Week in the News

Epic flooding in the Northeast this week, and plenty more news beyond.

Big money promised for Haiti. Subway bombings in Moscow. Offshore drilling pushed by the Obama White House. And a raft of Christian militia arrests in Michigan.

We’ve got Republican National Committee embarrassment over a GOP outing to a lesbian bondage club in Hollywood. Trouble for the Pope. A big court ruling that Bush-era wiretaps were illegal.

Then, there were the criminal charges over high school bullying. And job numbers that may be less than they seem.

This Hour, On Point: Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.Guests:

Ruth Marcus, editorial writer and columnist at The Washington Post.

Kimberley Strassel, columnist and editorial board member at The Wall Street Journal.

Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst and senior editor at The Atlantic.