The story of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, written and published the following week.

On the workings of Sarah Palin’s inner circle.

An investigation into Lashkar-i-Taiba, the group behind the 2008 Mumbai massacre, and why Pakistani authorities has not arrested their leaders.

A profile of Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson, published at the height of the controversy.

A profile of embattled White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

Are we at war? The U.S. government’s evolving response to cyber security and its impact on privacy.

A report from Nevada, where an economy in crisis and a Tea Party upstart are threatening to topple Harry Reid, the most nationally powerful politician in the state’s history.

A profile of Canadian politician Jamie Lee Hamilton.

A behind-the-scenes account of the tense negotiations, involving Gorbachev, Kohl, Bush, and Thatcher, that led from the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall to a reunified Germany. (Translated from German.)

A profile of the perpetually disappointed Alec Baldwin.

Foreign policy as architecture; how embassies went from lavish social hubs to reinforced strongholds.

An interview with Michael Maren, who spent nearly twenty years working in Africa as an aid worker and then a journalist, on why NGOs and “feed an African child” charities do more harm than good.

Not long ago, Rand Paul, opthalmologist and son of Ron, would have been written off as a wacky extremist. Thanks to his Dad and the Tea Partiers, he’s poised to become the most radical member of the U.S Senate.

A profile of Joe Biden, whose political stock has continued to rise even as his boss’s falls.

A profile of Rahm Emanuel, written during his first congressional campaign in Illinois. Emanuel was running to fill the seat vacated by Rod Blagojevich.

A profile of Viktor Bout, believed to be the largest arms trafficker in the world. A Russian who bought his first cargo planes at age 25, Bout has been in the news recently after being arrested in Thailand.

The surreal world of Sarah Palin and her road show.

A day in the political life of Barack Obama.

How Juarez became the murder capital of the world.

How sex scandals have made Silvio Berlusconi even more powerful in Italy.

A year after dozens died protesting his election and hundreds more were imprisoned, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad grants a rare interview to an American journalist.

Pat Robertson was 29 years old, possessionless, and living in a Bed-Stuy brownstone when he announced that God had told him to buy a fledgling TV station in Virginia. Here’s what happened next.

Refugees arriving in the U.S. after receiving asylum face challenges that have led some to return to their war-torn homelands.

Frank Rich on The Promise, Jonathan Alter’s book about the first year of the Obama administration.