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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

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to resign, his office said Thursday, ending an unprecedented political crisis over his future that has paralyzed Britain's government.

Embattled UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson agrees to resign

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The parents of a 2-year-old boy who got lost during the July 4 parade shooting in suburban Chicago are among those killed, authorities said as friends and family mourned their lost loved ones.

Amid the Highland Park carnage, seven dead and a toddler left alone

A police officer armed with a rifle watched the gunman in the Uvalde elementary school massacre walk toward the campus but did not fire while waiting for permission from a supervisor to shoot, the report said.

New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde shooting

The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago, authorities said.

Police: Parade shooting suspect contemplated 2nd shooting

Pat Cipollone, Trump's former White House counsel, is scheduled to testify Friday before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a person briefed on the matter.

Trump White House counsel Cipollone to testify to 1/6 panel

Members of Johnson's own Conservative Party — wearied by the many scandals he has faced — also challenged their leader, with one asking whether there was anything that might prompt him to resign.

UK's Johnson battles to stay in job after top ministers quit

Authorities were called to his home twice in 2019 for threats of violence and suicide, police said.

Parade shooting suspect bought 5 weapons despite threats

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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

Long Islanders on Tuesday reacted to the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that showed the court could be poised to overturn the longstanding Roe v. Wade abortion ruling. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

Long Islanders react to leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade

Newsday's Joye Brown and Faith Jessie discuss President Biden's first State of the Union address and what it means for Long Islanders.

State of the Union: What it means for LI

President Joe Biden appeared in Manhattan Thursday, saying he has called on Congress to pass a budget later this year that provides an additional $300 million for cities like New York for community policing.

Biden calls on Congress for an additional $300M for community policing

Biden: U.S. raid in Syria killed top Islamic State leader

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