• 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 ...

  • Justices to hear free speech clash over offensive trademarks

    Justices to hear free speech clash over offensive trademarks

    Jan 15, 2017 02:25 PM EST

    ... will play out Wednesday in the nation's highest court as the justices consider whether a law barring disparaging trademarks violates the band's free-speech rights. The case has drawn attention because it could affect the Washington Redskins in a similar fight to keep the football team's lucrative ...

  • Can a president’s farewell speech help write history?

    Can a president’s farewell speech help write history?

    Jan 11, 2017 01:00 AM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: President Obama will deliver his farewell address to the nation this evening before a room full of supporters in Chicago. We discuss a little of the Obama legacy and look ahead to tonight's speech with two historians, "NewsHour" regular Michael Beschloss, and Annette Gordon-Reed of ...

  • The best of Obama's speeches

    The best of Obama's speeches

    Jan 10, 2017 08:49 PM EST

    ... the president has given countless other speeches, often appealing to Americans’ better selves. And tonight, 10 days before he leaves office, the president will give his farewell address. In preparation, we look back at some highlights from his speeches over the years. Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako contributed to this report.

  • WATCH: President Obama delivers his final speech from Chicago

    WATCH: President Obama delivers his final speech from Chicago

    Jan 10, 2017 06:33 PM EST

    Barack Obama will deliver his final speech as president beginning at 9 p.m. ET. Watch PBS NewsHour's livestream of the speech above.  CHICAGO — President Barack Obama bid farewell to the nation Tuesday in an emotional speech that sought to comfort a country on edge over rapid economic changes ...

  • Read actress Meryl Streep's full Golden Globes speech

    Read actress Meryl Streep's full Golden Globes speech

    Jan 09, 2017 12:48 PM EST

    Watch Meryl Streep's address at the Golden Globes on Jan. 8. While accepting a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes in California Sunday night, actress Meryl Streep praised Hollywood's diversity and criticized President-elect Donald Trump for mocking a disabled reporter. You can read her full speech ...