Democrats charge Republicans with being prisoners of special interests. A young conservative turns that charge around.

Two billion dollars lost in a flash by JP Morgan. Is this an argument for the Volcker rule – cracking down on speculative bets by the banks?

A former Bain Capital man and Romney supporter says income inequality shows our economy is working.

President Obama backs gay marriage. Big elections shake Europe. A double-agent and Al Qaeda. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind on the headlines.

Conservative pundit Bay Buchanan. She’s rallying for Romney and talking life as a single mother.

President Obama declares support for same-sex marriage. We’ll look at the politics of gay marriage.

Language and politics. We’ll look at the power of rhetoric from Aristotle to Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

The U.S. gives up China’s barefoot lawyer. President Obama in Afghanistan. “Occupy” is back. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

John Edwards on trial, accused of using nearly a million dollars in campaign funds to hide an affair. Is he a cad or a criminal? Should he be facing up to 30 years in jail?

Former Bush speechwriter David Frum on the GOP today and his tough new novel “Patriots.”

We go to famed Middletown, USA — Muncie, Indiana– for a portrait of tough times and Americans checking out of faith in almost everything.

Etgar Keret has been called the Kafka, the Vonnegut, the Woody Allen of Israel. He’s with us.

With the presidential matchup now set, how will the candidates keep voters tuned in during the long run-up to November?

George Zimmerman, charged with murder. Santorum throws in the towel. All eyes on a rocket in North Korea. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Romney rules. Obama says “social Darwinism.” The U.S. will pay rebels in Syria. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

We’ll look at the battle over the U.S. economy that’s shaping up at the heart of the fall campaign.

Health care and the high court. A JetBlue freak-out. The Trayvon Martin story grows. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Afghanistan after the massacre. Santorum takes Dixie. Goldman Sachs takes a punch. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Republican candidates on the stump are saying the America they love is on the line. Writer Jonathan Chait says they might be right.

Attorney General Eric Holder makes the Obama case for targeted killing. A top Bush lawyer and the head of the ACLU debate it with us.