President Trump delivered keynote remarks at the Heritage Foundation President’s Club annual meeting. He outlined his tax reform proposal, which Republicans say would provide $4,000 in tax r…
2,763 viewsPresident Trump held a joint news conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the White House Rose Garden. The two leaders spoke of their hopes for continued cooperation between t…
1,324 viewsKathleen Neumann shares the story of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s life inside the Wadsworth-Longfellow House and the influence Portland had on the poet. Built in 1785 by his grandfather, the…
1,736 viewsPanelists analyzed recent federal court rulings concerning offensive language and freedom of speech. They discussed cases involving Flying Dog Brewery; NFL team the Washington Redskins; and …
996 viewsProfessor Peter Kastor talked about how the United States changed from the post-Civil War Reconstruction period to the Progressive era in the early 20th century. He highlighted how the feder…
2,755 viewsIowa State University Professor Pamela Riney-Kehrberg taught a class on food during the Great Depression. She described the ways families tried to stretch their money and food supply, often …
4,022 viewsJeanne Gross talked about the history of Maine’s oldest light house. Portland Head Light was completed in 1791 and guided ships safely into Portland Harbor. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicl…
626 viewsJere Van Dyk talked about the intricacies of political kidnappings and described his efforts to figure out what happened during his own kidnapping and release by the Taliban in 2008.
563 viewsHistory professor John Kinder gave an illustrated talk titled “A History of American War in Five Bodies.” Professor Kinder is the author of Paying with Their Bodies: American War and the Pro…
353 viewsLieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno (R) and former Ambassador Phil Murphy (D) met for a debate before the November New Jersey gubernatorial election to select Governor Chris Christie (R). The c…
2,057 viewsProfessor Catherine Rymph talked about her book, Raising Government Children: A History of Foster Care and the American Welfare State. She focused her study on the decades between the 1930's…
1,034 viewsMilitary attorneys from the five armed service branches spoke at a forum examining sexual assault in the military. They discussed their experiences representing clients of sexual assault and…
1,734 viewsHillary Clinton talked about her book, What Happened, about the 2016 presidential campaign and election.
3,665 viewsCollege presidents and heads of historic sites talked about how their institutions were researching and highlighting the stories and contributions of those who were enslaved in their communi…
245 viewsJournalists from the Washington Post and CBS’s “60 Minutes” discussed their work on a joint investigation into the influence U.S. pharmaceutical companies have over Congress and the federal …
587 viewsRepresentatives from prescription drug manufacturing, distribution, and retail industries testified at a hearing on the causes of rising prescription drug costs.
3,091 viewsRepresentatives of each military service branch described their expedited transfer polices for service members who report sexual misconduct. They spoke before he 16-member Defense Advisory C…
739 viewsRepresentatives of the credit reporting industry and consumer protection groups were among the witnesses at a hearing on potential legislative responses to the Equifax data breach, which mad…
1,018 viewsPresident Trump met with Governor Ricardo Rossello of Puerto Rico in the Oval Office to provide an update on Hurricane Maria recovery efforts. He said the federal government had done a “real…
3,722 viewsSean Vitka, policy counsel for Demand Progress, talked about his group’s efforts to limit government surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which was scheduled …
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