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Please note: this list is no longer being updated.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