• Inspiring speeches on diversity and equal pay rule Emmy night

    Inspiring speeches on diversity and equal pay rule Emmy night

    Sep 23, 2019 12:57 PM EST

    Billy Porter became the first openly gay actor to win best actor in a drama. Other actors issued calls to action over equal pay and transgender rights.

  • WATCH: Booker gives gun policy speech at 2015 church slaying site

    WATCH: Booker gives gun policy speech at 2015 church slaying site

    Aug 07, 2019 01:55 PM EST

    CHARLESTON, S.C. — Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker delivered a gun policy speech on Wednesday in a historic South Carolina church that's become synonymous with hate-fueled attacks on people of faith. Booker spoke from Charleston, South Carolina, today. Watch his remarks in the player above. The speech — following ...

  • Altered presidential seal showed eagle with golf clubs at Trump speech

    Altered presidential seal showed eagle with golf clubs at Trump speech

    Jul 25, 2019 05:39 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it didn't know that an altered presidential seal featuring a two-headed eagle clutching golf clubs would be displayed at a speech by President Donald Trump this week. Spokesman Judd Deere says officials "never saw the seal" before it was projected on a ...

  • In July 4 speech, Trump says U.S. 'stronger than it ever was before'

    In July 4 speech, Trump says U.S. 'stronger than it ever was before'

    Jul 04, 2019 11:17 PM EST

    President Donald Trump said "our nation is stronger than it ever was before," in his speech at the Lincoln Memorial during a special Fourth of July "Salute to America" event. He said that "for Americans, nothing is impossible." He recited a litany of American accomplishments over its history, including the ...

  • In July 4 speech, Trump explains why he thinks America is great

    In July 4 speech, Trump explains why he thinks America is great

    Jul 04, 2019 10:25 PM EST

    President Trump took the stage at his “Salute to America” event this evening. Although there was some apprehension over his speech would be political, his remarks primarily focused on American history and why he thinks the U.S. is as strong as it’s ever been. Judy Woodruff brings us some of what he had to say,...

  • From Jennifer Garner to Tim Cook, highlights from 2019 graduation speeches

    From Jennifer Garner to Tim Cook, highlights from 2019 graduation speeches

    May 31, 2019 10:25 PM EST

    ... place my faith in the highest possible intentions in all things these days, in raising my kid, in choosing my projects, recording music, in making speeches that I suspect will be forgotten. I hope you will do the same. We have so much work to do, class of 2019. Thank ...

  • Biden focuses on Trump in Philadelphia speech

    Biden focuses on Trump in Philadelphia speech

    May 18, 2019 10:02 PM EST

    With 23 Democrats in the race for their party’s presidential nomination, former Vice President Joe Biden is the most recognizable name. But Biden used a campaign kick-off speech in Philadelphia to focus on President Trump and not on his Democratic rivals. NewsHour’s digital politics editor and senior ...

  • WATCH: Trump immigration speech outlines changes to green card and visa systems

    WATCH: Trump immigration speech outlines changes to green card and visa systems

    May 15, 2019 10:31 PM EST

    The latest effort, spearheaded by President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, focuses on beefing up border security and rethinking the nation's green card system so that it would favor people with high-level skills, degrees and job offers instead of relatives of those already in the country.

  • Facebook moderators battle hate speech and violence

    Facebook moderators battle hate speech and violence

    May 04, 2019 07:05 PM EST

    ... debates. And I think in a world where much of our discussion around politics has moved online, it's important to protect a lot of speech, including speech from people that we totally disagree with. Or maybe we think are even acting in bad faith. But at the same time ...

  • Facebook bans Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan for hate speech

    Facebook bans Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan for hate speech

    May 02, 2019 07:26 PM EST

    The company said Thursday that it has also banned right-wing leaders Paul Nehlen, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson and Laura Loomer, along with Jones' site, Infowars.