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... of Arizona’s U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater, which compelled the moderator to cede Goldwater the microphone during a televised roll call. He gave a speech that catapulted his national profile. “That brought out hardcore people across the country,” said then-organizer David Franke, who would later peel away from ...
... Hari Sreenivasan: But first, abortion and free speech collide at the Supreme Court today. William Brangham takes a look at arguments made before the nine justices this morning. William Brangham: The case before the court involves so-called crisis pregnancy centers -- these are clinics run by anti-abortion groups ...
... steal the momentum behind the effort to resolve the Dreamers' plight. "You see, these people are being deported," Pelosi said around hour six of her speech. "We can do something today to at least make whole the children." While she spoke, immigration activists joined liberals threatening political retribution against the ...
... the bench at a time when judges were white and male, she said. "No president ever returned to the not-so-good-old days," Ginsburg said. Ginsburg was one of five Supreme Court justices who skipped Trump's speech. The others were Justices Alito, Sotomayor, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Donald Trump once again touched on the growing tensions between his White House and North Korea, calling Kim Jong Un's regime “depraved” and saying its “reckless pursuit of nuclear missiles could very soon threaten our homeland.” In a speech heavy ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
In his annual New Year’s address, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un boasted of his country’s nuclear power, while reaching out to South Korea over next month’s Winter Olympic Games. Frank Jannuzi, who took part in the Clinton administration’s talks with North Korea and now heads the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, lends his perspective.
"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.
Sessions opened a speech Friday to the conservative Federalist Society by asking if the former Russian ambassador was in the room.
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