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  • Firings over callous remarks on Kirk’s killing spark debate on limits of free speech

    Firings over callous remarks on Kirk’s killing spark debate on limits of free speech

    Sep 15, 2025 10:45 PM EDT

    ... slavery materials in the 1840s and 1850s, whether that is, as was mentioned before, Joseph McCarthy and the blacklist, whether that was the suppression of speech in the Jim Crow South. And you can speak to any number of private individuals who have been harmed and killed in the course ...

  • Son of detained Hong Kong journalist Jimmy Lai on Beijing’s crackdown on speech

    Son of detained Hong Kong journalist Jimmy Lai on Beijing’s crackdown on speech

    Sep 12, 2025 10:35 PM EDT

    A Hong Kong court is set to deliver a verdict soon for democracy activist and media magnate Jimmy Lai, who has been detained for five years. He’s accused of sedition and collusion with foreign forces, but his supporters call the trial a sham and say the only thing he’s guilty of committing is journalism. Nick...

  • Trump says he didn't know an offensive term he used in a speech is considered antisemitic

    Trump says he didn't know an offensive term he used in a speech is considered antisemitic

    Jul 04, 2025 02:10 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he didn't know the term “shylock” is considered antisemitic when he used it in a speech to describe unscrupulous moneylenders. Trump told reporters early Friday after returning from an event in Iowa that he had “never heard it that way” and “never heard ...

  • WATCH: House Minority Leader Jeffries gives marathon speech criticizing GOP tax cut bill

    WATCH: House Minority Leader Jeffries gives marathon speech criticizing GOP tax cut bill

    Jul 03, 2025 02:49 PM EDT

    ... for any interaction with other members.Republicans who were sitting on the floor when Jeffries started trickled out, leaving half the chamber empty. When the speech was over, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., called it “a bunch of hogwash." The speech “will not change the ...

  • WATCH: Sen. Padilla's full Senate floor speech recounting his removal from Noem's LA briefing

    WATCH: Sen. Padilla's full Senate floor speech recounting his removal from Noem's LA briefing

    Jun 17, 2025 07:43 PM EDT

    In an emotional speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., on Tuesday recalled his experience at a Homeland Security news conference where he was handcuffed and briefly detained, and called on his fellow lawmakers to imagine what could happen to ordinary Americans when the cameras are turned ...

  • Miles Taylor fights Trump's order targeting him, calling it 'an attack on free speech'

    Miles Taylor fights Trump's order targeting him, calling it 'an attack on free speech'

    Jun 04, 2025 10:35 PM EDT

    ... out in your own name, own your words. And I have been saying, I don't think Donald Trump is the biggest threat to free speech in this country. Anonymity is and self-censorship is. People should step forward and be unafraid, and it makes it easier to do what ...

  • WATCH: Trump delivers commencement speech to West Point graduating class of 2025

    WATCH: Trump delivers commencement speech to West Point graduating class of 2025

    May 24, 2025 05:03 PM EDT

    ... yes men,” Trump said, going on to note recent advances in military technology. “We need patriots with guts and vision and backbone.” Trump closed his speech by calling on the graduating cadets to “never ever give up,” then said he was leaving to deal with matters involving Russia and China ...

  • Why King Charles III is visiting Canada to deliver a rare speech from the throne

    Why King Charles III is visiting Canada to deliver a rare speech from the throne

    May 23, 2025 09:20 PM EDT

    ... But I know what the implication is. It's, oh about ... the 51st state, it's over. And, you know, move on.” What is the speech from the throne?The speech sets the legislative agenda for a new session of Parliament. It's not written by the king or his ...

  • WATCH: Kermit the Frog delivers commencement speech at University of Maryland

    WATCH: Kermit the Frog delivers commencement speech at University of Maryland

    May 22, 2025 08:15 PM EDT

    Members of the University of Maryland’s class of 2025 received their diplomas Thursday evening with sage advice from the amphibious Muppet ringing in their ears.

  • Pope Leo XIV calls for release of imprisoned journalists, affirms gift of free speech and press

    Pope Leo XIV calls for release of imprisoned journalists, affirms gift of free speech and press

    May 12, 2025 02:14 PM EDT

    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the "precious gift of free speech and the press" in an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists who descended on Rome to cover his election as the first American pontiff. Leo ...

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