Past Newsmakers
Newsmakers are one hour news conferences that are run by the Club for the benefit of members and the press corps. Guests such as Members of Congress, key government officials, experts in policy, leaders of influential organizations and others agree to give a brief statement and to submit to questions from the press. This is a conventional news conference that is open to all credentialed press, members of the National Press Club and their guests. C-SPAN and other outlets decide which Newsmakers to cover and while they are frequently covered it is not C-SPAN policy to cover every Newsmaker event as it is with the Luncheons. Often, however, there can be dozens of cameras covering these events depending on the topic and the news agenda for that day. The NPC records audio of all these Newsmaker events but shoots video and still photography on a case-by-case basis.
There are about 50-75 Newsmakers per year. These events can take place in any of the Press Club rooms. While most start at 9 or 10 a.m., they can take place at any time of the day. The Newsmakers are organized by the Club’s Newsmaker Committee. You may pitch the Committee to consider your topic or guest for a program. Click here to suggest a speaker.
Events sorted in reverse chronological order
More details about an event can be found under the appropriate date in the Master Calendar
Please note: this list is no longer being updated. The latest/most complete listing of past NPC Headliners can be found here.
April 2018
Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci
April 26, 2018
California Governor Jerry Brown
April 17, 2018
Trauma Surgeons Support Weapons Ban
April 11, 2018
March 2018
Marking Final Year of Centennial Commemoration Of WWI
March 29, 2018
February 2018
National Commander of The American Legion Denise Rohan
February 23, 2018
January 2018
Playwright Mary Kathyrn Nagle
January 23, 2018
December 2017
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra
December 6, 2017
November 2017
Affordable Drugs Report
November 30, 2017
September 2017
The City of the Future
September 26, 2017
Mental Health & the Opioid Crisis
September 25, 2017
Civil Rights & The Department of Justice
September 7, 2017
CIA Analysis of Soviet Navy
September 6, 2017
July 2017
Former Director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub
July 28, 2017
Former Census Bureau Director John Thompson
July 25, 2017
Electing Independents to Public Office
July 12, 2017
June 2017
Greek Finance Minister Dimitri Papadimitriou
June 21, 2017
Former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
June 21, 2017
May 2017
Marcel Granier, CEO, Venezuela’s Radio Caracas Television (RCTV)
May 18, 2017
Baroness Cox of Queensbury
May 9, 2017
April 2017
Patti Austin
April 28, 2017
Misty Copeland
April 17, 2017
March for Science
April 10, 2017
March 2017
The Federal Budget
March 17, 2017
Kate Shindle
March 16, 2017
Lopez Obrador
March 15, 2017
City Planning Leaders
March 7, 2017
February 2017
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
February 27, 2017
National Commander of The American Legion Charles E. Schmidt
February 22, 2017
January 2017
Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)
January 12, 2017
Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz
January 11, 2017
Acts of Civil Disobedience
January 6, 2017
November 2016
Tax Credits for Renewable Energy?
November 29, 2016
Matthew & Matt Centrowitz
November 21, 2016
Education Issues
November 14, 2016
VFW Commander Brian Duffy
November 10, 2016
Soundbreaking
November 9, 2016
Can Immunotherapy Cure Cancer?
November 1, 2016
October 2016
Peter Thiel
October 31, 2016
September 2016
Presidential Transition Panel
September 30, 2016
Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)
September 8, 2016
Coal Healthcare/Pension Act
September 7, 2016
August 2016
Bob Graham on 9/11 Revelations
August 31, 2016
Education Issues
August 30, 2016
IBT International Candidates
August 25, 2016
The Istanbul Airport Attack
August 19, 2016
July 2016
Rep. Ben Ray Luján
July 12, 2016
June 2016
Kim Ruocco of TAPS
June 23, 2016
Organ Harvesting in China
June 22, 2016
Democratic Convention
June 21, 2016
Morris Davis
June 17, 2016
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman
June 16, 2016
Sebastian Junger
June 16, 2016
May 2016
U.S. Reps. Ellison and Carson
May 24, 2016
Obama's Clean Power Plan
May 23, 2016
Congressional Fundraising
May 16, 2016
Voting in the 2016 Election
May 13, 2016
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
May 10, 2016
April 2016
"Diversion First"
April 28, 2016
Ranking of the Gender Pay Gap
April 12, 2016
March 2016
Millennial Political Leaders
March 22, 2016
South China Sea Dispute
March 21, 2016
Cornell W. Brooks, NAACP
March 18, 2016
Former Prisoner Alan Gross
March 15, 2016
Imprisoned Americans in UAE
March 14, 2016
Jay Faison
March 8, 2016
U.S. Leadership in Space
March 4, 2016
Access to Syria
March 3, 2016
WWI Memorial Design Team
March 2, 2016
February 2016
United Nations Under-Secretary-General & Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
February 23, 2016
The Passionate And Polarized Politics Of Autism
February 17, 2016
GOP House Policy Chair Rep. Luke Messer
February 16, 2016
Trans-Pacific Partnership
February 11, 2016
Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church
February 8, 2016
Rep. Bill Shuster, Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
February 4, 2016
January 2016
Lawrence G. Romo, Selective Service System Director
January 29, 2016
Campus Rape Statistics
January 14, 2016
Youth Sports Concussions
January 5, 2016
December 2015
Marina Kaljurand
December 17, 2015
Claudia Ruiz Massieu
December 15, 2015
November 2015
Chris Brann
November 17, 2015
Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy
November 5, 2015
October 2015
SCOTUS on Affirmative Action
October 27, 2015
Amtrak Solutions
October 26, 2015
Autonomous Transportation
October 14, 2015
Mayors and the Climate Crisis
October 8, 2015
September 2015
President Ji's Visit to the U.S.
