In recent months, Puerto Rican pro-statehood politicians have argued that if the U.S. won’t grant Puerto Rico statehood, it should at least militarize the island again. Puerto Rico is “America’s ...

The vote turned out to be a narrow victory – with only 51 percent of voters casting their ballots in favor of statehood, while 47 percent voted against it, according to the election commission’s ...

Recently, the Puerto Rican government has been promoting Puerto Rico as a prime location for reshoring America’s pharmaceutical industry.

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- In this episode of Tiempo, Puerto Ricans voted for new leaders on the island during the November 3 elections. But they also voted on whether to make la Isla America's 51st ...

KISSIMMEE, Florida — Earlier this week, headlines swept across major news outlets about the debate over D.C. statehood. Congress had a hearing with advocates claiming the District of Columbia is as ...

As Puerto Rico grapples with a debt crisis, its governor is pushing Congress for statehood — a move that, contrary to critics, he says is necessary to solving the territory's debilitating money woes, ...

Tuesday was a pretty busy day for just about everyone that didn’t pop a few Ambien to sleep through the stress of wall-to-wall election coverage, so you’d be forgiven for missing this little bit of ...

DNC Chair Ken Martin said Democrats needed to stop playing by antiquated rules on Tuesday as he called the Trump ...

Experts doubt that much, if anything, will change. — -- Puerto Rico's political status as a commonwealth and an unincorporated territory of the United States is unlikely to change anytime soon, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Gov. Wanda ...

Puerto Rico is closer than it has ever been to becoming the 51st American state — which is to say, still not very close at all. The recent spending bill, which President Obama signed on Friday, set ...

Answers Before Adding a State Doc Hastings, a House Republican for West Virginia, makes the case against the bill in a guest column for RedState. "If a Congressionally-sanctioned vote is going to be ...