Headline Roundup September 28, 2017
Trump Suspends Jones Act
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Featured Coverage of this Story
Fox News Digital
The Trump administration will waive federal restrictions on foreign ships' transportation of cargo to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
USA TODAY
President Trump waived shipping restrictions for Puerto Rico on Thursday at the request of the island's governor and after an outcry from Congress about shortages of fuel, food and emergency supplies in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
Daily Kos
Early on Thursday morning, Donald Trump finally raised shipping limitations imposed by the Jones Act. The change—announced in a tweet by Sarah Huckabee Sanders—following the furor when Trump declared that he was putting the interest of shipping companies ahead of the lives of Americans on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
AllSides Picks
Headline Roundup
Key Voter Groups Shift Toward Democrats in 2026 Midterms
November 4th, 2026
Headline Roundup
Supreme Court Weighs Religious Freedom, Anti-Discrimination Laws in Colorado Preschool Case
November 4th, 2026
Headline Roundup
Issues That Tipped the Scales for Democrats in the Midterms
November 4th, 2026
Blog
I Was at the 2009 Fort Hood Shooting. Here’s What I Saw
Scott Gerber
November 4th, 2026