September 22, 2015
Catholic Charities USA
September 17, 2015
Catholic Leaders
September 16, 2015
Infrastructure Issues
September 9, 2015
Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
September 8, 2015
August 2015
Barbara Aiello, Italy's First Female Rabbi
August 13, 2015
Iran Nuclear Deal
August 3, 2015
July 2015
NSA Surveillance Reform
July 29, 2015
African Growth & Opportunity
July 28, 2015
Updates on the Jason Rezaian Case
July 22, 2015
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
July 15, 2015
Ambassador Jean-Louis Wolzfeld of Luxembourg
July 10, 2015
Cuban Minister of Public Health Roberto Morales
July 1, 2015
June 2015
U.S. to Adopt Swiss Model for Apprenticeships
June 25, 2015
GLADD CEO
June 22, 2015
IOSCO Chairman
June 22, 2015
Pope's Encyclical
June 18, 2015
Email Investigations/Recovery
June 16, 2015
Are Streetcars Good for America?
June 16, 2015
Problems of Connected Cars
June 10, 2015
May 2015
Human Life Expansion
May 7, 2015
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian
May 7, 2015
April 2015
Imprisoned former President of the Republic of Maldives
April 30, 2015
Dolores Huerta on GMOs
April 28, 2015
Sen. Chuck Grassley
April 27, 2015
North Korea Freedom Week
April 27, 2015
Hillary & History
April 9, 2015
March 2015
Embracing Algorithms and Predictive Analytics to Advance the Law
March 24, 2015
Future of the WMATA System
March 23, 2015
Cuba's Environmental Advantage
March 10, 2015
Humanoid Robots and Children with Autism
March 4, 2015
February 2015
H.E. Andris Razans
February 5, 2015
January 2015
Pro-Life Movement
January 15, 2015
Sec. Julián Castro
January 13, 2015
Rev. Alveda King
January 7, 2015
Patrick Donahoe
January 6, 2015
December 2014
Data Innovation
December 10, 2014
Press Freedom in Latin America
December 2, 2014
November 2014
Sen. Charles Schumer
November 25, 2014
Rep. James Clyburn
November 20, 2014
The Washington Ballet
November 18, 2014
Oleg Mahnitskyi
November 14, 2014
2016 Elections
November 6, 2014
Pastor and Activist Jim Wallis
November 4, 2014
October 2014
Elections and the Latino Vote
October 31, 2014
Father Tony Flannery
October 21, 2014
Voter ID Laws
October 16, 2014
Is Gun Carry Good for D.C.?
