National and World news stories | Newsday

Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C. Arizona's Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions Democratic ... Read More

World News

By Elian Peltier Mr. Khan defeated a right-wing rival who focused on crime and cars, his victory another ominous sign for Britain’s ruling Conservatives ahead of a general election. Read More

Political News

A new ABC News and IPSOS poll shows an uptick in Americans saying the U.S. is doing too much to support Israel, compared to January. Read More

Lede Stories

Actress and TIME Earth Award honoree Jane Fonda urged Americans to leverage their voting power to make politicians care about the climate crisis. The judge overseeing the former president's ... Read More

Fabricated document is not UN directive to create 'one world government' | Fact check

A document circulating on social media is supposed to show the U.N. plans to institute a "one world government" by July 4, 2025. It is fabricated. Read More

The Oppenheimer story that won't win Oscars

But 80 years later, some local people say their story ... The US government has established compensation funds for people in areas where tests happened in later years but New Mexico has not ... Read More

News organizations have trust issues as they gear up to cover another election, a poll finds

Americans have a message for news organizations as they prepare to cover the 2024 election: About half of Americans say they're concerned that outlets will report inaccuracies or misinformation. Read More

Climate and Environment

This interactive F.A.Q. will tackle your climate questions big and small ... the industry is fighting a battle over regulations and over its image. Shell and others say they plan to drill for ... Read More

How the US shifted from rapping Israel over Gaza to defending it from Iran

The Swiss channel had been used to send a series of messages between the US and Iran over the last two weeks, but the senior administration official insisted that Tehran did not tip off Washington ... Read More

Iran threatens to attack Israel with weapons it has ‘not used before’ as it gets military support from Russia

“We are ready to use weapons that we have not used before,” the official told Al-Mayadeen News, according to the ... is made up of rebuilt Soviet and US jets from before 1979 — as well ... Read More

Trevor Story fighting through tears over injury news: "Hard to make sense of it"

BOSTON -- Trevor Story has missed a lot of time during his Red Sox career, and he's about to miss a whole lot more. But the veteran shortstop is taking the latest injury news quite hard. Read More

World News

In his official meetings with Chinese leaders in Beijing, he spoke repeatedly of improvements in ties over the past ... to the official Xinhua News Agency: “If the United States always regards China ... Read More