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NPC Headliners Luncheon: Maryland Governor Wes Moore
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore will speak June 22 at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon. Moore, Maryland's first Black governor, recently closed out his first legislative session, signing into law a $15 an hour minimum wage, expanded tax breaks for military retirees, and the SERVE Act, a first-in-the-nation program offering high school students a state-paid service year option. He also signed new gun control bills that restrict who can carry guns in public and where they can bring them. The National Rifle Association immediately challenged the measures in federal court. The event begins with…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Transgender Advocates
Transgender advocates from communities across the nation will discuss the impact of anti-trans laws and rhetoric at a Headliners Newsmaker on Thursday, June 8 at 2 p.m. This Headliners event is open to credentialed media and club members. To submit a question for the speaker, please email [email protected] and put PRIDE in the subject line. The deadline for submitting questions in advance is 9 a.m. on the day of the event.
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NPC Headliners Luncheon: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Milley
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Milley will speak at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Luncheon on Friday, June 30th. General Mark A. Milley is the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, and the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council. This in-person event begins with lunch in the Club ballroom at 12:00 p.m. Remarks begin at 12:30 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 1:30 p.m. National Press Club members may purchase tickets for $25. Non-…
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Press Briefing: “The Evan Gershkovich Case: Where Do We Stand After 100 Days”
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by Russian security services March 29, 2023 while reporting in Russia and has been held in a Moscow prison ever since. His detention has now been extended until at least Aug. 30. This briefing will examine the first 100 days of Evan’s detention, including: Evan’s sister, Danielle, will talk about their family and how Evan’s detention has impacted them. The family lives in Philadelphia. What The Wall Street Journal and the U.S. government are doing to seek Evan’s return. Perspectives on Russia’s criminalization of journalism and what…
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Defund the Bishops Press Conference
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NPC Headliners Luncheon: SEC Chair Gary Gensler
SEC Chair Gary Gensler will address artificial intelligence and securities regulation at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Monday, July 17. The Securities and Exchange Commission has indicated on its regulatory agenda that it intends to propose rules in the next few months “related to investment adviser conflicts in the use of predictive data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and similar technologies in connection with certain investor interactions.” Gensler was nominated by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate in April 2021 to head the five-…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Sean Carberry “Passport Stamps: Searching the World for a War to Call Home"
Former NPR reporter and veteran foreign correspondent Sean Carberry will offer his unique perspective on life in several war zones when he discusses his new book, “Passport Stamps: Searching the World for a War to Call Home," at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Thursday, Aug. 17, at 6:30 p.m. From 2007 through 2014, Carberry traveled the world reporting from war zones and fragile states for public radio. He spent time in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Congo, Colombia, Kosovo, and Sudan and other rough neighborhoods before settling down in Afghanistan in 2012. There, he served as NPR…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: General Daniel Hokanson
Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will speak and take questions at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Newsmaker on Thursday, July 27 at 10 a.m. As chief of the National Guard Bureau, Hokanson, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, oversees the training and deployment of more than 453,000 Army and Air National Guard personnel. He commanded the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team in Iraq and served as the chief of staff for Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix in Afghanistan. The National Guard made headlines…
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MOVE4HER IS LIVE FROM DC
MOVE4HER IS LIVE FROM DC Leading fitness experts, including Pure Barre, patients, survivors, advocates, caregivers and world renowned gynecologic (gyn) oncologists are rallying DC to join the first-ever in-person and live streaming Move4Her Fitness Event, hosted by the Foundation for Women’s Cancer (FWC) from the National Press Club, with the goal of unifying people from coast to coast in joining our movement to eradicate the five gyn cancers. Move4Her donations power research, education, and awareness of the five gyn cancers. To date, the FWC has awarded more than $10 million in research…
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