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Conservatives welcome Trump with delight _ and wariness 02/22/2017 07:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — For the past eight years, thousands of conservative activists have descended on Washington each spring with dreams of putting a Republican in the White House. This year, they're learning reality can be complicated. With Donald Trump's presidential victory, the future of the conse Coming Soon: 2018 Best Graduate Schools Rankings 02/20/2017 07:00pm • U.S. News will unveil the 2018 Best Graduate Schools rankings -- including for business, law, education, engineering, medical and nursing programs -- on usnews.com on March 14. Detailed statistical data collected about each program in these six largest graduate disciplines will be displayed on usnew Congress fails to overturn DC assisted suicide law 02/18/2017 04:11pm • WASHINGTON — Opposition arose last month in Congress to fight D.C.'s assisted suicide law, which was passed last fall by the council and signed into law by Mayor Muriel Bowser. But Congress has failed to vote to overturn the law. Starting Saturday, doctors may begin writing prescriptions for de The Latest: Mnuchin sworn in as treasury secretary 02/13/2017 08:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's Cabinet confirmations (all times EST): 8:55 p.m. Steven Mnuchin has been sworn in as the next treasury secretary. Mnuchin (mih-NOO'-chin) took the oath of office in the Oval Office Monday night. President Donald Trump says that M How to Prepare Your Body -- and Mind -- for a Protest 02/13/2017 07:00pm • So, you want to protest.You've seen the signs. You've heard the chants. You've smelled the sweat. Protests are sweeping the nation following the election of President Donald Trump, from the Women's March on Washington in January to airport assemblies opposing Trump's immigration order barring people Study tracks veterans with traumatic brain injury 02/13/2017 06:17am • WASHINGTON — A far-reaching federal study hopes to provide new detail for veterans suffering from a traumatic brain injury, or TBI. Early research from the Department of Veterans Affairs shows at least 20 percent of all veterans who fought in Iraq or Afghanistan have suffered a TBI. Many heal A divided, testy Senate confirms Trump health secretary 02/10/2017 03:21am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans won Senate confirmation of President Donald Trump's choice for health secretary early Friday in the testy chamber's fourth consecutive brawl over Cabinet picks. Senators approved Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., to head the Health and Human Services Department by a strictly 4 Strategies for Sex Addicts in Recovery to Avoid Relapsing 01/31/2017 07:00pm • For sex addicts, life can be a seemingly never-ending quest to fulfill their sexual compulsions. Some male sex addicts, straight and gay, frequent prostitutes and seek anonymous liaisons through dating apps despite worries about contracting AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Some women se 7 Ways to Avoid Becoming an Elder Orphan 01/25/2017 07:00pm • The number of senior citizens who are single, isolated and who lack a support system to help them deal with health issues and day-to-day living activities has been increasing, prompting the geriatric care industry to coin the term "elder orphan." Many factors contribute to the increase in elder orph These Are the Countries Donald Trump Tweets About Most Often 01/18/2017 07:00pm • When he's not tweeting about the failing, biased media or encouraging people to buy boots and flannel, Donald Trump dabbles in discussing the affairs of other countries. Trump's foreign policy outlines general goals, but the specifics are hazier. For the details on which countries Trump is most li 10 Ways to Raise a Charitable Kid 01/15/2017 07:00pm • Samantha is not yet 4 years old, but she already has the makings of a charitable child. She was distributing school supplies with her family to kids at a homeless shelter, where I was volunteering, and noticed one child in a corner didn't have a backpack. She picked up a spare, walked to him and sa Md. lawmaker meets with Trump -- perhaps about NIH post 01/12/2017 05:09pm • WASHINGTON -- Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, who reportedly is in the running to head the National Institutes of Health, met with President-elect Donald Trump in New York on Wednesday. Harris, the lone Republican in Maryland’s congressional delegation, is also the only member of Congress to have c Crumbling Capital: Major Potomac spill would cripple DC water supply 12/29/2016 02:49am • WASHINGTON — A train crash. A power plant discharge. An underwater pipeline rupture. An act of terrorism. Any of these could quickly cripple the drinking water supply of the nation's capital. And there's no Plan B. "We only have about 24 to 48 hours of water supply available should the Potom When Friends Become Caregivers 12/28/2016 07:00pm • As a growing proportion of America goes gray, the demand for caregivers is increasing. Caregivers help loved ones age in place and assist adults of all ages to manage chronic conditions and deal with physical or mental disabilities. And though most often those duties fall to family, research shows Agent Orange: How Veterans Can Deal With the Long-Term Health Effects 12/26/2016 07:00pm • More than four decades have passed since the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ended and the last American troops left the country. Yet, for veterans of the war -- and in some cases, their next of kin -- the impact of that service on their well-being is still being determined, particularly for th