Nation/World
Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C.
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Celebrities
Prosecutors drop charges against Jussie Smollett
Smollett's attorneys said his record had "been wiped clean" of the 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was assaulted by two men.
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Nation
House fails to override Trump veto on border
WASHINGTON — House Democrats failed Tuesday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a bipartisan ...
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Nation
Senate shuns Green New Deal amid claims of bad faith
The Senate defeated a proposal to take up the Green New Deal as both parties shunned an opportunity to debate a comprehensive climate change plan offered by Democrats.
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Nation
Local photos of Jimmy Carter, who just set a record
On Friday, Jimmy Carter, who is 94, set a new record as the oldest living former president in U.S. history.
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Politics
1600: Trump launches new war on Obamacare
It's unclear how he expects to win that battle, with Democrats in control of the House and five of the Supreme Court justices who upheld the law in 2012 still on the bench.
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Nation
Trump sees a 'new beginning' for presidency
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met with Senate Republicans on Tuesday, telling lawmakers the conclusion ...
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New York
'El Chapo' lawyers ask for a new trial
The motion follows a report days after Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera's conviction in February that a juror contacted Vice News and disclosed that the panel violated instructions by reading press accounts of the case.
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World
Photos: Extreme weather and natural disasters
See photos of extreme weather, natural disasters and their aftermath from around the globe.
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Dan Janison
Janison: Deregulation, trade and Boeing jets
There are two tracks on which the recent fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max 8 ...
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Nation
Appeals panel hears arguments on Trump's Twitter blocks
A panel of Manhattan federal appeals judges reacted with skepticism Tuesday to Justice Department arguments ...
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Nation
Florida lawmaker's rain boots push climate change message
For the second year in a row, State Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez (D-Miami) is wearing rain boots every day of the legislative session to persuade his fellow legislators to make climate change a priority.
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Region/State
NY weighs a real estate tax to pay for transit fixes
The real estate transfer, or an increase in a similar existing tax, are being considered to raise funds that won't get tangled in city assessment issues and complex foreign ownership rights under a pied-a-terre tax, state officials said.