Step one when securing my seat for Griffin Theatre Company’s revival of The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin was to look ...

In rehearsals for his latest play, The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin, Simon Burke sometimes found himself falling into the rhythms of Play School. The veteran actor — who recently celebrated 50 years ...

Though he didn’t win the Democratic nomination for president in either year, Jesse Jackson’s moving speeches at the conventions called on the party to care more about the marginalized. By James C.

President Donald Trump introduces Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley to the troops in Fort Bragg, N.C., Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. President Donald Trump held a campaign-style rally on Friday at ...

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President Donald Trump now holds the modern-era record for the longest State of the Union address, surpassing President Bill Clinton’s 2000 speech. The State of the Union is the president’s annual ...

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As the U.S. message veered from shared heritage and values to shared interests and back again, Europeans wondered what kind of alliance they were left with. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday in ...

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States wants to ...

A young Simon Burke saw the poster for Nimrod Theatre Company’s The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin, showing a boy smoking a cigarette, and wondered why he hadn’t been cast in the role. He’d recently ...

Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), in an annual Senate tradition, read President George Washington’s … Actor John Cullum recited Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address as part of a ...

Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...