October 9, 2014
The Ukraine Crisis
October 8, 2014
September 2014
Rep. Steny Hoyer
September 29, 2014
Plan for Employee Benefits
September 23, 2014
Campaign Nonviolence
September 18, 2014
Why College Costs So Much
September 10, 2014
Gao Zhisheng
September 9, 2014
August 2014
Matthew Rosenberg
August 27, 2014
Federal Immigration Judges
August 27, 2014
World War I Memorial
August 12, 2014
President of Burkina Faso
August 7, 2014
Akon on Africa
August 7, 2014
July 2014
Legalization of Marijuana
July 24, 2014
Lilian Tintori
July 21, 2014
California Drought
July 15, 2014
Bill Knight
July 11, 2014
June 2014
Net Neutrality & Free Speech
June 23, 2014
Commercial Use of Drones
June 18, 2014
Sen. Portman & Rep. Van Hollen
June 17, 2014
21st Century Philanthropy
June 16, 2014
Secular Coalition of America
June 11, 2014
The Cuban Five
June 4, 2014
Keys to Elected Office
June 2, 2014
May 2014
Danny Danon
May 29, 2014
Nooshin Erfani-Ghadimi
May 21, 2014
Sandy Recovery Program in 2014
May 21, 2014
George Mitchell
May 20, 2014
Service Personnel Unemployment
May 16, 2014
Manufacturing Skills Gap
May 6, 2014
Second Digital Divide
May 6, 2014
Voting Rights
May 5, 2014
April 2014
Human Sex Trafficking
April 29, 2014
Prime Minister of Grenada
April 11, 2014
Rep. Steve Israel
April 2, 2014
March 2014
Shale Gas Drilling
March 26, 2014
Civil Rights Act Anniversary
March 20, 2014
Honor Violence
March 11, 2014
Greg Walden
March 11, 2014
Ruslana
March 5, 2014
February 2014
Youth Misery Index
February 25, 2014
Information Governance
February 24, 2014
European Union Elections
February 11, 2014
Obamacare After the Exchanges
February 3, 2014
January 2014
Tom Harkin
January 30, 2014
Reporting Obamacare
January 23, 2014
December 2013
John Borsos
December 17, 2013
Portugal and the Euro Zone
December 10, 2013
Mongolian Cabinet Minister
December 9, 2013
Workgroup for Electronic Data
December 5, 2013
FBI National Security Issues
December 4, 2013
President Juan Manuel Santos
December 3, 2013
November 2013
Corporate Espionage
November 20, 2013
Impact of the Brady Bill
November 19, 2013
UN Human Rights
November 1, 2013
October 2013
Camp Ashraf Massacre
October 30, 2013
Common Ground on Gun Control
October 18, 2013
Debt Ceiling Madness
October 14, 2013
Affirmative Action Case
October 14, 2013
Captain Richard Phillips
October 10, 2013
Youth in Elections
October 9, 2013
Syria's Chemical Weapons
October 8, 2013
Campaign Finance Experts
October 1, 2013
September 2013
Arne Duncan
September 30, 2013
China's Ongoing Persecution
September 24, 2013
Jindal, Bush and Scott
September 18, 2013
Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S.
September 13, 2013
August 2013
Egypt's Hopes for Democracy
August 27, 2013
Lithuanian Ambassador
August 22, 2013
Rejuvenating America's Economy
August 21, 2013
Chefs to World Leaders
August 1, 2013
Congresswoman Marcia Fudge
August 1, 2013
July 2013
Father Helmut Schuller
July 22, 2013
What's Next In Healthcare
July 16, 2013
June 2013
Stephen Groff
June 25, 2013
Building the Biggest Telescope
June 20, 2013
Goodwill New Initiative
June 20, 2013
Developers of Solar Impulse
June 18, 2013
Conflict in Lebanon
June 12, 2013
Guns, Congress and the Press
June 5, 2013
May 2013
Government Contracting
May 16, 2013
Young English-Language Learners
May 14, 2013
Deputy Secretary of Defense
May 7, 2013
April 2013
A Nation at Risk
April 25, 2013
Turning Point in Malaysia
April 24, 2013
Bridge to Recovery or Disaster
April 23, 2013
Paying to Drive/Express Lanes
April 22, 2013
Kyrgyz's First Deputy PM
April 19, 2013
Hon. Randall Frye
April 19, 2013
Slovenian Finance Minister
April 19, 2013
E-Discovery
April 15, 2013
Peter Maurer
April 11, 2013
Police Chief Cathy Lanier
April 10, 2013
Alex Salmond
April 10, 2013
Father Thomas Reese, SJ
April 3, 2013
Rep. Elijah Cummings
April 2, 2013
March 2013
Akbar Ahmed
March 28, 2013
Syrian Opposition Leaders
March 19, 2013
Reducing Gun Violence
March 15, 2013
FCC Consolidation Rules
March 11, 2013
Obamacare on the Ground
March 8, 2013
Prudence Bushnell
March 5, 2013
February 2013
Dean Baker
February 28, 2013
Promise of Peace
February 25, 2013
Maurice Greenberg
February 21, 2013
Zalman Shoval
February 13, 2013
Chris Van Hollen & Tom Price
February 12, 2013
Bruce Babbitt
February 5, 2013
January 2013
Michael Collins
January 31, 2013
Inauguration Panel
January 16, 2013
Raymond A. Joseph
January 10, 2013
Emily's List
January 7, 2013
December 2012
Kent Conrad
December 19, 2012
Pavlos Anastasiadis
December 17, 2012
Olga Kifyak
December 14, 2012
OIC
December 13, 2012
Jean-Francois Lisee
December 12, 2012
Bernie Sanders
December 5, 2012
Defense Industry CEOs
December 3, 2012
November 2012
The Alan Gross Case
November 30, 2012
October 2012
Groups Promote Sex Education
October 22, 2012
GPS Tracking
October 18, 2012
Virgil Goode
October 12, 2012
Comeback America Initiative
October 10, 2012
Senator Charles Schumer
October 9, 2012
September 2012
What Impedes Cancer Research?
