• How the world is reacting to Trump’s speech on Afghanistan

    How the world is reacting to Trump’s speech on Afghanistan

    Aug 22, 2017 11:32 PM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: U.S. military and diplomatic leaders are moving ahead on the Afghanistan strategy that President Trump laid out in a speech to the nation last night. His remarks brought reaction today from the region, and the world. Nick Schifrin begins our coverage. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) NICK SCHIFRIN: Today ...

  • WATCH: Trump gives speech on Afghanistan strategy

    WATCH: Trump gives speech on Afghanistan strategy

    Aug 21, 2017 06:51 PM EST

    President Donald Trump will delivered a televised address Monday on how the U.S. will proceed in the nation's 16-year war in Afghanistan. Trump refused during his prime-time speech on Afghanistan to discuss the size of the American force that his new strategy requires. White House talking ...

  • Thousands counter-protest 'free speech' rally in Boston

    Thousands counter-protest 'free speech' rally in Boston

    Aug 19, 2017 05:44 PM EST

    As many as 40,000 counter-protesters overpowered a scheduled "free speech" rally by far-right groups in Boston on Saturday in a largely peaceful showing that did not lead to the violence seen one week earlier in Charlottesville, Virginia. By 11 a.m. on Saturday, the counter-protesters -- who ...

  • WATCH: Tillerson condemns hate speech, says bigotry is un-American

    WATCH: Tillerson condemns hate speech, says bigotry is un-American

    Aug 18, 2017 03:40 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is condemning hate speech and bigotry as un-American and antithetical to the values the U.S. was founded on and promotes abroad. In his most extensive comments on race and diversity since last weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, Tillerson on Friday called ...

  • Trump was 'making a joke' in don't-be-too-nice police speech, White House says

    Trump was 'making a joke' in don't-be-too-nice police speech, White House says

    Jul 31, 2017 09:51 PM EST

    ... has so far been silent on the president's remarks, and the Justice Department did not immediately say whether he would mention them during the speech. Sessions has said far-reaching federal civil rights investigations of police departments can malign entire agencies and make officers less effective on the streets ...

  • WATCH: Trump trumpets MS-13 crackdown in Long Island speech

    WATCH: Trump trumpets MS-13 crackdown in Long Island speech

    Jul 28, 2017 02:49 PM EST

    ... has committed a string of gruesome murders, including the massacre of four young men in April in a Central Islip park. You can watch his speech, scheduled for 1:40 p.m. EDT Friday, in the video above. Trump is expected to continue his tough talk on immigration and urge ...

  • Will McCain's speech inspire bipartisanship in the health care debate?

    Will McCain's speech inspire bipartisanship in the health care debate?

    Jul 25, 2017 11:33 PM EST

    Sen. John McCain made a dramatic return to the Senate floor in his first public appearance since being diagnosed with brain cancer, calling on colleagues to change the tone and behavior of Congress to work together. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the high-stakes health care vote carried out by Republicans, and...

  • Trump turns down invitation to deliver speech at NAACP convention

    Trump turns down invitation to deliver speech at NAACP convention

    Jul 19, 2017 10:51 PM EST

    NAACP Chair Leon Russell called Trump's decision a "historic departure from past presidents' engagements with the association."

  • What did European allies hear in Trump’s Poland speech?

    What did European allies hear in Trump’s Poland speech?

    Jul 06, 2017 11:44 PM EST

    ... of law, independent judiciary, freedom of the press. So, it was very significant for this Polish government. The second thing that struck me was the speech he gave that Paula just referred to. On the one hand, had many elements of the traditional transatlantic speech, reaffirming U.S. commitment to ...

  • Schools are watching students' social media, raising questions about free speech

    Schools are watching students' social media, raising questions about free speech

    Jun 20, 2017 11:08 PM EST

    ... we take on these issues in an appropriate way that doesn't have kind of the collateral damage effect of destroying students' privacy and free speech rights? LISA STARK: Chad Marlow is with the American Civil Liberties Union. He says, first and foremost, school shouldn't have open-ended access ...