More from Hurricane Maria: devastation in Puerto Rico

A GOP lawmaker claimed people weren’t dying on the island.

“The American people deserve to know what’s happening to their fellow US citizens in Puerto Rico.”

She also is begging the American public for help.

Trump: We cannot keep FEMA and the military in Puerto Rico forever. It’s been three weeks.

We took a look at the numbers, and they didn’t add up.

The local government will run out of money in a few weeks.

Protectionism and exploitation at its worst.

“We don’t have time for the political noise.”

US senator, 1898: Puerto Ricans can’t govern themselves. President Trump, 2017: They “want everything done for them.”

The urgent plea features Gloria Estefan, J Lo, Gina Rodriguez, Fat Joe, Rita Moreno, and many, many more.

FEMA suggests you read a website in Spanish instead.

12 percent of locals left after Hurricane Katrina. How many will leave Puerto Rico?

It’s likely to rise higher still.

FEMA has approved hundreds of millions of dollars for Florida and Texas.

Puerto Rico has “thrown our budget a little out of whack,” the president said, shortly before praising “hundreds of millions” being spent on a warplane.

And it’s “throwing our budget a little out of whack.”

Studies show people are less likely to want to help other racial groups.

From the uninhabitable Barbuda to widespread power outages in the Virgin Islands, islands are limping toward recovery.

It’s due in part to the unique relationship the territory has to the mainland.

They talked more about tweets than about resources.

The typically sunny Miranda, who unironically calls people “friendos,” was criticizing the president’s response to the crisis in Puerto Rico.

The power infrastructure is in ruins, and huge logistical hurdles lie ahead.

Puerto Rico needs more money — but Trump needs to ask first.