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A significant portion of the Inflation Reduction Act focuses on energy and includes incentives for going green. NewsdayTV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

How the climate bill's energy incentives could impact LIers

Watch the July 21st hearing, which aimed to show a "minute by minute" accounting of Trump's actions that day and how rather than stop the violence, he watched it all unfold on television at the White House.

January 6 committee: Lawmakers hold Trump 'responsible' 

In its 7th public hearing, the Jan. 6 committee divulged details of an "unhinged" late night meeting at the White House with defeated President Donald Trump's outside lawyers suggesting the military seize state voting machines in a last-ditch effort to pursue his false claims of voter fraud before he summoned a mob to the U.S. Capitol.

Jan. 6 panel probes 'unhinged' meeting, Trump rally call

President Joe Biden on Thursday awarded two Long Islanders with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at The White House.

Biden awards 2 LIers Presidential Medal of Freedom

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"I once asked, 'If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?' Now I know the answer to that question," the statement said.

Trump says he took the Fifth in NY civil investigation

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Shahram Poursafi, identified by U.S. officials as a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, is currently wanted by the FBI on charges related to the murder-for-hire plot.

Iranian operative charged in plot to murder John Bolton

Federal authorities grew increasingly concerned that Trump or his lawyers and aides had not, in fact, returned all the documents and other material that were government property, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Mar-a-Lago search appears focused on whether Trump, aides withheld items

Ukraine's air force said Wednesday that nine Russian warplanes were destroyed in massive explosions at an air base in Crimea amid speculation they were the result of a Ukrainian attack that would represent a significant escalation in the war.

Ukraine says 9 Russian warplanes destroyed in Crimea blasts

The package includes tax credits and rebates for buying electric vehicles and for installing solar panels or heat pumps. It also caps annual drug costs for those on Medicare.

How the $739B climate, health bill likely will impact consumers

It marked a dramatic escalation of law enforcement scrutiny of Trump, who faces an array of inquiries tied to his conduct in the waning days of his administration.

FBI's search of Trump's Florida estate: Why now?

Samuel Bankman-Fried, 30, founder of the cryptocurrency platform FTX, has bankrolled at least $1 million in political spending in New York.

Cryptocurrency billionaire roils NY Democratic Congress races

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The select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot holds another hearing, this time to hear testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide in Donald Trump's White House.

Jan. 6 committee hears testimony from former top Trump aide

Newsday TV's Shari Einhorn speaks with LGBT Network President/CEO David Kilmnick about conservative Supreme Court potentially targeting gay rights.

LGBTQ community concerned about Supreme Court targeting same sex marriage

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade.

President Biden addresses nation on Roe ruling

Governor Hochul, President Biden weigh in on controversial ruling that removes Constitution right to abortion.  Shari Einhorn and Newsday White House correspondent Laura Figueroa break down the impact of the ruling.

Supreme Court ruling strikes down Roe V. Wade

The Jan. 6 committee will hear from former Justice Department officials who faced down a relentless pressure campaign from Donald Trump over the 2020 presidential election results while suppressing a bizarre challenge from within their own ranks.

Watch live: Trump's pressure on Justice Department

The Select Committee investigating the January 6th Attack on the Capitol holds its fourth public hearing, this time focused on President Donald Trump's efforts to pressure state officials to remain in office for a second term after losing the 2020 presidential election.

Jan. 6 committee holds hearing with elections workers and local officials

Donald Trump's closest advisers viewed his last-ditch efforts to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to reject the tally of state electors and overturn the 2020 election as "nuts," "crazy" and even likely incite riots, witnesses revealed in stark testimony to the Jan. 6 committee on Thursday.

Committee focuses on Trump's pressure on VP Mike Pence

Witnesses appeared before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack as the panel focused on the "big lie," Trump's false claims of voter fraud that fueled the defeated Republican president's efforts to overturn the 2020 election and provoked a mob of his supporters to lay siege to the U.S. Capitol.

Capitol riot hearings day 2

Watch the first public hearing by a special House committee investigating Trump loyalists' attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted lawmakers meeting to certify President Joe Biden's election on Jan. 6, 2021.

'We're going to tell the story of a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election'

Hateful rhetoric on social media topic of conversation among lawmakers

Following the shootings at a Texas elementary school and a Buffalo supermarket, there is a renewed call for gun reform from some and more pushback from others. Newsday's Faith Jessie and Laura Figueroa have the story.

After Uvalde and Buffalo shootings, some call for gun reform, others push back

White House officials have signaled that any plan that emerges will likely be around the $10,000 in relief Biden pledged as a presidential candidate. Some borrowers, like Leigh-Ann Barde of Central Islip, say it's a start but won't cover all their student debts. Newsday TV's Steve Langford reports.

Biden expected to offer partial student loan forgiveness plan

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