FEMA

"In no event shall [government bodies] have the right to audit or review the cost and profit elements," the contract states. It also specifies that Puerto Rico cannot make a claim against Whitefish for work delays or completion. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Energy and Environment

House energy panel says Puerto Rican utility stonewalling on Whitefish probe

John Siciliano · November 2, 2017 5:59 pm

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello argued Thursday that things have not gone as smoothly as President Trump has indicated. Aside from the Army Corps of Engineers' failure, he noted that Texas and Florida have been approved for permanent restoration work more quickly than Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Puerto Rico governor slams ‘unacceptable’ recovery effort by Army Corps of Engineers

Pete Kasperowicz · November 2, 2017 12:32 pm

San Juan, Puerto Rico Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz, and Committee on Homeland Security ranking member Rep. Luis Gutiérrez, D-Ill., attended a news conference with House Democrats on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

San Juan Mayor huddles with Democrats as she presses Congress on hurricane recovery

Laura Barrón-López · November 2, 2017 3:01 am

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., asked for someone to be held accountable for the Whitefish contract, during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on hurricane response. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Lawmakers demand accountability for Puerto Rico’s $300M Whitefish deal

John Siciliano and Josh Siegel · October 31, 2017 4:38 pm

A U.S. Army helicopter transports material to repair the Guajataca Dam, damaged during Hurricane Maria, in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. The dam was built around 1928, and holds back a man-made lake. Some Puerto Rico officials have refused to cooperate with the military and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to an Army Corps of Engineers official. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

National Security

Army Corps of Engineers: Not all Puerto Rico officials are accepting FEMA’s help

Anna Giaritelli · October 31, 2017 4:31 pm

It just isn't possible to produce skilled labor out of a hat if it is done directly by the government. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Beltway Confidential

Canceling the Whitefish contract won’t rebuild Puerto Rico’s power lines any faster

Tim Worstall · October 30, 2017 7:11 pm

Gov. Ricardo Rossello said he has requested Florida and New York send more brigades and materials to the U.S. territory to make up for the potential cancellation. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority kills controversial Whitefish contract

Anna Giaritelli · October 29, 2017 8:24 pm

The president's approval rating dropped 5 percentage points since September. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump approval rating drops to lowest-ever 38 percent: NBC poll

Anna Giaritelli · October 29, 2017 4:35 pm

Several lawmakers have already demanded an investigation into why the island's bankrupt utility gave a $300 million contract to repair the devastated power grid to a small Montana for-profit firm. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Senators ask IG to investigate Whitefish contract with Puerto Rico

Susan Ferrechio · October 27, 2017 9:02 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has raised concerns about the size of the contract and scale of the job awarded to Whitefish, a company that had two full-time employees the day Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Nancy Pelosi demands probe into Montana firm’s ‘highly suspect’ contract to repair Puerto Rico

Josh Siegel · October 25, 2017 8:48 pm

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson joked that it will take his department "somewhere between one and 100 years" to rebuild Puerto Rico after Hurricanes Maria and Irma devastated the island. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Ben Carson jokes it will take ‘between 1 and 100 years’ to rebuild Puerto Rico

Anna Giaritelli · October 25, 2017 1:58 pm

Cruz and Trump have a history of sparring over recovery efforts. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

San Juan mayor: Trump living in ‘alternative reality world’

Kara Zupkus · October 20, 2017 3:57 pm