Founding, this gathering is the beginning for us of a large, ambitious project today. I and i want to say just a few words about it before we get going with our conversation. 2026 is a lot of you know is going to mark the 250th anniversary of the american founding. A lot of organizations, a lot of individuals will recognize that milestone in a variety of ways. But thinking through how we might best that here, we thought that the kind of contribution we could make would be some of lasting intellectual product through a set of conferences that will then yield a set of books, other kinds of educational materials that explore how americans now should understand our heritage, our inheritance. The key and questions at issue in the american founding. Those materials can outlast the anniversary and conserve educators, students and citizens in general. For many years to come. And to do that, were going draw on a variety of scholars from a variety of fields with a diversity of viewpoints to offe
Everybody. Im of the American Enterprise institute. Its my great pleasure to welcome you to a set of conversations today. Democracy and, the american founding, this gathering is the beginning for us of a large, ambitious project today. I and i want to say just a few words about it before we get going with our conversation. 2026 is a lot of you know is going to mark the 250th anniversary of the american founding. A lot of organizations, a lot of individuals will recognize that milestone in a variety of ways. But thinking through how we might best that here, we thought that the kind of contribution we could make would be some of lasting intellectual product through a set of conferences that will then yield a set of books, other kinds of educational materials that explore how americans now should understand our heritage, our inheritance. The key and questions at issue in the american founding. Those materials can outlast the anniversary and conserve educators, students and citizens in gen
Everybody. Im of the American Enterprise institute. Its my great pleasure to welcome you to a set of conversations today. Democracy and, the american founding, this gathering is the beginning for us of a large, ambitious project today. I and i want to say just a few words about it before we get going with our conversation. 2026 is a lot of you know is going to mark the 250th anniversary of the american founding. A lot of organizations, a lot of individuals will recognize that milestone in a variety of ways. But thinking through how we might best that here, we thought that the kind of contribution we could make would be some of lasting intellectual product through a set of conferences that will then yield a set of books, other kinds of educational materials that explore how americans now should understand our heritage, our inheritance. The key and questions at issue in the american founding. Those materials can outlast the anniversary and conserve educators, students and citizens in gen
just to live. and yet, here we are. seeing the right of our community members diminish. their voices are silenced, they re very identities denied. our nation has made great strides with filling the fundamental promises of freedom and equality for lgbtq plus americans, but lately something has changed. the arc of progress is bending in ways we did not think possible just five years ago. unjust ways. so far this year, more than 520 anti lgbtq bills have been introduced in state legislatures. that is a record. more than 220 of those bills, specifically, targeted transgender and non-binary people. also a record. and an unprecedented 70 anti lgbtq laws have been enacted just this year. in the past, we have put together pride specials celebrating lgbtq+ individuals and their achievements, first in the white house and then on the stage and screen. achievements that deserve to be celebrated. but tonight, as that progress is threatened like never before, we are going to do something d
to meet with the mexican president. will a new plan emerge to stop the unprecedented number of illegal border crossings. plus a new survey shows voters associate donald trump with words like revenge and dictatorship. and the gop front runner seems to be bragging about it. it s time to say good-bye to 2023. we have a countdown of tbiggest political stories of the year. i m phil mattingly. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. at this hour, secretary of state antony blinken and the secretary of homeland security are meeting with the mexican president about the crisis along the southern border. the goal, convince him to action to stop migrants before they reach u.s. territory. cnn s priscilla alvarez leads us off from the white house today. what does the administration hope to get out of this trip from a policy perspective? reporter: simply put, they want help to drive down the number of border crossings. that officials have been seeing creep up over the l