“Virgin Islands” on The Daily Caller

U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. John de Jongh denied rumors Friday that he was arrested or detained while in Washington, D.C. this week. (more)

Former U.S. Virgin Islands Sen. David Jones helped his fellow former Sen. Roosevelt David deliver cash bribes in the territory’s bribery scandal, The Daily Caller’s Department of Justice source said. (more)

U.S. Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich plans to resign his position soon, as two different scandals rage on in which he has provided allegedly misleading information to Congress. (more)

U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic Gov. John de Jongh’s wife works for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire financier and recipient of significant economic-development tax breaks in the U.S. territory, The Daily Caller has confirmed. (more)

Former U.S. Virgin Islands Sen. Roosevelt David was the man who delivered cash bribes to Gov. John de Jongh in the bribery scandal, The Daily Caller’s Department of Justice source said. (more)

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz canceled a U.S. Virgin Islands fundraiser she planned to attend with a high-dollar bundler for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign amid revelations the bundler helped convicted and alleged financial criminals get tax breaks. (more)

A major campaign “bundler” for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign has helped convicted and alleged financial criminals navigate offshore tax loopholes in the U.S. Virgin Islands, The Daily Caller has learned. (more)

Texas Rep. Ron Paul secured his first popular vote victory of 2012 this weekend in the Virgin Islands. But although he won the most votes in the territory’s Republican presidential caucuses, he didn’t walk away with the most delegates. (more)

Mitt Romney swept to victory in the Northern Mariana Islands Republican caucus this weekend. Not earth-shattering news, until you realize that the Northern Marianas is part of a cohesive Island Caucus from the U.S. territories that collectively controls more GOP delegates than all but seven states — and Mitt Romney is likely to get almost all of them. (more)

In a Feb. 24 letter to Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, the U.S. Department of Justice denied knowledge that two of its prosecutors accepted bribes in connection with a years-long investigation into financial crimes that National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC) executives allegedly committed over the past ten or more years. (more)

U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. John de Jongh is accusing The Daily Caller of racial motivations for reporting on allegations that he accepted part of at least $20 million in cash bribes. (more)

United States Virgin Islands Gov. John de Jongh, a Democrat, could soon face a recall initiative brought by the U.S. territory’s legislature later this week. A Daily Caller investigation last week uncovered allegations that de Jongh accepted cash bribes in exchange for facilitating the sale of a telecommunications company to a politically embattled U.S. telecommunications cooperative. And now a senator from the U.S. territory has announced plans to pursue an election to recall de Jongh. (more)

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to America’s economic challenges. States and territories are working hard to stabilize their local economies, provide essential services for residents, and keep budgets balanced. This means ensuring local leaders are empowered to use smart economic strategies and public-private partnerships that reduce their dependence on federal assistance. The U.S. Virgin Islands has found good answers, but unnecessary federal intervention risks halting the territory’s progress. (more)

After a series of difficult moments on the campaign trail, Rep. Barney Frank is scrambling for campaign cash, contributing $200,000 of his own money as he seeks to ward off his first serious Republican challenger in decades. (more)

Rum and politics have made a fiery mix since America’s earliest days, when a young politician named George Washington won election to the House of Burgesses in colonial Virginia with the help of spiked punch at the polls. (more)

With unemployment still at a severe high, a majority of states have drained their jobless benefit funds, forcing them to borrow billions from the federal government to help out-of-work Americans. (more)

Thanks to a stimulus windfall, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has new funds to support an eclectic array of projects and organizations, from the American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture and Humanities to puppeteers across the country. (more)