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HONG KONG (AP) - Protesters fearing an erosion of Hong Kong's legal autonomy blocked access to a government office building for nearly two hours Monday and plan more demonstrations to draw the attention of leaders attending the G-20 summit this week. About 100…

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has a silent partner behind several of the accomplishments he likes to boast about: Barack Obama. Despite assailing his Democratic predecessor for waging a "cruel and heartless war on American energy," for example,…

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this week on a request from the Census Bureau to ask everyone in the country about citizenship status. The plan has set off litigation and debate and raised some important questions. Among them: _____ Q: What is the…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Green New Deal has drawn far less buzz than the one proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Then again, her version is nowhere near passage. The governor's is about to become law. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection…

COLUMBIA, S.C. — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he'd prefer to run for re-election against Joe Biden, suggesting that the former vice president won't be the "great candidate" Hillary Clinton was in 2016. Trump told NBC's "Meet the Press" that…

It's 48 hours and counting until 20 Democratic presidential hopefuls gather across a glittering stage in Miami to strut their stuff and tout their own brand in two days of broadcast events that could yield blockbuster ratings. Former Vice President Joe Biden…

AJO, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities say another military service member assigned to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border has died in southern Arizona. Officials at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, said in a statement that the military service…

House Democrats blinked Sunday, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing they will vote this week to grant at least part of President Trump's emergency border funding to deal with the humanitarian crisis. The move was made just a day after Mr. Trump, at Mrs.…

All sides agree that Russian meddling appeared to have a smaller impact on the 2018 elections than it did two years earlier. Yet nobody can agree on why. One explanation is that the Russians didn't try as hard. Another is that the U.S. was better prepared to…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of people filled a main São Paulo thoroughfare for one of the world's largest LGBT pride parades - the first since the election of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. Nineteen moving stages dotted the avenue with…

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry black residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall meeting a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he…

PHILADELPHIA — Former Pennsylvania congressman Joe Sestak has become the latest Democrat to enter the presidential race. The retired Navy admiral who calls himself "Admiral Joe" on his campaign website joins a crowded Democratic field seeking the nomination…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he hesitated to back a possible 2024 presidential run by Vice President Mike Pence because he was caught off-guard by the question. Given a chance at a do-over, however, Trump still did not endorse his loyal…

ARRIAGA, Mexico (AP) - Authorities reinforced efforts over the weekend to deter Central Americans and others from crossing Mexico to reach the United States, detaining migrants in the south and stationing National Guardsmen along the Rio Grande in the north.…

MOSCOW (AP) - About 2,000 people rallied in Moscow to protest the falsifying of cases by Russian police and the detention of political activists. The demonstration on Sunday, which authorities had sanctioned to take place, was the latest in a series of…

GUTHRIE, Okla. (AP) - A man who has been a spokesman for a small group of armed civilians patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border was charged with impersonating a U.S. officer or employee. An indictment returned Wednesday by a grand jury in New Mexico charged James…

DENVER (AP) - A Denver city agency is responding to President Donald Trump's delay of immigration sweeps in Denver and other municipalities by saying it is "sickened by the use of immigrant families as pawns in this political game." The Agency for Human Rights…

CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago federal judge has refused to dismiss bribery charges against a Ukrainian oligarch who prosecutors say had business ties to President Donald Trump's ex-campaign manager, Paul Manafort. Her 39-page weekend ruling denies a motion to toss…

Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday President Trump's announcement there would be mass deportations is purely political, saying there's better ways to deal with the immigration problem at the southern border. "It's not an accident he announced this the same time…

Sen. Cory A. Booker continued criticizing fellow 2020 presidential hopeful Joseph R. Biden on Sunday, saying although he respects the former vice president he had to "speak truth to power" and confront his colleague over the use of the word "boy." Other 2020…