Politics Oct 22

Mitt Romney and President Obama at the Oct. 22 debate in Boca Raton, Fla. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama and Mitt Romney met Monday night for their third and final presidential debate before voters go to the polls…

World Oct 22

Soldiers in Lebanon worked Monday to squelch gunbattles and other violence stemming from Friday's car bombing that killed an intelligence official in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. Chief of Lebanon's police intelligence department, Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan,…

Nation Oct 17

On Wednesday's NewsHour: The presidential candidates hit the road after last night's combative and personal debate We examine the facts in dispute after that face-off And the reality and rhetoric on China Plus, one group's efforts to help victims of…

Nation Oct 16

On Tuesday's NewsHour: The presidential candidates meet for a town hall debate -- their second head to head contest Two new drugs linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak The foreign policy debate this election year And, Cuba announces it will…

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…