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NPC Headliners Book Event: Dan Abrams & "Lincoln's Last Trial"
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 for the presidency) Abraham Lincoln is hired to defend the young man. In “Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder Case that Propelled Him to The Presidency,” author and ABC News chief legal affairs anchor Dan Abrams throws the reader in the juror’s seat and unravels the pivotal, high-stakes proceedings in a…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Sean Spicer & "The Briefing"
Sean Spicer, former White House Press Secretary under President Trump, will share his new book The Briefing: Politics, The Press, and The President at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event on Monday, August 13 at 5:30 p.m. in the Club’s conference rooms. From his first press conference – an impromptu gathering in which Spicer blasted the media for allegedly misreporting the size of the crowds for Trump’s inaugural ceremony the day before – to his dramatic departure 6 months later following the raucous arrival of Anthony Scaramucci, Spicer’s tenure as White House Press Secretary was as…
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The Hidden History of Washington, D.C.'s Lafayette Square
If you take a walk on any given day through Lafayette Square, the small public park directly north of the White House, you will find throngs of tourists and school groups snapping selfies, protestors and street artists hoping to be heard, and local politicos and professionals just passing through on their way to work. While many are drawn to Lafayette Square by the iconic grandeur of the White House, few are likely aware of the park’s own fascinating place in history as the setting for some of our nation’s most shocking and dramatic events. Often referred to as the National Press Club’s in-…
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Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan on "How Schools Work"
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 10:00 a.m. in the Club’s conference rooms. In How Schools Work, Duncan calls on his nearly three decades of experience working in education to demonstrate how and why our education system has remained broken for so long, and calls parents, teachers, and students to action to demand more of America’s…
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Exploring "The Attachment Effect" with Author Peter Lovenheim
How secure are you? How anxious? The explanation behind your answers to these questions might point all the way back to your beginning and the bonds you formed as a baby. Award-winning journalist and author Peter Lovenheim spent years researching attachment theory for his new book The Attachment Effect: Exploring the Powerful Ways Our Earliest Bond Shapes Our Relationships and Lives. On Thursday, June 7 at 5:30 p.m., Lovenheim will appear at a National Press Club Headliners book event to help us understand our own attachment styles and how they affect the way we interact with the rest of the…
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NPC Headliners Book & Breakfast Event with Jon Meacham
Livestream will begin 6/20 at 8:30am ET. Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham will discuss his latest book, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels at a National Press Club Headliners Book & Breakfast Event on Wednesday, June 20 at 8:00 a.m. in the club’s Fourth Estate Room. While it may feel like the level of discord and division in America today is rising to unprecedented heights, The Soul of America reminds the reader that we have been here many times before as a nation (the Civil War and Reconstruction, the backlash against immigrants in the First World War…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Harris Faulkner, "9 Rules of Engagement"
Harris Faulkner, anchor of Fox News Channel’s Outnumbered Overtime with Harris Faulkner and co-host of the network’s talk show Outnumbered, will share her new book 9 Rules of Engagement: A Military Brat’s Guide to Life and Success at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event on Thursday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the club’s conference rooms. Faulkner’s story centers on the military ideals instilled in her by her father, a decorated career officer who served three tours of duty in Vietnam, and how her military upbringing shaped and prepared her for life’s challenges. Faulkner supplements her…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Dan Kennedy, "The Return of the Moguls"
With the proliferation of high-speed broadband internet over the last half-century, reporters at major daily and weekly newspapers in cities and communities all over America found themselves writing the obits for their own print publications. Unable to retain readership and therefore unable to rake in revenue from advertisers, print publications became increasingly unprofitable and unattractive to potential investors. But then something strange happened – a new generation of media moguls with deep pockets decided to buy-in to the newspaper business. Dan Kennedy, author of “The Return of the…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Salena Zito & Brad Todd, "The Great Revolt"
Salena Zito and Brad Todd, co-authors of “The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics” will appear at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event on Wednesday, May 23 at 6:30 p.m. in the club’s conference rooms. Zito and Todd traveled over 27,000 miles to interview more than three hundred Trump voters across ten swing counties to paint a picture of the new populist-conservative coalition: a complex mix of citizens from different economic classes with varying backgrounds and education levels. The authors use Zito’s reports from the field and Todd’s analysis of…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Fox News Channel's Bret Baier, "Three Days in Moscow"
Bret Baier, Chief Political Anchor for Fox News Channel and the Anchor and Executive Editor of Special Report with Bret Baier, will share his latest book Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event on Tuesday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the club’s conference rooms. In Three Days in Moscow Baier uses the 1988 Moscow Summit, President Reagan’s pivotal final meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev, to examine the life and legacy of President Reagan and his arduous battle with the Soviet Union through a new lens. This event will feature…
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