September 25, 2012
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
September 21, 2012
Biopharmaceutical Research
September 20, 2012
Who Likes Ike's Memorial?
September 18, 2012
Samar Yazbek
September 17, 2012
Cost of the Financial Crisis
September 12, 2012
Americans with Disabilities
September 11, 2012
August 2012
Dr. Lung Yingtai
August 29, 2012
School Choice
August 23, 2012
Safety of Consumer Products
August 9, 2012
Future of Energy Activity
August 3, 2012
July 2012
Sharon Bowles
July 18, 2012
Oleg Vinogradov
July 17, 2012
Workers Stand for America
July 12, 2012
T. Kumar
July 10, 2012
June 2012
SCOTUS Decision and the ACA
June 29, 2012
Conflict in the Middle East
June 28, 2012
OECD Economic Survey
June 26, 2012
Khaled Hosseini
June 20, 2012
H.E. Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio
June 19, 2012
Rick Jacobs
June 12, 2012
National Security on a Shoestring?
June 12, 2012
Algirdas Paleckis
June 7, 2012
May 2012
Rajat M. Nag
May 22, 2012
Daniel Linsker
May 10, 2012
April 2012
Salima Ikram
April 23, 2012
Global Nuclear Security
April 6, 2012
Jozsef Szajer
April 5, 2012
Josh Gotbaum
April 4, 2012
March 2012
Dana Rohrabacher & Louie Gohmert
March 27, 2012
Mohammad Nakibur Rahman & Toby Cadman
March 26, 2012
Radwan Masmoudi
March 20, 2012
Vitor Gaspar
March 19, 2012
Stephen Johnson
March 16, 2012
Sima Samar
March 7, 2012
February 2012
T. Kumar
February 24, 2012
Status and Impact of New State Voter ID Laws
February 23, 2012
America's New Focus on Asia
February 13, 2012
Jerry Sanders
February 13, 2012
Ronald S. Lauder
February 10, 2012
Martha Coakley & Ken Cuccinelli
February 9, 2012
Richard Fenning
February 7, 2012
Robert L. Johnson
February 1, 2012
January 2012
Peter Taksoe-Jensen
January 18, 2012
Merle Hoffman
January 17, 2012
Suze Orman & Tavis Smiley
January 12, 2012
Rod Beckstrom & Dr. Stephen Crocker
January 11, 2012
John Zogby
January 5, 2012
December 2011
Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis
December 21, 2011
Irina Bokova
December 16, 2011
U.S. Solar Industry Leaders
December 14, 2011
Ben & Jerry
December 12, 2011
Jon Huntsman
December 8, 2011
Maen Rashid Areikat
December 6, 2011
Kostyantyn Gryshcenko
December 1, 2011
November 2011
Renewable Transmission Developers
November 30, 2011
Nigel Colley
November 21, 2011
WWII Soviet-American Alliance
November 18, 2011
Enrique Pena Nieto
November 15, 2011
Turki al-Faisal al-Sa'ud
November 15, 2011
Kathleen Gagg
November 15, 2011
Martin O'Malley
November 14, 2011
Lobsang Sangay
November 2, 2011
October 2011
Michael Jacobson
October 19, 2011
September 2011
Tony Perkins
September 27, 2011
Nikola Spiric
September 26, 2011
Mordechai Kedar & David Bedein
September 19, 2011
Alexander Janda
September 16, 2011
Combatting Illegal Fishing
September 7, 2011
Hannes Androsch
September 6, 2011
August 2011
James Hansen
August 29, 2011
Buddy Roemer
August 15, 2011
Unmanned Vehicle Systems
August 10, 2011
July 2011
WTC Redevelopment
July 26, 2011
Lisa Anderson
July 25, 2011
Philip Y.M. Yang
July 15, 2011
U.S. - Iraq Business Relations
July 13, 2011
Barney Frank
July 11, 2011
June 2011
Rea Carey
June 28, 2011
Counterfeit Products
June 23, 2011
Scott Garrett
June 21, 2011
Maziar Bahari
June 16, 2011
Tony Horton
June 9, 2011
Bruce Babbitt
