Record profits on Wall Street. A Republican votes for health care reform. And insurgent attacks rock Pakistan. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

World leaders on stage in New York and Pittsburgh. Terror arrests in Denver. New hope for an AIDS vaccine. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Max Baucus rolls out a healthcare plan. Missile defense. Murder at Yale. Jimmy Carter talks race. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

A huge pitch for health care. Hubble brings home deep space. And the Supreme Court takes up “Hillary: The Movie.” Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Dick Cheney defends CIA interrogations. California wildfires threaten thousands. And Afghanistan on the edge. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

The nation mourns Ted Kennedy. The health care debate rages on. And the attorney general names a prosecutor on torture. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Election in Afghanistan. Democrats push back on health care. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

The president stumps for health care, and the town halls stay hot. The Fed sees hope. Hillary Clinton tours Africa. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Cash for clunkers. Hope for the economy. And a dramatic homecoming for two freed American journalists. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Health care maneuvers in Washington. Diplomacy in the Middle East. And a White House beer summit. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Health care politics in high gear. Clinton talks tough in Asia. And a professor’s arrest stirs debate on race. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

The president in Moscow and Rome. Street battles in China. Fireworks in Washington over health care and jobs. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

A U.S. offensive in Afghanistan. Al Franken heads to the Senate. Mark Sanford keeps talking. And unemployment keeps rising. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Iranian crackdown. Health care politics in high gear. And the South Carolina governor’s Argentine affair. Our weekly news roundtable unpacks the headlines.

Big banks bolt TARP. CEOs get a pay czar. Iran goes to the polls. And a deadly shooting in Washington. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Obama in Egypt. GM in bankruptcy. And a French airliner goes down. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

Democrats defy Obama on Guantanamo. The president speaks. Detroit emissions get a haircut. Iran tests a missile. It’s the weekly news roundtable.

Obama puts the brakes on photos of abuse. Health care and Wall Street get wake-up calls. An Afghan commander gets the boot. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

The New York Times’ David Leonhardt on the economy. The Washington Post’s Perry Bacon on politics. And Jack Beatty on it all.

Pandemic fever. Arlen Specter joins the Democrats. Chrysler in bankruptcy. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.