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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Saturday attacked President Donald Trump urging China to investigate political rival Joe Biden as completely inappropriate. The unequivocal statement makes her the third Republican senator to speak out against Trumps invitation…

Just a handful of GOP lawmakers have condemned President Donald Trump's attempts to pressure multiple foreign governments, including the Ukrainian and Chinese authorities, to investigate his political opponents.  "The Republicans are very unified," Trump sai…

President Donald Trump has offered a muted response to the months-long protests that have rocked Hong Kong since June, and Trump's trade war with China may have been the reason.  In a June phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump mentioned the pol…

By Jessie Pang and Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's government is set to ban face masks at protests, media reported on Friday, as it struggles to end months of violent unrest in the Chinese-ruled city. But even before the new rule was confirmed, …

President Donald Trump brought up two of his potential 2020 opponents former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping in June, sources familiar with the phone cal told CNN on Thursday.  The repo…

Washington (CNN)The "possible political bias" mentioned --and then dismissed -- in the Intelligence Community Inspector General report refers to the fact that the anonymous whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Donald Trump's interactions with t…

Ensnared in an impeachment inquiry over his once-secret appeal for Ukraine to investigate an American political rival, U.S. President Donald Trump openly underscored that request Thursday and flung it wider, urging global rival China to probe Democrat Joe Bid…

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In a fearsome escalation of violence, Hong Kong police shot a protester in the chest at close range Tuesday, leaving the teenager bleeding and howling on the ground. Tens of thousands joined anti-government demonstrations that spread across the semi-autonomou…