Nation Oct 15

On Monday's NewsHour: The money behind the ad war this election year Close congressional races, including the battle for a Senate seat in Massachusetts The Syrian war, amid reports that weapons are going to militants linked to Al-qaida And, the…

Nation Oct 12

On Friday's NewsHour: The candidates are in swing states after a spirited vice-presidential debate How women's issues are playing in the campaign Who best predicts election winners: pollsters or gamblers? Mark Shields and David Brooks And, the Nobel Peace Prize…

Nation Oct 11

On Thursday's NewsHour: The vice-presidential contenders meet for their only debate Rising tensions between Turkey and Russia over Syria, as the Turks force a Russian plane to land How Medicare's playing in House races And a Chinese writer wins the…

Nation Oct 09

On Tuesday's NewsHour: The latest from the court, where Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison for child abuse Alleged domestic security threats from a powerful Chinese telecom And, Chicago makes changes -- from streets…

Nation Oct 08

On Monday's NewsHour: The differences between the presidential candidates on foreign policy A deadly meningitis outbreak, now in nine states The Nobel Prize for discovering how to reprogram adult cells to behave like embryonic stem cells And Salman Rushdie's memoir…

Nation Oct 05

On Friday's NewsHour: The jobless rate slides under 8 percent for the first time since January 2009 The hotly contested Senate race in Missouri Mark Shields and David Brooks And, an election story from Venezuela -- where an opposition candidate…

Nation Oct 04

On Thursday's NewsHour: The candidates are back on the campaign trail, fresh off their first debate We drill down into two issues from last night: taxes and the deficit Florida voters tell us what they heard And, baseball's first triple…

Nation Oct 03

On Wednesday's NewsHour: Mark Shields and David Brooks preview the first presidential debate Early voting begins in the swing state of Iowa Loose seats and labor troubles for American Airlines And a breakthrough in genetic testing for critically ill newborns…

Politics Oct 02

University of Denver students take the stage Tuesday during a rehearsal for Wednesday's presidential debate at the Ritchie Center in Denver. Photo by Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post PBS NewsHour will be Debate Central all day Wednesday leading up to…

Nation Oct 01

The Supreme Court opens a new term -- what's on this session's docket? The presidential candidates fine tune their messages days before the first debate A decision looms for Pennsylvania's tough voter ID law An Independent Lens documentary on turning…