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Hong Kong cops in riot gear pulled passengers off buses for searches and broke out water cannons and tear gas to disperse crowds of protestors Saturday, as tensions rose on the 5th anniversary of the city’s pro-democracy “Umbrella” movement. “It’s a special day for Hong Kong protesters. We will stick together to fight for freedom,” said Sam, 33, dressed in black and wearing a mask. “Most people think Hong Kong…

President Trump pauses before a Hispanic Heritage Month reception in the East Room of the White House on Sept. 27 2019. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Philip Rucker September 28 at 4:19 PM Donald Trump is not the first American president staring down impeachment to nurse a deep sense of persecution and self-pity. But he is the first to broadcast that mentality to the world. In the five days since House…

Watch House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., delivers his opening remarks at a hearing on the whistleblower complaint filed against President Trump.» Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC» Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps…

Image copyright EPA Greta Thunberg is angry, and not just about climate change. “The haters are as active as ever”, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist posted on social media on Thursday, “going after me, my looks, my clothes, my behaviour and my differences”. Anything, she says, rather than talk about the climate crisis. It hasn’t stopped her from campaigning. On Friday, she led another of her climate strikes, heading up…

Sergeant Ciccarella also commented on photos of women and girls posted by other users, according to the documents, which also say he entered the website using an email address associated with his work phone. Sergeant Ciccarella, who was deployed to Iraq twice, was charged in May and pleaded guilty in July, court documents show. From October 2012 to July 2017, Sergeant Ciccarella worked for the White House Communications Agency, according…

House Democrats on Friday issued their first subpoena in the impeachment investigation of President Trump, demanding documents from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and scheduling depositions with officials named in that complaint. One of those officials, Kurt Volker, was Mr. Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine. He abruptly resigned on Friday. At a White House reception for Hispanic heritage on Friday night, Mr. Trump found a supportive crowd — a distraction…

But about a decade ago, he noticed the dynamic changing. His siblings were starting to become wealthier. They bought bigger apartments. They had good government pensions. They were no longer so interested in visiting Hong Kong. Recently, when he asked them before the Mid-Autumn Festival if they wanted mooncakes from Hong Kong, he was stung when they said no. “Now their lives are better than mine,” Mr. Wong said wistfully….

Polls have closed in Afghanistan‘s presidential election, the fourth since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Incumbent President Ashraf Ghani is seen as the frontrunner in the 14-man race, with Abdullah Abdullah, the country’s chief executive, considered his main rival. Security forces are on high alert due to threats from the Taliban to attack polling stations. Here are all the latest updates: Polls close  Polls closed in Afghanistan’s…

A Princeton graduate who was convicted of killing his father, a hedge fund manager, after he reduced his son’s allowance was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison on Friday. Thomas Gilbert Jr. was 30 years old and was receiving $1,000 a week from his parents, multiple outlets reported. Prosecutors said he spent that money “on travel, memberships to elite sporting clubs, and other personal expenses.” But starting in…

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President Trump arrives on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland Thursday. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images President Trump arrives on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland Thursday. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Well, that escalated quickly. At the beginning of this week, it wasn’t at all clear that the country was heading toward another impeachment investigation, 21 years after Republicans filed…

An American diplomat at the center of the U.S.-Ukraine controversy has resigned — a potentially significant blow for President Trump as he faces impeachment proceedings in the Democratic-led House of Representatives. Kurt Volker met with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday and announced he would be resigning from his post as U.S. special envoy for Ukraine, according to Arizona State University’s State Press. A former career diplomat and one-time…

New Jersey Democrats had fortuitous timing in lining up Pelosi to headline their convention. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images By MATT FRIEDMAN 09/27/2019 08:54 PM EDT ATLANTIC CITY — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told New Jersey Democrats Friday evening that she’s not thrilled about starting an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, but that she’s obligated to do so. “This is not a cause for any joy that we have to…

Sen. John Kennedy said Rudy Giuliani is as “wild as a March hare.” | Patrick Semansky/AP Photo congress Even some of president’s closest Hill allies say Giuliani isn’t helping the president. By MELANIE ZANONA 09/27/2019 03:52 PM EDT Republicans had enough headaches to deal with this week. Then Hurricane Rudy blew into town. As the GOP scrambles to contain the fallout from President Donald Trump’s Ukraine controversy, Trump’s personal attorney…

Mr. Volker, a former career foreign service officer who represented President George W. Bush at NATO and now serves as executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University based in Washington, spent much of the year trying to bring Mr. Trump together with Mr. Zelensky to bolster the government elected earlier this year. He argued to Trump administration officials that Mr. Zelensky was a credible…

Kurt Volker, the US special representative for Ukraine negotiations, abruptly resigned Friday amid fallout over the whistleblower scandal, according to a report by Andrew Howard of the Arizona State Press. CNN subsequently confirmed the report. It’s not yet clear whether Volker chose to step down or whether he was pushed out. But over the past day, he’s been the focus of intense scrutiny — first, because he was mentioned in…

Sep.27 — President Donald Trump ridiculed Representative Adam Schiff, who is leading one of the investigations against him, in comments at a private gathering of American diplomats in New York.

President Trump met on Friday with Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, to discuss how the N.R.A. could provide financial support for the president’s defense as he faces political headwinds, including impeachment, according to two people familiar with the meeting. It was not clear whether Mr. Trump asked Mr. LaPierre for his support, or if the idea was pitched by the N.R.A. But in return for…