Former Trump staffers previously revealed the president’s desire to buy Greenland from Denmark, a proposal one Danish official called “final proof that he has gone mad.” A former Homeland Security official said this week that in addition to suggesting the U.S. sell Puerto Rico as the island territory was struggling to recover after Hurricane Maria, President […]
“You may try to sell the office you hold, your personal integrity and your soul, Mr. President—but I assure you Puerto Rico is not for sale!” tweeted Rep. Nydia Velazquez. According to a New York Times interview with Elaine Duke, who served as Homeland Security Secretary from 2017 to 2018 and worked in President Donald Trump’s cabinet […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – It has been more than six weeks since 155 mph winds from Hurricane Maria savaged Puerto Rico, and almost one month since Soldiers and Airmen of the Alaska National Guard arrived to assist with much-needed humanitarian relief. Guard members from the Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th and 176th Wings and […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air and Army National Guard members are assisting Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. A C-17 Globemaster III and crew from the 176th Wing’s 249th Airlift Squadron returned here Oct. 2 after providing support to ongoing National Guard relief operations. The transport […]
THE WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump is touting his administration’s disaster response in Puerto Rico, even as officials in the U.S. territory warn that much more help will be needed to fend off mass hunger and disease on the hurricane ravaged island. Adding to his running series of Twitter posts on the subject, Trump noted […]
New information released by the National Guard revealed that the Fort Lauderdale Airport shooter, 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, most recently lived in Anchorage where he had served in the Alaska National Guard until August, 2016, when he was given a General Discharge. Santiago lived in Anchorage since 2014, it was there that joined the Alaska National […]
ANCHORAGE: Politico reports that Alaska Rep. Don Young has made another unseemly decision. Young is holding a fundraiser in Puerto Rico that is hosted by a pro-state political action committee, only days before he chairs a subcommittee hearing on the issue of Puerto Rican Statehood. Young has been a long time proponent of Puerto Rican […]