PUERTO RICO

The Senate OK’d the plan two days before Puerto Rico is due to pay $1.9 billion to creditors, including more than $1 billion to bond holders.

It was unclear when Congress would revisit the issue. Democrats urged bipartisan talks; the GOP leader said the matter may resurface after July 4.

The U.S. Senate was set to vote Tuesday on a key measure to grant $1.1 billion in funding to combat the Zika virus, but Democrats have vowed to block it. Here’s why.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation aimed at creating a federal oversight board to oversee a restructuring of the island's debt earlier in June.

Although no mosquito-borne cases of the Zika virus have been recorded in the U.S., there‘s an epidemic of fraudulent remedies spreading online.

The tech giant has partnered with a startup that sells computer systems to help governments track legalized marijuana sales.

Puerto Rico, burdened by a $70 billion debt load it has said it cannot pay and a 45 percent poverty rate, faces economic calamity.

In his weekly address, President Barack Obama called on the Senate to approve a measure that would restructure the territory's debt.

Dancers, music and plenty of flags will fill the streets of Manhattan during the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade Sunday.

Following the vote, the White House urged the Senate to act promptly so the president can sign the bill into law ahead of a July 1 payment deadline.

The U.S. territory is facing a July 1 deadline for its next major payment due to bondholders, and is on track to default.

A Puerto Rico victory and a raft of superdelegate supporters have put Hillary Clinton into presumptive nominee status, the Associated Press reported.

Hillary Clinton is less than 30 delegates away from the magic number needed to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination.

Hillary Clinton defeated Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Puerto Rico’s Democratic primary Sunday, drawing her closer to the nomination.

Big victories in both the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend could clinch the Democratic Party’s nomination for the former first lady.

Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla arrived in Havana on Thursday, becoming the first sitting leader of Puerto Rico to visit Cuba.

The Senate joined the House in a move that could bring relief for local businesses and signal growing discord in the island’s government.

Nearly half of all suspected cases of Zika in the U.S. are in Puerto Rico.

Creditors of the island's Government Development Bank have revived a lawsuit over a debt moratorium.

The latest report comes at a time when U.S. health officials have been clamoring for adequate funding to support mosquito protection and eradication.

The next step is for lawmakers to appoint board members to oversee a restructuring of the amount owed, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.