late-night host John Oliver hammered president Donald Trump’s weekend remarks about Puerto Rico, where 3 million Americans continue to cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. It’s “not entirely clear” Trump understands the gravity of the situation, Oliver speculated, playing clip of Trump previously boasting,…

Donald Trump's Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke flew to Puerto Rico today and attempted a do-over on yesterday’s public relations disaster in which she said the government's response to hurricane devastation on the island is a "really a good news story." At an island presser, she told Gov. Ricardo…

“There’s nothing left…it’s been wiped out,” President Donald Trump said of Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, hours after Acting Homeland Security Secretary got torched for calling the government’s response in Puerto Rico a “good news story.” Trump spent the first four minutes of a tax-overhaul pitch to the…

Donald Trump’s Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke may wish she had not called the government's response to hurricane devastation in Puerto Rico a "really a good news story" in terms of reaching victims" and "limited number of deaths that have taken place in such a devastating hurricane." Duke’s Thursday…

"I wasn’t preoccupied with NFL; I was ashamed of what was taking place,” President Donald Trump said this afternoon of his decision to call football players taking a knee during the national anthem “son of a bitch” at a campaign rally and urge team owners to sack them. “To me that was a very important moment,” Trump…

“This is going to be Mr. Trump's Katrina,” New York’s Dem Rep. Nydia Velazquez said this morning of the dire situation in Puerto Rico after the island was flattened by two hurricanes. “We need to spend less time putting out tweets and more time” ending the humanitarian crisis on the island, the Puerto Rico native…

President Donald Trump took some heat on cable news today for tweeting about the NFL, NBA and “#FakeNews” CNN — but he got even more guff for not tweeting about the terrible situation in Puerto Rico. The U.S. territory was shredded by Hurricane Maria, and its millions of American citizens face food and water shortages…