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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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
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."
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 ...
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley gave an update Thursday on the latest developments emerging from the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, telling reporters that countries at the UN responded "very positive to [Trump's] speech" earlier in the week. "They appreciated how blunt and honest he was ...
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s political news, including President Trump’s wildly different approaches to his address on Afghanistan strategy and his remarks in Phoenix, his attacks on top Republicans in Congress, and his Pentagon directive to ban transgender people from joining the...
RENO, Nev. — Within a 24-hour span, President Donald Trump delivered one speech in which he tore into the media and members of his own party, and a second in which he called for national unity and love. The about-face seemed to reflect the president's real-time internal ...
... leader of the white separatist movement, which calls itself the alt-right, tweeted: Trump has never denounced the alt-right. Nor will he. Before the speech, Mr. Trump met with Border Patrol officers along the Mexican border, and later declared he will do whatever it takes to achieve a signature ...
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