Trump is 'in the hospitality business,' Mulvaney says, after president reverses plan to host summit at his golf club

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday defended President Trump's decision — reversed in a tweet late Saturday — to host next year's G-7 summit at his resort hotel near Miami, saying the president “still considers himself to be in the hospitality business. Just days after Mulvaney during a Thursday press conference announced the venue for the annual meeting of world leaders, Trump changed his mind amid bipartisan rebukes and concerns that he was profiting from the presidency. “I thought I was doing something very good for our Country by using Trump National Doral, in Miami, for hosting the G-7 Leaders,” he tweeted Saturday.

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  Trump Wanted to Put on ‘Best Show’ at Doral, Mulvaney Says

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  G-7 summit will not be held at Trump's Doral resort

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Hong Kong leaders apologize for water cannon use at mosque

Hong Kong officials apologized to Muslim leaders Monday after riot police sprayed a mosque and bystanders with a water cannon while trying to contain turbulent weekend pro-democracy demonstrations in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. The city's leader, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, and the police chief visited the Kowloon Mosque to apologize to the chief imam and Muslim community leaders. Officials were scrambling to minimize the fallout from Sunday's incident at one of the city's most well-known religious sites.

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  Why Apple's Tim Cook had to visit China amid furor over Hong Kong-linked apps

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  Fears Are Growing Among Mainland Chinese Living in Hong Kong

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Homes destroyed, thousands without power after tornado rips through Dallas

There were no reports of fatalities, injuries or missing people as of Monday morning, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson told reporters. Some 55,000 homes and businesses in Dallas County were still without power on Monday morning, emergency management officials said. The storm left a miles-long swath of destruction through Dallas, hitting near the Love Field airport in the city's north, the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, said on Monday.

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  Tens of Thousands Without Power After Tornado Hits Dallas

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  Tornado destroys Dallas businesses, homes but spares lives

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Chicago Police Superintendent Seeks Investigation Into Himself

It was barely Thursday when someone in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago called 911 to report a person asleep in an SUV at a stop sign. When police officers arrived around 12:30 a.m., they found their boss, Superintendent Eddie Johnson, “slumped over” in his city-issued Chevrolet Tahoe, according to officials and news reports. Later that day, the superintendent called for an internal investigation into what happened, citing the need for transparency.

Majority of Mexicans Say Organized Crime Stronger than Government after El Chapo’s Son Released

A majority of Mexicans see organized crime as more powerful than the Mexican government after government forces capitulated to drug-cartel strongmen and released the son of the former cartel leader Joaquín Guzmán, known as “El Chapo. About 56 percent of Mexicans say they believe organized crime is stronger, while only 33 percent say the government is stronger, according to a poll by the Mexican newspaper Reforma. Mexican authorities were forced on Thursday to release Ovidio Guzmán López, El Chapo's son, shortly after capturing him, when the Sinaloa cartel laid siege to the city of Culiacán and surrounded Mexican troops, taking eight soldiers hostage.

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  Showered in blaze of bullets, upscale Mexican neighborhood in shock after cartel assault

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  Mexico will arrest kingpin's son provided public not at risk: president

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School apologizes after photo showing students with cardboard boxes over their heads during exam goes viral

An school in India has issued an apology after a bizarre image of students wearing cardboard boxes on their heads went viral. The images were taken during a chemistry exam at Bhagat Pre-University College in the town of Haveri.

Chile protests: At least eight people killed during riots in Santiago

At least eight people have been killed in Chile during a second day of protests and rioting in the South American nation. Three people were left dead after a looted building was set ablaze, the governor of Santiago, the country's capital, said. The Chilean military declared another night-time curfew for Sunday evening as the government struggled to contain the violent protests.

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  Chile Violence Continues Despite Government's Retreat on Fare Hike

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  Workers at Chile's Escondida copper mine, world's largest, to walk off job Tuesday

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Thousands protest against Haiti's president

Thousands of people demonstrated on Sunday in Port-au-Prince, demanding that Haiti's President Jovenel Moise step down. "Jovenel is incapable and incompetent, he must pack his bags because Haiti must live," said one of the protesters, Jean Ronald. "It is not normal to live in such an unequal country," Ronald added, standing in front of the float of "Prophet Mackenson," a popular and controversial Haitian religious leader.

India's Nuclear Weapons Arsenal Keeps Getting Bigger and Bigger

In addition, “India continues to modernize its nuclear arsenal, with at least five new weapon systems now under development to complement or replace existing nuclear-capable aircraft, land-based delivery systems, and sea-based systems. Unlike the missile-centric U.S. and Russian nuclear forces, India still heavily relies on bombers, perhaps not unexpected for a nation that fielded its first nuclear-capable ballistic missile in 2003. Kristensen and Korda estimate India maintains three or four nuclear strike squadrons of Cold War-vintage, French-made Mirage 2000H and Jaguar IS/IB aircraft targeted at Pakistan and China.

Potatoes Thrown at American Troops As They Depart Northeastern City in Syria

Angry over the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, residents of a Kurdish-dominated city pelted departing American military vehicles with potatoes Monday as they drove through. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that U.S. troops will stay in eastern Turkey to protect Kurdish-held oil fields for at least the coming weeks and that he was discussing options to keep them there. A video by the Kurdish news agency showed a convoy of armored vehicles driving through the northeastern city of Qamishli.

