Global financial panic, and the rough road back, in politics and pocketbooks. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

We’ll talk with the top advisors to Obama and McCain on the number one issue in the world — the economy, and how to save it.

McCain and Obama appeal to the undecided. We’ll score their second debate as they enter the campaign home stretch.

We look at the long-checkered history of financial rescues and bailouts — and what they’ve meant for the U.S. economy.

Conservative columnist Peggy Noonan takes the long view of this American moment, with a call for unity and what she calls “Patriotic Grace.”

Bailout maneuvers, market swings. Palin versus Biden. And Obama inches up in the polls. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Sarah Palin prepares for Joe Biden and her first national debate. It’s been one month since she stepped onto the national stage. We take stock.

The presidential election and the U.S. Supreme Court. Top legal thinkers on what an Obama Court or a McCain Court would mean for the country.

We open up the phone lines and hear from listeners on the historic bailout failure, the financial crisis, and what should happen now.

Five weeks to Election Day. We’ll look at the Obama and McCain campaigns and strategies, in the midst of crisis.

Washington brinksmanship and the fate of the U.S. economy. We’ll look at bailout plans, the political drama, and the hard road ahead.

Washington in crisis mode, and a week of everything on the line — economy, election, debates. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Brent Scowcroft, national security advisor to Bush I — and a sober critic of Bush II on foreign policy. He joins us for a look abroad now.

The big bailout goes to Congress, and the pressure for action is intense. We’ll go to the Hill, and beyond, for a hard look at Washington’s options.

Economy in crisis — and 46 million Americans without health insurance. We ask advisers to Obama and McCain how each would tackle the health-care crisis now.

We’ll look at the historic Federal bailout of America’s financial system — and what it will, and should, mean for Wall Street and the rest of the country.

Financial crisis sweeps Wall Street, the world, and the presidential campaign. Our news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Former Bush Treasury official John Taylor, now advising McCain, and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, now advising Obama, on the way out of this financial crisis.

Robert Kuttner, co-editor of The American Prospect and a leading progressive voice on economics, calls for a transformative response to America’s economic crisis. We’ll hear his case.