WASHINGTON -- A new poll found most Americans don't like what Congress has been doing the past few years, even if they don't know the major players in office.

Over 59 percent of respondents to this week's Economist/YouGov poll said they disapproved of Congress' performance, placing the blame on both parties.

But no one is quite sure of how ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are on the precipice of a major win or an embarrassing loss on immigration. Either outcome will have lasting impacts for the current leadership team and future contenders for those jobs.

But the prospect of an immediate backlash against Paul D. Ryan's speakership over anything that could be perceived as an ...Read more

The opioid crisis has shown us that prescription painkillers and their illicit counterparts can wreak havoc in American communities. Now researchers have quantified the damage they can do inside hospitals when administered to patients following surgeries and other invasive medical procedures.

More than 10 percent of hospitalized patients who ...Read more

Walt Disney Co. is getting some serious competition in its effort to acquire 21st Century Fox's movie and television assets: Comcast Corp.

Comcast said Wednesday that it is in the advanced stages of preparing an all-cash counteroffer that will top Disney's $52.4-billion stock bid.

"While no final decision has been made, at this point the work ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- Three more teenage boys have been charged in Baltimore County police Officer Amy Caprio's death Monday.

Darrell Jaymar Ward, 15, of the 2300 block of Ashland Avenue; Derrick Eugene Matthews, 16, of the 200 block of Dallas Court; and Eugene Robert Genuis IV, 17, of the 400 block of Lakewood Road, were each charged with first-degree ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The 2018 electoral map is dotted with Democratic campaigns that closely resemble Bernie Sanders' own unabashedly liberal, anti-establishment presidential candidacy.

But it has markedly fewer candidates who actually supported the progressive champion in 2016.

All across the country this year, many of the progressive heroes of 2018...Read more

WASHINGTON--Two Democrats in Georgia's 6th District will advance to a July runoff for the right to take on Republican Rep. Karen Handel in November.

Since no candidate earned more than 50 percent of the vote in Tuesday's Democratic primary in the suburban Atlanta district, the top-two finishers -- activist Lucy McBath and businessman Kevin Abel...Read more

State Rep. Clarke Tucker won the Democratic primary in Arkansas' 2nd District on Tuesday, to face Republican Rep. French Hill in November.

Tucker was one of four Democrats vying for the nomination, and he comfortably averted a June 19 runoff.

With 67 percent of precincts reporting, he had 57 percent of the vote to 21 percent for his nearest ...Read more

WASHINGTON--Lawyer Lizzie Pannill Fletcher won the Democratic runoff in Texas' 7th District on Tuesday, defeating activist and writer Laura Moser, whom the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee considered a weak general election candidate.

With 63 percent of precincts reporting, Fletcher led Moser, 68 percent to 32 percent, according to ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- While Facebook Inc. has said that it wants to draw the line between news and misinformation, the company turned down an offer to work with a news media trade group to help resolve a conflict, emails show.

News Media Alliance Chief Executive Officer David Chavern on Monday offered a plan that would relieve some news organizations ...Read more

CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion Tuesday of the top U.S. diplomat in Venezuela, accusing him of being involved in a "military conspiracy" against this nation's socialist government.

It was the latest ratcheting up of tensions between the United States and Venezuela, which have been political adversaries for ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that banking records of President Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen appear to have been leaked from a database maintained by his department.

"Our inspector general is reviewing the issue of leaks. There is the appearance that some of the information may have gone out," Mnuchin told the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Planned Parenthood affiliate in Minnesota and the Dakotas is consolidating with the affiliate in Nebraska and Iowa, giving the new St. Paul-based organization stronger financial backing and regional political influence -- but also the challenge of providing and advocating for abortions in two conservative states.

The newly ...Read more

ATLANTA -- Former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams won the Democratic nomination for Georgia's top office on Tuesday, defeating ex-state Rep. Stacey Evans and advancing her quest to become the nation's first black female governor.

She will face one of five Republicans in November in the race to succeed Gov. Nathan Deal, a competition...Read more