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  • Fact-checking Trump’s speech on inflation, wages and a military dividend

    Fact-checking Trump’s speech on inflation, wages and a military dividend

    Dec 18, 2025 04:20 PM EST

    The picture President Donald Trump painted Wednesday night contrasts with what Americans say they feel.

  • Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation deceptive practices over editing of his Jan. 6 speech

    Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation deceptive practices over editing of his Jan. 6 speech

    Dec 16, 2025 02:11 PM EST

    The speech took place before some of Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress was poised to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election that Trump falsely alleged was stolen from him. WATCH: BBC under scrutiny over edit of Trump’s speech on ...

  • Trump’s affordability speech turns into a rant against immigrants

    Trump’s affordability speech turns into a rant against immigrants

    Dec 10, 2025 11:40 PM EST

    President Trump was on the road in Pennsylvania Tuesday to address affordability, an issue that has dragged down his approval ratings. But at the event the president reverted to campaign mode, delivering a long speech that included a rant about immigrants. Democratic strategist Ameshia Cross and Republican Tiffany Smiley, a former U.S. Senate candidate, join...

  • BBC under scrutiny over edit of Trump's speech on Jan. 6

    BBC under scrutiny over edit of Trump's speech on Jan. 6

    Nov 11, 2025 11:30 PM EST

    President Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1 billion, claiming a documentary misrepresented his role in the Jan. 6 attack. Trump’s legal team says the BBC edited video to look like he urged supporters to “fight like hell” immediately after directing them to march on the Capitol. The two lines came more than...

  • BBC director resigns after criticism of broadcaster’s editing of Trump's Jan. 6 speech

    BBC director resigns after criticism of broadcaster’s editing of Trump's Jan. 6 speech

    Nov 09, 2025 07:39 PM EST

    LONDON (AP) — The head of the BBC and the British broadcaster's top news executive both resigned Sunday after criticism of the way the organization edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. The BBC said Director-General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness had both decided to ...

  • WATCH: Sen. Merkley stages marathon overnight speech to protest Trump during shutdown

    WATCH: Sen. Merkley stages marathon overnight speech to protest Trump during shutdown

    Oct 22, 2025 02:51 PM EST

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RIYswjRACo Merkley said during his speech that Republicans were the ones shutting down the government “to continue the strategy of slashing Americans’ health care” after passing cuts to Medicaid and other programs over the summer. He used several hours of his speech to describe ...

  • WATCH: Trump celebrates hostage release, calls for Netanyahu pardon in speech to Israeli parliament

    WATCH: Trump celebrates hostage release, calls for Netanyahu pardon in speech to Israeli parliament

    Oct 13, 2025 02:47 PM EST

    ... U.S. president will continue on to Egypt for a summit with more than two dozen other nations, although he was running hours late as speeches at the Knesset continued longer than expected. "They might not be there by the time I get there, but we’ll give it a ...

  • In 'Terms of Respect,' Princeton president argues colleges are encouraging free speech

    In 'Terms of Respect,' Princeton president argues colleges are encouraging free speech

    Sep 30, 2025 10:25 PM EST

    Christopher L. Eisgruber: Yes. I think one of the things to understand about the terms of respect and what respect is, nobody gets to authoritatively define what respect means. Part of what we do in the United States, an important part of free speech controversies is that we contest what ...

  • Law professor sues West Point over rules he says curb free speech

    Law professor sues West Point over rules he says curb free speech

    Sep 24, 2025 10:40 PM EST

    The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is facing a lawsuit that claims it’s violating the First Amendment. The suit, filed by its own law professor, Tim Bakken, alleges that the academy is banning professors from expressing opinions in the classroom and demanding that they seek approval to speak publicly. Geoff Bennett sat down with...

  • Trump manages another Republican makeover, this time on free speech and cancel culture

    Trump manages another Republican makeover, this time on free speech and cancel culture

    Sep 24, 2025 06:19 PM EST

    ... in charge again. "They will silence us,” Cruz said. The organization Kirk founded, Turning Point USA, has not commented directly on the Trump shift on speech, though his widow and new Turning Point CEO Erika Kirk on Sunday called the First Amendment “the most human amendment” and said “no assassin ...

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