Past Speakers
NPC Headliners Newsmaker: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI)
October 8, 2018
Livestream will begin 10/8 at 5:00pm ET. On Monday, October 8, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) will deliver remarks and take questions at a National Press Club Newsmaker event. The Speaker will discuss how Americans are ‘Better Off Now,’ highlighting the clear contrast between Republican…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Breakfast: MSNBC's Steve Kornacki & "The Birth of Political Tribalism"
October 5, 2018
It seems to be the most popular rhetorical question posed by political pundits, cable news contributors, your coworkers, your friends, and even your Uber driver: when did we become so divided as a nation? In “The Red and The Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism,” MSNBC host and NBC…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Luncheon: Director General of Al Jazeera Dr. Mostefa Souag
October 2, 2018
Livestream will begin 10/2 at 1:00pm ET. Dr. Mostefa Souag, the Director General of Al Jazeera, will appear at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Tuesday, October 2 to discuss what the future looks like for the Al Jazeera Media Network. Lunch will be served in the club’s Holeman…
Read MoreChristine Todd Whitman & Preet Bharara announce Brennan Center task force report on cleaning up Washington
October 2, 2018
Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, co-chairs of The National Task Force on Rule of Law and Democracy, will announce a set of recommendations aimed at strengthening government ethics and safeguarding against improper interference in the work of…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: The President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor
September 28, 2018
As part of his official trip to Washington, D.C., the President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor will deliver an address at a National Press Club Headliners event, to be held in the Club’s Fourth Estate Room at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, September 28. President Borut Pahor was elected the fourth…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Luncheon: Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Heather Wilson
September 26, 2018
Livestream will begin 9/26 at 1:00pm ET. Heather Wilson, the 24th Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, will deliver an address on “The Future of American Air Power in the 21st Century,” including plans for future space and cyber operations as well as the incorporation of new technologies and…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Book Event: Dan Abrams & "Lincoln's Last Trial"
September 24, 2018
It is the summer of 1859 and inside a small courthouse in Springfield, Illinois, a 22-year-old man named Peachy Quinn Harrison is on trial for murder. What might have been a quiet local case is suddenly thrust into the national spotlight when rising political star (and rumored dark-horse favorite…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Luncheon: craigslist Founder Craig Newmark
September 24, 2018
Livestream will begin 9/24 at 1:00pm ET. On Monday, September 24, Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and Craig Newmark Philanthropies, will appear at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon to discuss his philanthropic efforts to strengthen trust in news. Newmark has poured money into…
Read MoreNPC Headliners Newsmaker: Federal Immigration Judge Ashley Tabaddor
September 21, 2018
Judge Ashley Tabaddor, a federal Immigration Judge in Los Angeles, who serves as the President of the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ), will discuss pressures on judges and the federal immigration court system at a National Press Club Headliners news conference at 1 p.m., Friday,…
Read MoreFormer Education Secretary Arne Duncan on "How Schools Work"
September 20, 2018
Arne Duncan, the former Secretary of Education under President Obama, will share his new book How Schools Work: An Inside Account of Failure and Success from One of the Nation’s Longest Serving Secretaries of Education at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event on Thursday, September 20 at 10:…
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