• WATCH: Obama sounds optimistic note in final U.N. speech

    WATCH: Obama sounds optimistic note in final U.N. speech

    Sep 19, 2016 08:06 PM EST

    President Barack Obama addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 20. NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama delivered his final speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, sounding a high note but also words of caution. He pointed out that the amount of people living in extreme poverty ...

  • Flint pastor interrupts Trump, tells him to 'not give a political speech'

    Flint pastor interrupts Trump, tells him to 'not give a political speech'

    Sep 14, 2016 11:05 PM EST

    FLINT, Mich. — Donald Trump was cut off, chastised and then heckled after he attacked rival Hillary Clinton during what was supposed to be a speech on helping where the government had failed the people of Flint, Michigan. "Mr. Trump, I invited you here to thank us for what we've ...

  • WATCH: Clinton touts American exceptionalism in Ohio speech

    WATCH: Clinton touts American exceptionalism in Ohio speech

    Aug 31, 2016 01:28 PM EST

    Video by PBS NewsHour SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Hillary Clinton plans to stress her support for "American exceptionalism" during a speech in the battleground state of Ohio, while arguing that Donald Trump has rejected the concept. Clinton's midday address at the American Legion's annual convention in Cincinnati Wednesday comes ...

  • Trump to deliver immigration speech amid questions of his stance on deportation

    Trump to deliver immigration speech amid questions of his stance on deportation

    Aug 29, 2016 01:51 PM EST

    BY LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Donald Trump says he'll deliver a detailed speech Wednesday on his proposal to crack down on illegal immigration — but it's anyone's guess what he will say. The announcement came late Sunday in a tweet by the Republican presidential nominee after days ...

  • Trump meets with minority leaders ahead of Clinton speech

    Trump meets with minority leaders ahead of Clinton speech

    Aug 25, 2016 05:33 PM EST

    NEW YORK — Republican Donald Trump is courting minority voters as rival Hillary Clinton prepares to deliver a speech that will accuse his campaign of courting hate. Trump met Thursday with members of a new Republican Party initiative meant to train young — and largely minority — volunteers to reach out to voters ...

  • Why a 1995 speech proved formative for Clinton

    Why a 1995 speech proved formative for Clinton

    Aug 20, 2016 09:02 PM EST

    NEW YORK -- Flying across the Pacific on an Air Force jet bound for Beijing, first lady Hillary Clinton huddled deep into the night with a few aides and advisers, honing her speech for the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women. It was 1995, and it had been a bruising ...

  • What Trump and Clinton didn't say in their economic speeches

    What Trump and Clinton didn't say in their economic speeches

    Aug 13, 2016 04:14 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spelled out their economic visions in high-profile speeches in Michigan this week. They delved into taxes and regulations, trade deals and job growth. Yet perhaps most notable about their speeches is what they left out. Mostly unmentioned were major challenges that have slowed ...

  • Clinton knocks 'outlandish Trumpian ideas' in policy speech

    Clinton knocks 'outlandish Trumpian ideas' in policy speech

    Aug 11, 2016 01:42 PM EST

    ... last 10 years of their taxes. The source spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the plans in advance. Her appearance followed Trump's own speech on the economy, which he delivered in Michigan on Monday. But his scripted remarks were quickly eclipsed by the latest in a series of ...

  • Trump to try to steady campaign with economic speech

    Trump to try to steady campaign with economic speech

    Aug 07, 2016 08:44 PM EST

    ... two of his staunchest Republican critics predict he's heading for losses in a pair of battleground states. Trump is set to deliver an economic speech on Monday to the prestigious Detroit Economic Club in his effort to step past his spats over the past 10 days with the Muslim ...

  • After Khan speech, pocket Constitution becomes best-seller

    After Khan speech, pocket Constitution becomes best-seller

    Jul 31, 2016 03:09 PM EST

    ... If it was up to Donald Trump, he never would have been in America,” he said, a Muslim-American lawyer born in Pakistan. During his speech, he also brandished a pocket Constitution, offering to lend it to Donald Trump. “Have you even read the United States Constitution?” he asked. “Look ...