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While all presidents tussle with the press, President Donald Trump has taken things to another level at the beginning of his second term. Trump, still in his first 100 days in office, has kicked the historic Associated Press out of the Oval Office and off of Air Force One, seized control of the White House press pool rotation to bring in friendly outlets, and now may take over coveted seating assignments in the Brady Press Briefing Room. All three moves generated howls of outrage from the White House Correspondents' Association, an 800-member group that previously self-policed access. "The White House...

Rising superstar White House Correspondent and Executive Editor for Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast, Natalie Winters, was barred this week from joining Washington D.C.’s National Press Club, despite her hosting one of the nation’s most circulated podcasts and consistently breaking news stories promoted by congressmen, Elon Musk, and President Trump. On Wednesday, April 2, Winters shared a screenshot of the vague letter she received from the National Press Club, stating without rationale that Winters did “not meet the qualifications for membership at this time.” On Friday, April 4, Winters exposed to her over 625,000 followers on X that the National...

The White House Correspondents’ Association on Monday pushed back against the White House’s plans to exert control over the briefing room seating assignments for journalists. In an email to members, the association — which is made up of an independent group of journalists covering the Trump administration — said it was aware of the reported efforts from the White House to take over the briefing room’s organization chart. The seating has long been set by WHCA. “If the White House pushes forward, it will become even more clear that the administration is seeking to cynically seize control of the system...

White House reporters are already “exhausted” with President-elect Donald Trump’s second term before it even starts, members of the press corps told Vanity Fair on Wednesday. In the article, titled “Reporters Brace for the Frenzy of a Second Trump White House,” New York Times White House correspondent Peter Baker said, “Anybody who went through it the last time remembers how nonstop it was.” “It ends up kind of becoming all-consuming and taking over your life. It wears you down,” he lamented

Axios CEO Jim VandeHei inspired and energized a National Press Club gala with a passionate, ad-libbed defense of free and fearless reporting, warning that "everything we do is under fire." "I hate this damn debate about: Oh, we don't need the media," he said Thursday night as he and co-founder Mike Allen accepted the Fourth Estate Award for lifetime achievement. "It's not true." What they're saying: "I love this country," Jim added. "I'm a beneficiary of this country. Some dipsh*t from Wisconsin can come and start two companies, be up here, win an award." SNIP

Six former members of Congress to hear space alien testimony By Justin Sink - 04/29/13 11:29 AM ET Six former members of Congress have signed up for a week of congressional-style testimony on the existence of space aliens. The hearing, which will occur this week at the National Press Club, will feature some 30 hours of testimony on the possible existence of extraterrestrials and be recorded for a documentary film. Around three dozen researchers and academics are expected to testify. Participants will include ex-Sen. Mike Gravel (D-Alaska), and ex-Reps. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-Mich.), Darlene Hooley (D-Ore.),...

WASHINGTON,- A group hoping to prove existence of extraterrestrials plans hearings in Washington led by former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, it announced. The gathering, called "The Citizen Hearing on Disclosure" and hosted by the Paradigm Research Group, based in Bethesda, Md., will offer more than 30 hours of congressional-style hearings, April 29 to May 3, at the National Press Club in Washington, The Detroit News reported Thursday. Cheeks Kilpatrick, a member of Congress from 1997 to 2010 and mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, will join five other former members of Congress to interview witnesses who claim a...

Speaking at the National Press Club in late September, black pastor Bishop E. W. Jackson unapologetically said it was time for black Americans to take a stand for what is right and called for a mass exodus from the Democrat Party due to the "irreconcilable conflict" between what the Democrat Party represents and their faith in God. Regrettably, the Democrat Party has drawn a line in the sand forcing Christians of all colors to decide whether they will stand for their faith or against it if they stay in a party that blasphemes God when giving standing ovations for...

Herman Cain may be the only presidential candidate in history to actually benefit from a sex scandal. Just hours after Politico broke a story about accusations of sexual harassment against Cain, the former Godfather's Pizza CEO killed it during a luncheon speech at the National Press Club. And then to top it all off, he SANG. After very little prompting to reprise his "Imagine There's No Pizza" performance at the Omaha Press Club, Cain launched into a surprisingly beautiful rendition of the Christian hymn "He Looked Beyond My Faults" — an interesting choice given the sex scandal. CLICK ABOVE LINK...

That's what Barack Obama told the nation over the weekend. "I do not have time for this silliness." The "silliness" he was talking about is the question of his own eligibility for the presidency. Yet, there he was Saturday night at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner spending more time in a soliloquy about just that issue. Which is it? Does he have time for it? Or doesn't he? Does he have time to prepare and deliver remarks about the controversy? Or doesn't he? Does he have time to obsess over it? Or doesn't he? Or is it a matter...

