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Video Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defends stance on increased pay for members of Congress Raw video: The freshman congresswoman calls the effort a ‘cost of living adjacent’. In her first Sunday morning show appearance since taking office in January, New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned that there is “very real risk” President Trump will win re-election in 2020, and acknowledged that progressive frustration with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is also…

President Trump and Mr. Xi are expected to meet in less than two weeks at the summit, in Osaka, although formal trade talks between them have not yet been confirmed. Mr. Xi has never publicly commented on the Hong Kong matter, but two of the seven members of the governing Politburo Standing Committee that he presides over — Wang Yang and Han Zheng — expressed their support for the legislation….

KPHO/KTVK/CNN Cell phone video captures a Phoenix police officer arresting a man whose young daughter allegedly stole a doll from a store. KPHO/KTVK/CNN Cell phone video captures a Phoenix police officer arresting a man whose young daughter allegedly stole a doll from a store. Related Content (CNN) – A Phoenix couple is seeking $10 million from the city after a video showed police officers drawing a gun on them after…

Air Force One transported President Trump and first lady Melania Trump on their recent trip to Normandy, France, this month. Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images Air Force One transported President Trump and first lady Melania Trump on their recent trip to Normandy, France, this month. Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images President Trump may not be seeing red, white and blue on a newly revamped Air Force One…

Video President Trump clarifies remarks on foreign opposition research Capitol Hill critics accuse the president of encouraging foreign meddling; chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reports from Washington. In a testy interview that aired on Sunday, President Trump said that he read “every word” of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report – claiming it found “no collusion” between his 2016 campaign and Russian operatives, and that the report “essentially” ruled out…

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Protesters fill the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images Continued protests in Hong Kong couldn’t come at a worse time for Chinese President Xi Jinping and his government, who are still struggling with the fallout from a trade war with the United States and a faltering domestic economy. In Chinese state media, the tone has been defiant. A spokesman for the country’s foreign ministry even blamed the…

President Donald Trump speaks during a recent rally in Pennsylvania. Trump’s reelection campaign comes armed with resources it could only dream of in 2016. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images 2020 elections The president’s 2020 campaign is flipping the script from its ham-fisted approach the first time Trump sought elected office. By GABBY ORR 06/16/2019 07:02 AM EDT President Donald Trump is sitting on a war chest topping $40 million, boots on…

President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump defends Stephanopolous interview Trump defends Stephanopolous interview Buttigieg on offers of foreign intel: ‘Just call the FBI’ MORE on Saturday night defended his interview with ABC News in which he suggested he might accept offers of intelligence on political opponents from foreign governments.  Trump accused the media of distorting his words in a series of tweets. He also suggested that he might do more network interviews in the…

An unidentified man trespassed in Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s New York City district office on Saturday and, when police arrived at the scene, sprayed a fire extinguisher and attempted to hide in a utility closet, police said. “It doesn’t seem to be a break-in. It seems to be a trespass,” said George Tsourovakas, a spokesman for the New York City police department. “Upon our arrival, he ended up discharging a fire…

Mariners from the MT Front Altair arrive at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday. Jon Gambrell/AP hide caption toggle caption Jon Gambrell/AP Mariners from the MT Front Altair arrive at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday. Jon Gambrell/AP Days after explosions blasted through two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, the crew of one of the vessels arrived Saturday in Dubai,…

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hundreds of people took to the streets in Hong Kong on Sunday dressed in black to demand the city’s embattled leader steps down, a day after she suspended an extradition bill in a dramatic retreat following the most violent protests in decades. Activists set up gazebos as protesters, some carrying flowers, started to gather in sweltering summer heat to march from Victoria Park to Hong Kong’s…

CORONA, Calif. (AP) – The Latest on a shooting inside a Southern California Costco store (all times local): AP-US–Costco Shooting-The Latest,3rd Ld-Writethru The Latest: Off-duty officer discharged gun in shooting Eds: Updates. AP Photos. CORONA, Calif. (AP) – The Latest on a shooting inside a Southern California Costco store (all times local): 12 p.m. Southern California police say the off-duty Los Angeles police officer who was injured during a shooting…

President Trump spent two days with ABC News’ very own George Stephanopoulos to discuss a variety of political topics and current events affecting the country today. WATCH THE FULL EPISODE OF ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT’:https://bit.ly/2MrPN0Z WATCH OTHER FULL EPISODES OF WORLD NEWS TONIGHT:http://abc.go.com/shows/world-news-to… SUBSCRIBE to ABC NEWS: https://www.youtube.com/ABCNews/Watch More on http://abcnews.go.com/LIKE ABC News on FACEBOOKhttps://www.facebook.com/abcnewsFOLLOW ABC News on TWITTER:https://twitter.com/abcGOOD MORNING AMERICA’S HOMEPAGE:https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/ #Trump #Stephanopoulos #ABCNews

United States President Donald Trump on Saturday warned without evidence of a massive market crash if he’s not re-elected in 2020. “The Trump Economy is setting records, and has a long way up to go,” he said. “However, if anyone but me takes over in 2020 (I know the competition very well), there will be a Market Crash the likes of which has not been seen before! KEEP AMERICA GREAT).”…

Jeffrey Chan, a 19-year-old student, said he intended to go to the protest on Sunday. “I hope the government will directly withdraw this law, and not push ahead with it at any later time,” Mr. Chan said. Not everyone in Hong Kong, however, was dismayed with Mrs. Lam’s actions. Starry Lee, a pro-establishment lawmaker of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, said that she understood and supported…

Video US Navy drafting new guidelines for reporting UFOs The U.S. Navy is drafting new guidelines for pilots and other employees to report encounters with ‘unidentified aircraft.’ President Trump said he’s been briefed by Navy pilots regarding sightings of unidentified flying objects, but remained skeptical of the existence of UFOs. George Stephanopoulos of ABC News raised the issue during an interview with Trump released Saturday. PENTAGON FINALLY ADMITS IT INVESTIGATES UFOS “I was struck…

Advertisement When Hong Kong was returned to Chinese control in 1997, Beijing solemnly vowed that economic and political rights in the formerly British-ruled enclave would remain inviolate until at least 2047. In a legally binding Joint Declaration, it stipulated that freedom “of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of travel, of movement, of correspondence, of strike, of choice of occupation, of academic research, and of religious belief” would…

CLOSE Target store in Novato, California. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) It was a tough afternoon to be at Target. After what appeared to be a nationwide register outage Saturday, some stores reported they were up and running again. The outage tried the patience of some, while others did their best to take it in stride. Shoppers posted to social media about long waits at the checkout line and then leaving stores empty-handed Saturday afternoon. “We are…