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Hold off on the lobsters!
The National Press Club's annual Lobster Night at the Reliable Source restaurant, scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 22, has been postponed until September. Watch for the new date. Meanwhile keep your taste buds sharp by patronizing the restaurant's other dining offerings during August.
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Watch the second round of Democratic candidates' debate at the Reliable Source restaurant, tomorrow and Wednesday
The Reliable Source restaurant will host a watch party for the second Democratic presidential candidates' debates in the Truman Lounge tomorrow and Wednesday evenings, July 30 and 31.. The debates will be held in Detroit. Mich., a battleground state that Trump narrowly won in 2016. Special food and beverages will be served. To reserve, please call 202-662-7443 or e-mail [email protected].
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Sen. Sherrod Brown to unveil stock buyback legislation at Headliners Newsmaker, Wednesday
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker news conference at 10 a.m. this Wednesday, July 31, in the Holeman Lounge. Brown, ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, will unveil new legislation to curb stock buybacks and create a ‘worker dividend’ to ensure workers get a share of the profits that they help produce. This Headliners Newsmaker event is open to credentialed media and Club members free of charge, with advance registration required. Click here to register. Large, publicly traded corporations often buy back their own stock to boost…
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Great Britain-U.S. Relations
Mr. Churchill, grandson of the World War II era British prime minister, talked about the special relationship between the U.S. and Great Britain in the 21st century. He also talked about the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Osamo bin Laden terrorist network, and offered suggestions for defeating terrorism. After his presentation he answered questions from members of the audience.
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Reporter tells how she used transparency, empowerment to earn trust of sexual assault victim for Post article
On a night in Northwest Washington in April 2013, Lauren Clark was out for a jog when she was sexually assaulted by a man who soon after was hired by a restaurant near her apartment. After enduring years of the justice system’s failure to ensure her safety, Clark reached out to The Washington Post. Through transparency and empowerment, Post investigative reporter Amy Brittain established and maintained an extraordinary level of trust with Clark that resulted in Clark telling her full, haunting story detailed in a Post article published last January. In a National Press Club Journalism…
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Venezuela's ambassador to assess his country's political situation at Headliners Newsmaker, tomorrow
Carlos Vecchio, ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United States, will address his country's political situation at a National Press Club Newsmaker tomorrow, Tuesday, July 30, at 11 a.m. This Headliners Newsmaker event is open to credentialed media and Club members free of charge, with advance registration required. Click here to register. Vecchio's talk will focus on the role the United States and the international community can play to aid the Venezuelan people as they struggle amid political chaos, food and fuel shortages and economic uncertainty. Vecchio was…
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Club member Peter John Cutts, noted photographer, dies at 70
Peter John Cutts, a highly regarded professional photographer and 18-year member of the National Press Club, died July 3 of liver cancer at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He was 70 and lived in Falls Church, Va. Cutts, who was cited by Washingtonian magazine as one of the area's top 10 photographers, was born in London where he drove a double-decker bus while working his way into fashion photography. He often regaled Club colleagues with accounts of photographing Twiggy, the rail-thin British model and cultural icon, early in her (and his) career. He worked…
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More tickets available for Aug. 7 luncheon featuring House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings
Additional tickets have become available for the Aug. 7 National Press Club Headliners luncheon featuring Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The event has been moved to the ballroom from the Holeman Lounge to accommodate demand. His remarks come in the wake of President Donald Trump’s recent Tweets about Cummings’ congressional district, in which he called Baltimore “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” and the “worst in America.” Cummings also will address the Oversight Committee’s investigations into the Trump…
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Club member Kummer paints fictional Picasso portrait; plans Book Rap, Aug. 20
National Press Club member Luke Jerod Kummer plans to discuss his debut novel, "The Blue Period," at a Book Rap in the Cosgrove Lounge on Tuesday, Aug. 20, at 6:30 p.m. The event is free for Club members and their guests but registration is required. Please email [email protected]. Kummer plans to sell books at the event. Please also reserve a copy when registering for the event. In "The Blue Period," Kummer envisions the rarely-known bohemian life of young Pablo Picasso as a time of love, lust, death and despair. “From rowdy Barcelona barrooms to the incandescent streets of turn-…
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Ohio senator unveils proposal for payments to workers when corporations buy back their own stock
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, announced at a National Press Club Headlners Newsmaker July 31 a proposal for new legislation that would require a payment of $1 be paid to every worker for each $1 million dollars worth of corporations' purchases of their own stock. Brown used the example of JP Morgan Chase Bank, which purchased $20 billion of its own stock last year that would yield a worker’s dividend of $20,000 for each worker under his proposal -- a significant boost to the average bank teller’s salary of $35,000. “Corporate executives focus on short-term performance in the stock market ...…
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