• Obama criticizes virus response in online graduation speech

    Obama criticizes virus response in online graduation speech

    May 17, 2020 12:57 AM EST

    Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized U.S. leaders overseeing the nation's response to the coronavirus, telling college graduates in an online commencement address that the pandemic shows many officials "aren’t even pretending to be in charge.”

  • Mississippi auditor finds Brett Favre paid from welfare funds for speeches he never gave

    Mississippi auditor finds Brett Favre paid from welfare funds for speeches he never gave

    May 06, 2020 09:32 PM EST

    ... program. The audit says Favre Enterprises was paid $500,000 in December 2017 and $600,000 in June 2018, and he was supposed to make speeches for at least three events. The auditor's report says that "upon a cursory review of those dates, auditors were able to determine that ...

  • WATCH: Bloomberg looks beyond Super Tuesday in Florida speech

    WATCH: Bloomberg looks beyond Super Tuesday in Florida speech

    Mar 04, 2020 02:06 AM EST

    Bloomberg told supporters at a West Palm Beach rally that "winning in November starts with Florida," a state that won't vote until March 17.

  • Jewish leaders seek better policing of online hate speech

    Jewish leaders seek better policing of online hate speech

    Feb 14, 2020 02:56 PM EST

    ... can't be said is a thorny issue, said Alex Samos, former chief security officer of Facebook. "Discussions about what is lawful or not lawful speech are extremely complicated,” he said. WATCH: Derek Black grew up as a white nationalist. Here’s how he changed his mind He noted that ...

  • WATCH: Trump slams opponents in speech celebrating his acquittal

    WATCH: Trump slams opponents in speech celebrating his acquittal

    Feb 05, 2020 10:29 PM EST

    “It was evil, it was corrupt," President Donald Trump declared at the White House. “This should never ever happen to another president, ever.”

  • WATCH: Pelosi rips up Trump’s State of the Union speech

    WATCH: Pelosi rips up Trump’s State of the Union speech

    Feb 05, 2020 03:50 AM EST

    ... the speech altogether. “After much deliberation, I have decided that I will not use my presence at a state ceremony to normalize Trump’s lawless conduct & subversion of the Constitution,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted a few hours before the speech. “None of this is normal, and I will not legitimize it.”

  • Democratic women wear white for Trump's State of the Union speech

    Democratic women wear white for Trump's State of the Union speech

    Feb 05, 2020 01:46 AM EST

    The House is lit for television ahead of President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech, and members of Congress are showing off their priorities. Many Democratic women are wearing white Tuesday to align themselves with suffragettes a century after women won the right to vote. Some also are ...

  • WATCH: Biden promises to unite the country in Iowa caucus speech

    WATCH: Biden promises to unite the country in Iowa caucus speech

    Feb 04, 2020 05:11 AM EST

    "We feel good about where we are, so it's onto New Hampshire," Biden said Monday night.

  • Trump to tout U.S. 'comeback' at State of the Union speech

    Trump to tout U.S. 'comeback' at State of the Union speech

    Feb 01, 2020 04:22 PM EST

    ... the speech that Trump is scheduled to deliver before a joint session of Congress Tuesday But for the second straight year, Trump will deliver his speech with a cloud over his presidency as his Senate impeachment edges to a rancorous close. Last year, Trump was forced to postpone his speech ...

  • Queen Elizabeth II to admit 'bumpy' year in Christmas speech

    Queen Elizabeth II to admit 'bumpy' year in Christmas speech

    Dec 24, 2019 12:32 PM EST

    ... It was recorded before the queen's husband, Prince Philip, was hospitalized in London as a precautionary measure. Excerpts released by Buckingham Palace before the speech show the queen admits difficulties during the course of the year. Talking about the need for reconciliation and forgiveness, Elizabeth says: “The path, of ...