Nation/World
Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C.
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City officials were mostly relieved that a downtown gathering Saturday of more than 1,000 far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators wasn't as violent as feared.
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A suicide-bomb blast ripped through a wedding party on a busy Saturday night.
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Benson was drafted No. 4 overall by the Chicago Bears in 2005. He also played for the Cincinnati Bengals and Green Bay Packers.
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A detailed recap of five memorable moments from the Thursday night debate in Miami — leading off with the discussion of busing in America between two top contenders in the field.
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Thousands of people streamed into a park in central Hong Kong for what organizers hope will be a peaceful demonstration for democracy in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
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The senator and presidential candidate reiterates her support for a ban on assault rifles and weapons if she wins the White House.
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The biggest base of the Democratic Party, going into this presidential contest, has to be California.
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From immigration to gun control, Democrats covered a lot of ground in the first debate of the 2020 race.
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A look at those athletes, coaches and sports personalities we've lost in 2019.
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Police arrested at least 13 people and seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon.
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An explosion ripped through a wedding hall on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan's capital and dozens of people were killed or wounded, a government official said. Hundreds of people were believed to be inside.
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The closer it gets to the 2020 election, the harder it will be to predict anything more than the most limited legislative compromises.