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  US troops leave northern Syria for Iraq despite Trump's claims they are returning 'home'

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  Kurds Confront Exiting U.S. Troops In Syria With Heartbreaking Signs

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Milan seeks US apology for WWII bomb that killed children

Milan's mayor appealed Sunday to U.S. authorities to apologize for a World War II bombing raid that killed 184 elementary school children. Mayor Giuseppe Sala made the request following a Mass marking the 75th anniversary of the Gorla massacre, named for the quarter in the city that was struck, the news agency ANSA reported. "I think it's necessary that the American government apologizes, knowing that we are here to forgive," Sala said, adding that he would formalize the request with the U.S. consul in Milan this week.

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Number of children of British Isil fighters trapped in Syrian camps doubles to 60

More than 60 children of British Islamic State fighters are stranded in Syria, according to Save the Children, double the number previously thought. The children, many of them under five years old, are enduring “dire conditions” in desolate camps or have been displaced following the recent escalation in fighting, the charity said. The Telegraph had counted 30 children of British parents, based on leaked UN refugee agency lists of camp residents.

Betrayal, Jealousy and Cliff Edges: Johnson’s Brexit Minefield

The opposition Labour party, for starters, wants to remain in the EU customs union. With the voting in Parliament on whether to back his deal too close to call, here are some of the key issues that Johnson has to navigate. Northern Ireland The Democratic Unionist Party has refused to back his deal because it would see Northern Ireland being treated differently for customs purposes to the rest of the U.K. The grouping is also unhappy that it won't be able to exercise a veto on the arrangements, after Johnson diluted it in an effort to secure the EU's backing for his plans.

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  Boris Johnson and MPs dig in for Brexit battle as Commons set for epic week of clashes

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  Boris Johnson sends EU unsigned letter seeking Brexit delay along with another advising against it

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Philippine police recommend drug charges against ex-chief

Philippine police recommended graft and drug charges against its former chief on Monday over a new scandal that has put President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-narcotics crackdown under the spotlight. The police face allegations some officers are involved in the illegal drugs trade and that they had the protection of former chief Oscar Albayalde. It is the latest controversy to engulf the Philippine police force, which is waging a drug war launched by President Duterte in 2016.

How Would Taiwan Slowdown a Chinese Invasion? Think Lots of Missile Boats.

The Taiwanese navy needs to start building small, cheap, missile-armed attack boats, and fast. It's the only way Taipei can hope to hold off a Chinese invasion force long enough for the United States to intervene on the island country's behalf. “Fast patrol craft could range around Taiwan's rugged periphery, using geography for concealment,” Holmes wrote in Foreign Policy.

Republican congressman announces retirement after saying he is open to Trump impeachment

A day after telling reporters he would consider voting to impeach Donald Trump, the Florida Republican Francis Rooney told Fox News he had decided to retire from Congress. On Friday, Rooney was asked about the political consequences of impeachment, a process the House will probably vote to advance after an inquiry steered by Democratic-controlled committees. No House Republicans have yet said they will vote to impeach the president and send the matter to the Senate for trial.

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  Trump says it is foregone conclusion he will be impeached in U.S. House

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  More officials set to testify in Trump impeachment inquiry

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The Latest: Mayor expects ruined hotel will be demolished

The mayor of New Orleans mayor says she expects a partially collapsed hotel in her city will ultimately be demolished. Mayor LaToya Cantrell said at a news conference Sunday that officials successfully detonated and toppled two dangerous cranes that had leaned for days over the ruins of the Hard Rock Hotel, which collapsed Oct. 12 while under construction. Three workers died in the partial hotel collapse but only one body was removed.

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  Hard Rock Hotel: Demolition blasts one crane near French Quarter, other dangles

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  Cranes at Hard Rock Hotel 'more damaged' than experts thought, demolition delayed

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We've already seen 780 anti-Semitic incidents this year and it's 'horrifying,' group says

At least 12 white supremacists have been arrested for their roles in attacks or plots against the Jewish community in the United States in the year since the deadly Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, according to the Anti-Defamation League. The anti-hate group also said 2019 is on track to record another high year for anti-Semitic incidents. In the first six months of 2019, there were 780 anti-Semitic incidents, compared with 785 incidents reported during the same period in 2018, according to the ADL's count.

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• Latest ADL Data: At Least 12 White Supremacists Arrested For Plots, Attacks & Threats Against Jewish Community Since The Deadly Pittsburgh Shooting

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Warren Says She’ll Release a ‘Plan’ to Fund Medicare for All after Dodging the Issue during Debate

“I plan over the next few weeks to put out a plan that talks about specifically the cost of Medicare for All, and specifically how we pay for it,” Warren said. “Right now, the cost estimates for Medicare for All vary by trillions and trillions of dollars, and the different revenue streams for how to fund it — there are a lot of them. During the fourth Democratic debate on October 19, Warren was chastised by fellow Senator Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.) and South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg for refusing to acknowledge that an increase in middle-class taxes would be required to fund the plan.

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  Warren To Release Plan To Pay For 'Medicare For All'

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  Justin Amash: Republican who took on Trump won't rule out White House run

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Gun control advocate: Pushing mandatory buybacks will hand victory to the NRA, again

He wanted not only to ban the sale of new assault weapons but also to impose a mandatory government buyback of the assault weapons already in private hands. Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California support that idea as well.