Puerto Rico’s block grant food assistance program already doesn’t stretch enough to meet the needs of its recipients.

Six days after Maria struck the island, conditions in Puerto Rico remain dire, with 3.4 million people virtually without electrical power and short of food and water.

Six days after Maria struck the island, conditions in Puerto Rico remain dire, with 3.4 million people virtually without electrical power and short of food and water.

Puerto Rico is already reeling under a $72 billion (53.03 billion pounds) debt load it cannot pay. Earlier this year, it filed the biggest government bankruptcy in U.S. history, suffering from ...