Nation/World
Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C.
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Former U.S. Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch opened the second day of Trump impeachment hearings providing chilling detail how she felt a "big threat" after being suddenly ousted from her post.
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President Donald Trump released the summary transcript of an April congratulatory call with Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.
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New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who is deciding whether to launch a Democratic presidential bid, is pouring $100 million into an online advertising campaign attacking President Donald Trump.
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Here are a half-dozen noteworthy excerpts from special counsel Robert Mueller's report.
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President Donald Trump said the impeachment probe has been "very hard" on his family, even as he tried to flex his political muscle to flip the governor's mansion in deep-red Louisiana.
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Waters are on the rise again Friday in Venice, where the tide is reaching exceptional levels just three days after the Italian lagoon city experienced its worst flooding in more than 50 years.
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The breakthrough performer from Spain is the first female solo artist to win the top honor, album of the year, since 2006.
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The 2019 edition of the World Happiness Report finds little change at the top.
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She's trying to make the Ukraine scandal behind the impeachment inquiry easier for everyone to understand.
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Two top State Department officials on Ukraine policy adhered to the cautious language of professional diplomats.
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A student gunman opened fire at a Southern California high school, killing two students and wounding three others.
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The subpoena from is seeking Trump's tax returns back to 2011 from his accounting firm as part of a criminal investigation.