Washington’s new pledge to Syria: More military aid to the rebels. We’ll ask what aid and what it may mean.

NSA leaks and Edward Snowden. Immigration moves. Colorado on fire. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Conservative National Review editor Rich Lowry on the Republican Party, from Abe Lincoln’s time to today’s Tea Party tensions.

The Feds and our phone records, the high court and our DNA, hot Turkey, Susan Rice. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

President Obama names UN ambassador Susan Rice as his new national security adviser. Plus, protest and crackdown in Turkey.

Home prices surge. Eric Holder feels the heat. The Chinese move to buy a major American food producer. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Conflict and co-dependence between the U.S. and China.

Oklahoma’s monster tornado. The president on counterterrorism. A vote on gay Boy Scouts.

New Yorker writer George Packer says yes. He reflected on the nation’s core institutions failing the American people.

Uproar over the IRS and its inquiries. Over snooping on the AP. We tackle both.