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

Reconsidering Romney

With Mitt now streaming on Netflix, here's what everyone learned—or didn't—about the man who could have been President

To film Mitt, Netflix's behind-the-podium documentary on the 2012 Presidential hopeful, director Greg Whiteley followed Mitt Romney and his family on the campaign trail for six years, beginning the moment when Romney first decided to run for the U.S. Presidency. What Whiteley ended up with is an apolitical film at ... 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

Thoroughly Modern Meghan

Young Republicans have found a beau ideal in newly minted TV host Meghan McCain

Meghan McCain has never been a shrinking violet. The 28-year-old daughter of Arizona Senator and one-time Republican Presidential nominee John McCain has made a place for herself as a cable-news personality, writer and bodacious blonde embodiment of young blood in the fusty political spheres in which she travels. In recent weeks ... 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

Rahm Emanuel 2.0: Less Screaming, More Smiling

Ranting Rahmbo is gone, but not completely—just ask local teachers. DuJour spends a day with the speed-talking Chicago mayor

It’s 7 A.M. on Columbus Day, and the block-square gray mass of city hall on LaSalle Street is battened down for the holiday. “City Hall is Closed” reads a sign hanging on the main doors. Inside, deep in the marble gloaming, a pair of Chicago police officers is chatting and ... 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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