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Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C.
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Sought by Republicans to testify, the former envoy to Ukraine spoke up instead for Democrat Joe Biden in impeachment hearings.
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The plan would allow the spouses and families to access the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund, which they could not access beforehand if they had received money from another 9/11 fund.
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Former envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker said he should have realized calls to investigate a Ukrainian energy company meant a probe of Joe Biden.
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The House speaker addressed the president's long-standing complaint that he has not been allowed to confront the U.S. intelligence whistleblower.
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Ten candidates take the stage in Atlanta for the fifth debate of the primary season.
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"I was out of there very quickly and got back home," Trump said of his unannounced visit to Walter Reed Medical Center.
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Two correctional officers responsible for guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself have been charged with falsifying prison records.
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Marie Yovanovitch testified to protect her reputation and lament the State Department being "hollowed out" under the Trump administration.
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Sweden dropped its investigation into an alleged rape by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently in prison in Britain.
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School: 4 teens board school bus, attack kids inside
Officials for an Atlanta-area public school say a group of older students boarded a bus and attacked elementary school students inside, sending one to the hospital.
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The Taliban said they freed an American and an Australian hostage held since 2016 in exchange for three top Taliban figures who were released by the Kabul government and flown out of Afghanistan the previous day.
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The House general counsel said investigators are reviewing whether Trump lied to the Mueller probe about hacked Democratic emails.