Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly testifies about President Trump's 2018 budget request for the agency in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
The Soho Forum in New York City hosted a debate on whether college campuses foster racist environments. The debaters are Telecommunications entrepreneur Kmele Foster and Lawrence Ross, the author of "Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America's Campuses." From the Subculture Theatre in New York City on May 16.
Sen. Bernie Sanders sat down for a discussion with former President Jimmy Carter at the Carter Center in Atlanta. They talked about human rights, American leadership in the world and the Trump presidency.
Vice President Mike Pence delivered remarks at the 13th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. In his speech, the vice president told attendees that they have an ally in the White House as he highlighted the Trump administration's record on religious freedom.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on President Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget proposal for the Education Department. The proposal includes cuts to a number of programs for public schools and a proposal for a new grant program encouraging states and local school districts to introduce school choice policies for parents. Democrats in particular focused their questions to Mrs. DeVos on the grant proposal's protections for disabled, disadvantaged, and minority students.
Vice President Mike Pence delivered remarks at the 13th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. In his speech, the vice president told attendees that they have an ally in the White House as he highlighted the Trump administration's record on religious freedom.
Commencement speeches featuring Sen. Cory Booker, Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, former President Bill Clinton, former Senator Kelly Ayotte and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly testified about President Trump's 2018 budget request for the agency in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. He answered senators' questions and addressed several issues including border security, federal grants to state and local law enforcement agencies, drug and human trafficking, and the president's executive order on immigration and refugees.
