• WATCH: Obama delivers first speech since leaving office

    WATCH: Obama delivers first speech since leaving office

    Apr 24, 2017 03:05 PM EST

    His first public engagement since then comes as President Donald Trump nears his 100-day mark in office.

  • Flynn made $1.3 million for lobbying, speeches, other work

    Flynn made $1.3 million for lobbying, speeches, other work

    Apr 02, 2017 02:22 PM EST

    ... not immediately reply to phone calls by the AP to several numbers associated with him in New York. The new disclosure also details several Flynn speeches for conservative groups and think tanks. Flynn was paid $15,000 for a speech to the David Horowitz Freedom Center, a Los Angeles group ...

  • WATCH: Hillary Clinton jabs Trump in first major post-election speech

    WATCH: Hillary Clinton jabs Trump in first major post-election speech

    Mar 29, 2017 03:16 AM EST

    Video by CNN SAN FRANCISCO — A spirited Hillary Clinton took on the Trump administration Tuesday in one of her first public speeches since she lost the presidential election, criticizing the country's Republican leaders on everything from health care to the shortage of women appointees in top administration positions. Cracking ...

  • Ben Carson refers to slaves as 'immigrants' in first speech to HUD

    Ben Carson refers to slaves as 'immigrants' in first speech to HUD

    Mar 06, 2017 11:17 PM EST

    A few days after being sworn in as the new Housing and Urban Development secretary, Ben Carson described slaves as "immigrants" Monday in an address to department employees.

  • After a confident speech, which priorities can Trump achieve?

    After a confident speech, which priorities can Trump achieve?

    Mar 02, 2017 12:40 AM EST

    President Trump's address to Congress promised action on a long list of priorities he’s stressed before, but in a more disciplined and upbeat tone. Lisa Desjardins offers a recap of reactions to the president’s speech from both sides of the aisle, then Judy Woodruff talks to Dan Balz of The Washington Post and Susan Davis...

  • WATCH: Scott Pruitt makes first speech as EPA director

    WATCH: Scott Pruitt makes first speech as EPA director

    Feb 21, 2017 05:04 PM EST

    Former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt made his first speech as head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, to employees at the EPA's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Pruitt was confirmed by the Senate last Friday by a vote of 52-46. "I’m dedicated to working w ...

  • Trump's Boeing speech shows differences with Obama

    Trump's Boeing speech shows differences with Obama

    Feb 17, 2017 10:50 PM EST

    ... manufacturing output to help support job creation elsewhere in the services sector. Trump blames factory job losses on cheap foreign labor and trade pacts. His speech at the Boeing plant in North Charleston, South Carolina, never once touched on the increasing role of robots on assembly lines. It glossed over ...

  • WATCH: Betsy DeVos makes first speech as education secretary

    WATCH: Betsy DeVos makes first speech as education secretary

    Feb 08, 2017 07:15 PM EST

    Devos will address employees at the Department of Education for the first time since being confirmed and sworn in as President Trump's education secretary.

  • FACT CHECK: Trump wrong that 2 killed in Chicago during Obama's farewell speech

    FACT CHECK: Trump wrong that 2 killed in Chicago during Obama's farewell speech

    Jan 27, 2017 05:17 PM EST

    ... s farewell speech. Trump referenced Obama's speech in an interview Wednesday with ABC News and said, "Two people were shot and killed during his speech." According to a transcript, he added "They weren't shot at the speech. But they were shot in the city of Chicago during his ...

  • AP fact check: Trump's inaugural speech

    AP fact check: Trump's inaugural speech

    Jan 20, 2017 09:41 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's inaugural address held familiar echoes of the campaign speeches that led to his presidential win: downbeat about the state of the nation, to the point of hyperbole. Here's a look at some of his assertions Friday. Read President Trump’s full inaugural address TRUMP: "The ...