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Wednesday night was the final presidential debate, but it wasn't the last chance for the candidates to get their facts wrong. In some cases President Bush and John Kerry repeated the same misstatements they'd made in previous debates. Hear NPR's John Ydstie.

Protests are held in Washington, D.C., and in San Francisco, to oppose the continued U.S. occupation of Iraq. Demonstrators in the nation's capital also focused on the U.S.A. Patriot Act. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Andrea Seabrook.

Two Senators want to create an intelligence command center inside the Pentagon to oversee all eight intelligence agencies. Sens. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) have introduced the legislation, which would alter the intelligence reform law passed last December.

Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has announced that he has filed papers to create a presidential exploratory committee. The announcement is a first step in the senator's potential 2008 run for president.

President-elect Barack Obama has named General James Jones as national security adviser. Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO) discusses his longtime friend's personality and national security outlook.

Americans honored veterans around the country Sunday in celebration of Veterans Day. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke to mourners gathered at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is the 25th anniversary of the memorial wall.

Now a fixture on the education landscape, TFA faces new challenges — from inside and out.

The federal government remains shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the shutdown is affecting services across the country.

A group of Native American students created a video to show that their community is about more than alcoholism, broken homes and crime. The students are in Washington, D.C., Monday to lobby Congress for increased funding for schools on reservations.

The Smithsonian is closing its seven museums and the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. because of the recent spike in COVID cases. Other cultural institutions also announced closures.