Were the Clintons behind Wright? Clintonista machinations and the intuitive brilliance of my wifeBy Christopher CookWere the Clintons behind Wright's appearance at the National Press Club? That is the supposition, based on developing information, at the New York Daily News, the Anchoress, and Strata-sphere.Here are the key grafs from the Daily News: The Rev. Jeremiah Wright couldn't have done more damage to Barack Obama's campaign if he had tried. And you have to wonder if that's just what one friend of Wright wanted.Shortly before he rose to deliver his rambling, angry, sarcastic remarks at the National Press Club Monday, Wright...

Of course, a modern day Christ would have simply referred to Judas as a "distraction". Obama said he heard that Wright had given "a performance" and when he watched news accounts, he realized that it more than just a case of the former pastor defending himself. "His comments were not only divisive and destructive, I believe they end up giving comfort to those who prey on hate," Obama said. Newsflash, your majesty. Your pastor is the one who prays preys on hate and his flock are the ones offering him that comfort. Nice projection though. I'm pretty sure if Jesus...

Scroll down for press conference blogging… What, pray tell, could Barack Obama possibly say now to undo the damage of his two decades of bad judgment about Jeremiah Wright? Will he weigh in on black liberation theology? Wright's phrenological discourse? How about Wright's defense of his comparison between the Roman soldiers who killed Jesus and the US Marine Corps? Inquiring minds want to know. Maybe we'll find out: Obama was asked about Rev. Jeremiah Wright just now by a woman in Winston-Salem who tells the audience to watch his PBS interview, which will quell their concerns. "I'm going to be...

In a defiant appearance before the Washington media, the REv. Jeremiah Wright said Monday that criticism surrounding his fiery sermons is an attack on the black church... Wright spoke at the National Press Club before the Washington media and a supportive audience of black church leaders... He said his Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago has a long history of liberating the oppressed...

WASHINGTON, March 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nation's largest pro-troop organization, Move America Forward (website: http://www.MoveAmericaForward.org ) will hold a news conference this Friday, March 14, 2008, calling attention to, and denouncing, the rising trend of violence against military recruiting centers. The news conference takes place in the Murrow Room at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Friday, March 14th at 9:30 AM. Move America Forward will provide detailed accounts of these attacks, including photographs and documents, to members of the media in attendance. A new national television ad campaign calling attention to these attacks will also be unveiled....

Asked at the National Press Club's luncheon on Monday “what do you see as the future vision for CNN now that Fox is gaining in market share and popularity?”, CNN founder Ted Turner leaned into the microphone and, prompting laughter and applause, produced a loud sputtering sound as he blew air through his lips with his tongue sticking out slightly -- aka "blowing a raspberry" or issuing a "Bronx cheer." "... the right-wingers have every right to have a network of their own and they've got one.”

Guest of President Ahmadinejad Michael Rubin We live in a time when journalists want to be news, rather than report it. It wasn't too much of a surprise, then, when head table journalists at the National Press Club wanted to stand up and be recognized by name prior to the Ahmadinejad speech. What was a bit surprising was that one head table member, Kaveh Afrasiabi, was introduced as Ahmadinejad's guest. Hmm. Afrasiabi has contributed several op-eds to and published several letter in the New York Times. Each has forwarded the canard that if only Washington were more generous with the...

Ahmadinejad-US Nation-Message Islamic Republic of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a message to the American nation, "Both our nations are God-fearing, truth loving and justice seeking, and both seek dignity, respect, and perfection." The full text of the message of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran To the American People is as follows: In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful "O, Almighty God, bestow upon humanity the perfect human being promised to all by You, and make us among his followers." Noble Americans! Were we not faced with the activities of the US administration in...

Watch Mike Pence Today (Saturday, 7/29/2006) On C-Span I Time: 5:17PM, Eastern Time Time: 2:17PM, Pacific Time Presentation by Mike Pence and Dick Lugar at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., Federal Media Shield Legislation I saw most of this on Friday night on C-Span. I've gone through their schedule and the only other time it's been scheduled is the time shown above. If you want to see what makes Mikee run, please tune in or set a tape. The Press Club's drive-by media audience usually has some very hostile questions for conservative speakers. But Pence was treated as an...

- In a surprise move yesterday, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called for "most of the country" to return to a speed limit of 55 mph in an effort to slash fuel consumption... "The 55-mile speed limit really does lower gas usage. And wherever it can be required, and the people will accept it, we ought to do it," Clinton said at the National Press Club.