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Congress later added in the Mariana Islands. Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory since the Spanish American War in 1898, and its residents are U.S. citizens.... To hold otherwise, as the Court does, is irrational and antithetical to the very nature of the SSI program and the equal protection of citizens guaranteed by the Constitution.... Meanwhile, Jenniffer González-Colón, Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress and a member of Pierluisi’s pro-statehood party, called the exclusion an “ unb

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Washington( CNN) Puerto Rico experienced a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday and endured hundreds of subsequent tremors.... Most recently, he sent" love" to Australia as the country battles wildfires. Trump has had a fraught history with the US territory since Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria in 2017.... Nearly 3, 000 people died as a result of the storm and aftereffects, including widespread power outages....

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Workers restore power lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, in 2017.... World Nation Again, Puerto Rico is plunged into darkness by island-wide blackout An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the U.S. territory struggles to repair an increasingly unstable power grid nearly seven months after Hurricane Maria.... April 18, 2018Puerto Rico’s Energy Bureau has so far approved 18 projects on more than 2, 000 hectares that the lawsuit states are classified as

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico--Activists and environmental groups including the Sierra Club sued Puerto Rico’s government Monday over the planned location of dozens of renewable energy projects meant to ease the U.S. territory’s power woes. The lawsuit claims the projects would be built on lands that are ecologically sensitive and of high agricultural value, a violation of local laws. The groups requested that a judge prohibit various local government agencies from approving projects on such lands, noti