June 8, 2011
May 2011
Democracy Meeting in Vilnius
May 26, 2011
Natural Gas Drilling
May 24, 2011
Mbulelo Rakwena
May 18, 2011
Craig Fugate
May 4, 2011
Antonio Guterres
May 3, 2011
Kasim Reed
May 3, 2011
April 2011
Lorenzo Vidino
April 27, 2011
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah
April 21, 2011
One World of Labour
April 20, 2011
Funatical
April 14, 2011
The Future of Nuclear Power
April 14, 2011
Debbie Smith
April 11, 2011
John Gage
April 5, 2011
March 2011
Dr. Herbert Pardes
March 31, 2011
Chuck Leavell
March 29, 2011
Rep. John Conyers
March 14, 2011
February 2011
Mike Huckabee
February 24, 2011
Dr. Patrick Okedinachi Utomi
February 16, 2011
Dr. John W. Boyd
February 15, 2011
January 2011
Angelino Garzon
January 26, 2011
Richard Dreyfuss
January 25, 2011
American Heart Association
January 24, 2011
December 2010
Steny Hoyer
December 13, 2010
November 2010
Retirement Policy Reform
November 17, 2010
Renewable Energy
November 16, 2010
Jim Conca
November 3, 2010
October 2010
Tom Vilsack
October 21, 2010
September 2010
Mark Sedwill
September 28, 2010
Education Nation
September 22, 2010
Zainab Salbi
September 13, 2010
August 2010
Threats to and Security for Judges
August 30, 2010
Chris Van Hollen
Yogathon Explained
August 27, 2010
Admiral Thad Allen
August 20, 2010
July 2010
Americans w/ Disabilities Act
July 22, 2010
Debt and Deficits
July 20, 2010
June 2010
PM of the Republic of Latvia
June 16, 2010
India - U.S. Partnership
June 14, 2010
Habeas Report
June 10, 2010
World Oceans Day
June 8, 2010
May 2010
Sri Lanka in a New Era
May 27, 2010
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah
May 24, 2010
Akbar Ganji
May 10, 2010
April 2010
President, European Parliament
April 27, 2010
Miller Center Debate
April 27, 2010
Mr. Hyun-Song Shin
April 23, 2010
Jeff Broin, POET
April 21, 2010
Climate Geoengineering
April 16, 2010
NRG Energy CEO David Crane
April 8, 2010
General Nasier A. Abadi
April 8, 2010
Dr. Gylfi Magnusson
April 7, 2010
March 2010
Haiti: Past, Present & Future
March 25, 2010
Miller Center Debate
March 24, 2010
Security Practitioners
March 23, 2010
Connie Hedegaard
March 18, 2010
Anne Mahlum
March 16, 2010
BNY Mellon's Bob Kelly
March 11, 2010
President of El Salvador
March 9, 2010
Bertelsmann Foundation
March 9, 2010
Theary Seng
March 5, 2010
CSU Chancellor Charles Reed
March 2, 2010
February 2010
Gen. Barry McCaffrey
February 26, 2010
Author Chitra Divakaruni
February 24, 2010
America's "Savings Gap"
February 18, 2010
President of Guatemala
February 18, 2010
Haiti Relief Efforts
February 18, 2010
Dr. Farooq Hassan
February 3, 2010
Charles Bolden, NASA
February 2, 2010
January 2010
Mr. Jamal Aldin
January 28, 2010
Hon. Steny Hoyer
January 26, 2010
Edvins Snore
January 25, 2010
Bob Greifeld
January 21, 2010
Retired Generals on Guantanamo
January 21, 2010
Photography Committee Panel
January 20, 2010
S.C. Attorney General
January 13, 2010
U.S. Fiscal Crisis
January 11, 2010
401(k) Survey
January 8, 2010
Energy Efficiency Culture
January 5, 2010
December 2009
Audi of America
December 14, 2009
Financial Services Reform
December 4, 2009
New Orleans Recovery
December 3, 2009
November 2009
Ambassador Nancy Brinker
November 23, 2009
Intl Press Freedom Awards
November 19, 2009