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Chickens at a poultry farm in Hefei, eastern China. Antibiotics are often used to keep them healthy in densely packed quarters.

U.N. Pledges To Fight Antibiotic Resistance In Historic Agreement

Drug resistance is no longer a matter of health. It could have massive implications for the world's economy and food supply.

Kiefer Sutherland stars as Tom Kirkman, a lower-level Cabinet member who suddenly becomes president of the United States, in the ABC series <em>Designated Survivor, </em>which premieres Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET.

Kiefer Sutherland Takes Over The Oval Office As The 'Designated Survivor'

Sutherland plays a Cabinet member who becomes president after an explosion takes out the U.S. Capitol — and everyone above him in the pecking order. Critic John Powers has a review.

Republicans Begin Hearings To Peel Back Dodd-Frank

House Republicans hold a hearing Wednesday on a plan to rewrite Dodd-Frank, the law put in place after the 2008 financial crisis. The Republican plan is known as the Financial Choice Act.

From the left then-approps chair Richard Corcoran, R-Lutz, and Sen. Tom Lee, R-Brandon, begin the compromise process as full conference committee met June 11, 2015, while finalizing key portions of the state's budget within Criminal and Civil Justice

So Much For Transparency: Concerns Mount Over Legislature's Shrouded Budget Plans

Florida lawmakers have a budget. But that’s come at the cost of a process that has in recent years, been a lot more transparent than it is now....

The North Korean flag flies above the country's embassy in Beijing last month. China is the North's most important trading partner and ally, but lately Beijing has been placing pressure on Pyongyang over the North's nuclear and missile programs.

North Korea Pens Singular, Scathing Criticism Of Its Singular Ally, China

The country's state-run news agency issued a rare broadside against Beijing, its most important trade partner and ally, for "its reckless act of chopping down the pillar of the DPRK-China relations."

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe will be sitting in James Comey's chair for the Senate Intelligence Committee's hearing on Thursday.

Acting FBI Boss To Take Comey's Place At Senate Intel Hearing

The interim head of the FBI is set to appear with the other intelligence leaders in a session planned before President Trump fired James Comey.

Economists Debate If Tax Cuts Pay For Themselves

A decades-old economic theory is making a comeback. The theory: tax cuts can pay for themselves. Trump administration advisers have repeated this mantra to explain their corporate tax rate cut.

Hackers Used Stolen NSA Tool To Conduct Global Cyberattacks

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Craig Timberg of The Washington Post about the tool hackers stole from the National Security Agency to conduct massive cyberattacks around the world on Friday.

Russia Probe Needs To Be Thorough And Bipartisan, Rep. Hurd Says

Rachel Martin talks to GOP Rep. Will Hurd of Texas about this week's news involving President Trump. Including, the Department of Justice naming a special counsel to take over the FBI's Russia probe.

Sen. Clarie McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks to the media after the closed briefing on Capitol Hill with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday.

Deputy Attorney General Knew Comey Was Out Before Writing Critical Memo, Senators Say

After a closed meeting with Rod Rosenstein, senators say the deputy attorney general "answered a lot of questions but declined to answer a lot, as well" about the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

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