Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.S. Congress, the actor-turned-wartime leader's latest video speech as he uses the West's great legislative bodies as a global stage to orchestrate support against Russia's crushing invasion.


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President Joe Biden urged Americans to resolve their differences "at the ballot box" after Sunday's assassination attempt, while former President Donald Trump reflected, "I'm not supposed to be here; I'm supposed to be dead."

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President Joe Biden's campaign, with actor Robert De Niro, showed up outside the Manhattan courtroom where closing arguments were held in Donald Trump's criminal case.

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The world awaits a decision from the jury on the fate of ex-President Trump in his criminal trial in New York. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports. 

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One day after a jury found ex-President Donald Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in his hush money trial, Long Islanders react. 

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The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place on Friday in Moscow after several locations declined to host the service, his spokesperson says.

The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be on Friday, spokesperson says

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Read Newsday's complete coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas.

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Hamas released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza, as the U.S. expressed increasing concern that the escalating Israel-Hamas war will spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops.

Hamas frees 2 Israeli women held hostage in Gaza

What to know about the Mideast conflict that already has left thousands dead.

Israel-Hamas war: Answers to questions, and what could come next

Two of the most influential foreign policy voices on Capitol Hill were targeted, as were Asia experts at Washington think tanks and journalists from CNN, including Jim Sciutto.

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Long Island supporters of Israel — those who live here, those who have moved there, and those who were visiting — are still in shock.

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The Ukrainian president denounced the attack in the village of Hroza as a "demonstrably brutal Russian crime" and "a completely deliberate act of terrorism."

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Michael Cohen, ex-President Trump's former fixer, testifies over payments he allegedly made to Stormi Daniels to conceal an alleged 2006 encounter between her and Trump.

Trump trial: Michael Cohen takes the stand, Day 2

Michael Cohen testified about hatching what prosecutors said was a "criminal conspiracy" with Trump and the National Enquirer editor to kill stories that could damage Trump's prospects for winning the presidency.

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NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports on the historic verdict with other Newsday writers.

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An apparent Israeli drone attack on Iran saw troops fire air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site near the central city of Isfahan.

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On Wednesday, the Biden administration finalized strict limits on certain so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports.

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Rescuers were searching for survivors Tuesday after a container ship rammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing its collapse.

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Disgraced former congressman George Santos announced Thursday he plans to challenge Rep. Nick LaLota for New York's 1st Congressional District seat, Newsday Columnist Joye Brown reports.

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Among the guests expected to attend tonight's speech are the mother and brother of Plainview native Omer Neutra, who serves in the Israeli army and is believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas during the early hours of the Israel-Hamas war.

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Spc. Kennedy Sanders' mother speaks about her daughter, who was killed along with two other U.S. Army Reserve soldiers from Georgia, Sgt. William Jerome Rivers and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, in a drone strike Sunday.

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"Our hearts may be broken but our resolve is clear," said Biden, who compared the brutality of the Hamas militants to that of the Islamic State terrorist group. He added: "Let there be no doubt. The United States has Israel's bac

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A submersible carrying five people to the Titanic imploded, the Coast Guard said on Thursday. The pilot and four passengers were all killed. 

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Newsday's Laura Figueroa Hernandez and Joye Brown discuss President Joe Biden's decision to run for reelection in 2024.

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