President Trump on Monday declared himself an "absolute no" on the question of statehood for Puerto Rico as long as critics such as San Juan's mayor remain in office, the latest broadside in his feud with members of the U.S. territory's leadership. 

President Donald Trump is defending his administration's response to the devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico last year, disputing new findings that Hurricane Maria killed far more people than initially believed. 

After spending a month working to restore power in Puerto Rico, the first wave of OG&E workers are on their way home. 

Fifty OG&E line crew members will head to Puerto Rico Thursday to relieve the first wave of crew members who have been on the island since January 20.  

Lourdes Rodriguez fled Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria filled her home in the northern town of Vega Baja with mud, ruining mattresses and other belongings. 

With hospitals crippled in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, there is a rush to evacuate patients in dire need of treatment.  

The Trump administration is sending a flotilla of ships and thousands more military personnel to Puerto Rico to address the growing humanitarian crisis caused by Hurricane Maria. 

Suddenly, just about all President Donald Trump can talk about is Puerto Rico.

Hurricane Maria's destruction has set Puerto Rico back decades, even as authorities worked to assess the extent of the damage, Puerto Rico's nonvoting representative in the U.S. Congress said Sunday.  

The core of "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Maria is expected to reach Puerto Rico imminently and punish the U.S. territory with life-threatening winds for 12 to 24 hours, forecasters say. 

 Hurricane Maria, an "extremely dangerous" storm, made landfall on the small island of Dominica Monday night as a Category 5 storm, then weakened ever-so-slightly to a Category 4, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said early Tuesday.

Hurricane Maria  is now a Category 5 storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Monday evening.