Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in the northern Gaza Strip Nov. 14, 2012. Photo by Darren Whiteside/REUTERS. Thursday afternoon, Hamas representative Usamah Hamdan agreed to come on the NewsHour's broadcast to be interviewed by correspondent Ray Suarez by…

With a federal deadline looming Friday, eight states remained undecided about whether to build state-based online insurance markets designed to help millions of people buy health coverage starting next October. Still wrestling with the decision as of midday Thursday were…

Polling organization Latino Decisions estimates that Obama earned 75 percent of the Hispanic vote. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Editor's note: PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Ray Suarez contributed this article to Foreign Affairs. You can read the full article on the…