D.C.'s Party Circuit Gets a Masculine Makeover

Washington’s most impressive new hostess isn’t an heiress, a diplomat or a lobbyist—she’s a guy

The Beall-Washington House holds a special place in our capital’s lore. Built in the late 19th century by one of Georgetown’s founders and a descendant of George Washington, it slopes gently down 30th Street NW in Washington, DC, and faces the Oak Hill Cemetery where the home’s former owner, Katharine ... More

Donald Trump: Mr. Congeniality

Is the real estate titan and political pundit really the most misunderstood man in the world?

"It's a funny thing to be loved for firing people..." mulls Donald Trump in his workplace aerie in Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue and 56th Street. He's talking about the success of his reality series The Apprentice, now in its 13th season on NBC. ... More

At Home with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and legal dynamo Rikki Klieman might be New York's most law-abiding power couple

Like so many of New York’s most successful mergers, this one began over breakfast at the Regency. It was late 1997 and Rikki Klieman, a CourtTV anchor recently relocated from Boston, was dining with her new boss at the Upper East Side eatery, where captains of industry hash out ... More

That Was Men, This is Now

On the 40th anniversary of All the Presidents Men, David Dayen looks at how media has transformed since two relentless newspaper reporters brought down the Nixon presidency

Our memory of Watergate owes much to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the Washington Post reporters who spent two years investigating the burglary at the Democratic National Committee offices, uncovering a criminal conspiracy inside the Oval Office. But 40 years ago, if you lived in Maine or Wyoming and wanted to ... More

Live from the Hill: Dana Bash

CNN's chief congressional correspondent reveals the ins and outs of how Congress really operates

Twenty years is a long time in the evolution of a cable news network—and a career. “When I first started, it was Ted Turner’s CNN, meaning it was a very different kind of vibe,” CNN’s chief congressional correspondent Dana Bash tells DuJour. “He used to say, ‘The news was the ... More

The Fran Drescher Movement

“Cancer put me on a tailspin so I could come out the other end of it a rebuilt, reinvented person.”

When she’s acting, Fran Drescher likes to take cues from her real life. Last year’s Happily Divorced, a second act in sitcoms for the former Nanny, was based on Drescher’s relationship with ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson. Lately, though, the New York comedienne has been drawing on her experiences for a ... More

Ralph Nader Lets Loose

The five-time presidential candidate holds forth on the government shutdown, Obama’s "egocentric" campaign and doing stand-up

Earlier this month, Ralph Nader—consumer advocate, five-time presidential candidate and serial organization founder—was in New York to speak on a panel titled "The Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Accident: Ongoing Lessons for New York." Alongside former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and a gaggle of Nuclear Regulatory Commission bigwigs, Nader, now ... More

Ed Koch: On Regrets, Gay Mayors and His Legacy

In this exclusive interview conducted a few weeks ago, the late great ex-mayor opened up about his years in his beloved New York

Ed Koch—who passed away this morning from congestive heart failure at the age of 88—was the outspoken, divisive but ultimatedly adored mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. He was the man in charge when the subway workers went on strike for 10 days, when a beloved Harlem ... More

An Interview with Newark’s Cory Booker

A profile of a Democratic mayor on the rise—and a look at where he's headed

The clock is ticking on Cory Booker. At the moment, the mayor of Newark, N.J., is caught between the desk and the door of his office in City Hall, a gold-domed beaux-arts anomaly bracketed by bail-bond offices and a Subway sandwich shop. As he reaches back to grab ... More

Cathie Black and Kayce Jennings Are Changing The World For Girls

Two New York dynamos take on a film project to raise funds to educate young women around the globe

Cathie Black is taking notes. The topic is 10x10, a social action campaign aimed at raising the bar for the worldwide education of girls, and at the living room table in her Park Avenue apartment, Black is jotting down what her friend, film producer and 10x10 executive Kayce ... More

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