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Johnson had persuaded Graham, and Graham had persuaded Rauh, and Rauh had persuaded Wilkins—and now, in that law library on K Street, Wilkins persuaded the Leadership Conference. In the late afternoon, at the end of a long day, the conference issued a statement saying that “Disappointing as the Senate version is, it does contain some potential good

And while Moses went to the top, he did not stop there, wining and dining reporters as well as publishers, inviting key ones to his elaborate opening-ceremony luncheons, to an annual swimming and dinner outing at Jones Beach, to more intimate, and elaborate, luncheons at Belmont Lake State Park, to the Park Department’s Christmas party at the Arsen

was a Jefferson Dinner, but in our case, it was a Jefferson/Obama dinner. It followed the format of the tradition that Thomas Jefferson was known for, where he would invite the most brilliant minds in politics, academia, and science to a dinner

Following Andrew’s death at age forty-three in March 2012, Steve Bannon became executive chairman. Under Bannon’s reign Breitbart became a haven for what the corporate press indiscriminately describes as “alt-right,” “far-right,” “populist,” or “white supremacist” views. Conservative wunderkind—and purported ghostwriter of Andrew’s book—Ben Shapiro

Bill Clinton was moderating this panel. On it were Mauricio Macri, a former businessman who had defeated Argentina’s

longtime Clinton foe Jeff Gerth. He’s the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist