• Black lawmakers recall police stops after senator's speech

    Black lawmakers recall police stops after senator's speech

    Jul 15, 2016 01:55 PM EDT

    ... revenge for police shooting black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the Minneapolis suburbs. As a nation reels, black lawmakers say they hope Scott's speech resonates, leading to a greater understanding about the divide between blue and black. "I am absolutely convinced that most African-American members of Congress ...

  • Trump declares era of 'Americanism' in trade speech

    Trump declares era of 'Americanism' in trade speech

    Jun 28, 2016 09:51 PM EDT

    ... operation, is working to re-tool his message for the general election. In addition to a slew of new hires, he has been delivering prepared speeches aimed at calming the nerves of GOP donors and others concerned about his often combative style. But Tuesday's speech drew a scathing response ...

  • Teen scientist’s revolutionary speech device could grant language to the voiceless

    Teen scientist’s revolutionary speech device could grant language to the voiceless

    Jun 22, 2016 11:12 PM EDT

    ... turn toys into tools. The idea for the speech device began when he accompanied his grandmother to the hospital, he says, and saw a severely speech-impaired Parkinson's disease patient. ARSH SHAH DILBAGI: I researched about everything I could about all the speech impediments. That research went on for ...

  • Column: The 5 best pieces of advice from 2016 commencement speeches

    Column: The 5 best pieces of advice from 2016 commencement speeches

    May 27, 2016 01:22 PM EDT

    ... college graduates, commencement is just that -- a beginning. And like most beginnings, graduation ceremonies are filled with contagious optimism and energy. I'm a commencement speech junkie. As a parent and educator, I am keenly interested in how best to advise young people. I also find the ceremonies inspiring, energizing ...

  • Trump uses energy speech to outline general election pitch

    Trump uses energy speech to outline general election pitch

    May 26, 2016 05:27 PM EDT

    BISMARCK, N.D. — Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump unveiled an "America first" energy plan he said would unleash unfettered production of oil, coal, natural gas and other energy sources to push the United States toward energy independence. But the speech, delivered at the annual Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in ...

  • 'Hamilton' creator says 'immigrants get the job done' in UPenn graduation speech

    'Hamilton' creator says 'immigrants get the job done' in UPenn graduation speech

    May 16, 2016 07:06 PM EDT

    Lin-Manuel Miranda says even as politics traffics in "anti-immigrant rhetoric," there is a musical "reminding us that a broke orphan immigrant from the West Indies built our financial system."

  • Watch: Obama's full speech to graduates at Howard University

    Watch: Obama's full speech to graduates at Howard University

    May 07, 2016 05:04 PM EDT

    ... and applause from the audience at the historically black college in the nation's capital. Obama then said "that's a different discussion for another speech." The 54-year-old president tells graduates that most of them were just starting high school when he was first elected to the White ...

  • Protesters get rowdy at California hotel before Trump speech

    Protesters get rowdy at California hotel before Trump speech

    Apr 29, 2016 12:57 PM EDT

    COSTA MESA, Calif. — Raucous protesters and supporters of Donald Trump violently confronted each other in California leading to some 20 arrests as the Republican presidential contender brought his campaign to conservative Orange County after sweeping the Northeast GOP primaries.

  • Analyzing Trump’s tough-talking foreign policy speech

    Analyzing Trump’s tough-talking foreign policy speech

    Apr 27, 2016 11:40 PM EDT

    about that. There was very little in the speech about Chinese assertiveness in East Asia. And I think, Judy, the thing that bothered me the most about this speech, the lack of humility. Donald Trump castigated 35 years of American foreign policy. That includes George H.W. Bush. It includes ...

  • Supreme Court sides with police officer in free speech case

    Supreme Court sides with police officer in free speech case

    Apr 26, 2016 04:06 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a New Jersey police officer who was demoted after his boss mistakenly believed he was involved in a political campaign can still bring a lawsuit alleging a violation of free speech rights. The 6-2 ruling said Jeffrey Heffernan could file a First ...