National Review editor Rich Lowry and Nation magazine editorial director and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel discuss the upcoming battle over House Speaker and political news of the day.
President Biden said the 336,000 jobs added and a steady unemployment rate of 3.8 percent clocked in the Labor Department's September 2023 jobs report was a boost to American families and showed businesses continued to grow. His remarks in the White House's Roosevelt Room also came on National Manufacturing Day. President Biden also answered a few questions from reporters, including one on potential replacements for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after he was ousted as speaker of the House. President Biden didn't comment on any specific candidate, but said he would try and work with any future Speaker.
"Mr. President, I feel compelled to address head on, I mean head on, the news stories in recent weeks that have pointed out the shocking discovery, yes, shocking discovery, that I am growing older. Did you get that? Shocking discovery that I am growing older." And with that opening, Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) addressed the U.S. Senate ... June 28, 2007. Thus began one of the most notable speeches given in the Senate in modern times about age ... and still today a textbook example of how a politician might handle questions about age. With abundant conversation these days about the advanced age of politicians on both sides, in the latest episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly," we remember one specific speech made by one specific politician who addressed the age issue directly. What did Senator Byrd say next that people still talk about today? Find out in "The Weekly."
President Biden's choice for the 11th Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan, spoke with C-SPAN about her stewardship of the National Archives and the controversies over White House records involving Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
2024 Republican presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence criticized internal strife within the Republican Party, saying "chaos is never America's friend." Mr. Pence's remarks came on the day Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from the speaker position. He focused much of the talk -- which included questions from college students around the country -- on his foreign policy, and in particular his views on U.S. policy toward China. The Georgetown Institute of Politics & Public Service and the Associated Press hosted this event as part of a series with presidential candidate on national security and foreign policy.
The Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women held a discussion on religious liberty and court cases to protect it nationwide. Christiana Kiefer, senior counsel with the Alliance Defending Freedom highlighted several religious liberty cases the group was working on. One of those cases was a Colorado baker who already won in the Supreme Court in 2018 for refusing, based on his religious beliefs, to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. Jack Phillips was sued again under Colorado's anti-discrimination law for refusing to make a cake for a gender transition. The case will soon go before the Colorado Supreme Court.
Our guest this week is Pulitzer-Prize-winning Yale Professor David Blight. He expounds on the life of Frederick Douglas when he learned to read and write, and his relationship with President Abraham Lincoln. Born into slavery in Maryland, Frederick Douglass went on to become a writer, orator, statesman, and key leader in the abolitionist movement. After his escape to freedom as an adult, Douglass in 1845 wrote the first of his three autobiographies, titled The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.
Books That Shaped America explored the Journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, which were published in 1814 and recorded the 1804-1806 expedition they led through the western United States following the Louisiana Purchase. Books That Shaped America is a 10-part series, created in partnership with the Library of Congress, that examines major works of literature that have had a significant impact on the country and public policy.
Bloomberg Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr previews the cases justices will hear this 2023-24 term, including on gun rights, abortion pills, and social media regulations.
Books That Shaped America explored the Journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, which were published in 1814 and recorded the 1804-1806 expedition they led through the western United States following the Louisiana Purchase. Books That Shaped America is a 10-part series, created in partnership with the Library of Congress, that examines major works of literature that have had a significant impact on the country and public policy.
Books That Shaped America explored the Journals of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, which were published in 1814 and recorded the 1804-1806 expedition they led through the western United States following the Louisiana Purchase. Books That Shaped America is a 10-part series, created in partnership with the Library of Congress, that examines major works of literature that have had a significant impact on the country and public policy.
