The Democratic senator pointed to the Trump administration’s previous halting of research grants for universities in its ...

Sen. Ted Cruz's decade-old Obamacare warning appears to be coming true amid the current government shutdown fight.

This is my fifth year serving as a university president. Two aspects of the role are constant: the calls for free speech and expression, and the cries to sanction those who freely express their views.

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. “If we don’t have FREE SPEECH, then we just don’t have a FREE COUNTRY,” ...

Imagine a conservative state bans therapists from talking to gay or transgender minors in a way that affirms their sexual orientation or gender identity. That would cross a line, right? Whatever ...

Free speech advocates, lawyers and experts from around the world gathered at Vanderbilt University in Nashville for the Global Free Speech Summit. There was disagreement among some speakers over the ...

About a week ago, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued an unprecedented order: The former Fox News host directed the military’s top commanders — roughly 800 generals and admirals — who are spread out ...

We explore how the U.S. has joined all the other countries where leaders have tried to silence speech. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. Humor is dangerous for autocrats. Seven months ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a combative speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, declaring that Israel “must finish the job” in Gaza. His remarks came amid ...

Les mottes sont des pistolets chargeis--words are loaded pistols. Jean Paul Sarte. The assassination of Charlie Kirk and two failed attempts on President Trump’s life have drawn renewed attention to a ...

President Trump’s address to the United Nations sparked a wave of blistering international headlines, with newspapers describing it as “pissing off the world,” “staggering,” “violent,” and “incoherent ...

Recent threats by Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute "hate speech" and by Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr to penalize ABC affiliates over Jimmy Kimmel's comments have thrust the ...