• Do State of the Union speeches really matter?

    Do State of the Union speeches really matter?

    Jan 30, 2018 05:35 PM EST

    ... speeches themselves played a crucial role in a president’s plans getting turned into law. Historians have long struggled to quantify the effect that the speeches have on public policy. State of the Union speeches “make no difference in terms of legislation,” argued Shirley Anne Warshaw, a presidential scholar at ...

  • Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globes speech inspires speculation about 2020 campaign

    Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globes speech inspires speculation about 2020 campaign

    Jan 09, 2018 02:41 PM EST

    ... Winfrey running, it would also punctuate how Trump’s candidacy has altered political norms. “At the same time, politics is ridiculous right now.” Winfrey’s speech as she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award on Sunday touched on her humble upbringing and childhood wonder in civil rights heroes ...

  • Decoding the mixed signals in Kim Jong Un’s New Year speech

    Decoding the mixed signals in Kim Jong Un’s New Year speech

    Jan 01, 2018 11:35 PM EST

    ... Well, even in recent days, the current administration has tried to martial international -- other countries for continued and even stronger sanctions, right? So, does a speech like this have the potential to change the calculus, if not for the U.S., but perhaps for other countries? Frank Jannuzi: Well, I ...

  • Read Trump’s full speech outlining his national security strategy

    Read Trump’s full speech outlining his national security strategy

    Dec 18, 2017 09:57 PM EST

    "America is coming back and coming back strong," President Donald Trump said today during a speech outlining his national security strategy. Read his full remarks here.

  • WATCH: Sessions jokes about Russian meetings in speech to lawyers

    WATCH: Sessions jokes about Russian meetings in speech to lawyers

    Nov 17, 2017 11:21 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is making light of the grilling he’s received over contacts with Russians. Sessions opened a speech Friday to the conservative Federalist Society by asking if the former Russian ambassador was in the room. Sessions recused himself from the Justice Department’s investigation into Russia ...

  • U.S. opposes Nazi speech, but will vote no at UN to banning it

    U.S. opposes Nazi speech, but will vote no at UN to banning it

    Nov 16, 2017 02:08 PM EST

    ... resolution make it impossible for America to support the document. Introduced by Russia, the resolution calls on all U.N. nations to ban pro-Nazi speech and organizations, and to implement other restrictions on speech and assembly. That’s a non-starter in the U.S., where First Amendment protections ...

  • What Trump said (and didn't say) in his speech to South Korea

    What Trump said (and didn't say) in his speech to South Korea

    Nov 08, 2017 05:00 AM EST

    ... to overthrow it?” (Also, the amount of time Trump spent on South Korean history was strange, Perkovich said, an observation shared by many watching the speech on Twitter). The president left little room for compromise or negotiation. He spoke directly to Kim Jong Un in his speech before the assembly ...

  • Trump's speech sparks a new war of words between U.S., Iran

    Trump's speech sparks a new war of words between U.S., Iran

    Oct 14, 2017 03:25 PM EST

    TEHRAN, Iran — President Donald Trump’s refusal to certify the Iran nuclear deal has sparked a new war of words between the Islamic Republic and America, fueling growing mistrust and a sense of nationalism among Iranians. The speech has also served to unite Iranians across the political spectrum — from Trump ...

  • This is what Jeff Sessions just said about free speech

    This is what Jeff Sessions just said about free speech

    Sep 26, 2017 04:40 PM EST

    Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday during a speech at Georgetown University that the Department of Justice would renew its commitment to "enforce federal law, defend free speech, and protect students’ free expression from whatever end of the political spectrum it may come."

  • WATCH: Sessions says U.S. will intervene in campus free speech cases

    WATCH: Sessions says U.S. will intervene in campus free speech cases

    Sep 26, 2017 04:14 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — Decrying what he sees as political correctness run amok on college campuses, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday the Justice Department will ramp up its support for students who sue universities claiming their free speech rights have been violated. The complexity of the free-speech issue was on display ...