Forum on Government and Public Policy: The Ever-Expanding Presidency – From Two Vantage Points

Name: Forum on Government and Public Policy: The Ever-Expanding Presidency – From Two Vantage Points
Start: 2026-02-24T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Flagler College Ringhaver Student Center

Schedule

Tue, 24 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Flagler College Ringhaver Student Center | Saint Augustine, FL

Event: The Ever Expanding Presidency – From Two Vantage Points
February 24, 2026 | 7 PM | Ringhaver Student Center
Join us for a discussion with two leading political journalists, David Lightman and Anita Kumar, as they share insights on the growing power of the presidency and how it’s shaped by the media, Congress, and the public.
David Lightman is chief congressional correspondent for the McClatchy Washington Bureau, where he has also worked as a White House, congressional, and chief political correspondent. He’s been writing, editing, and teaching for nearly 50 years, with stops in Hagerstown, Maryland; Riverside, California; Annapolis; Baltimore; and, since 1981, Washington.
Anita Kumar serves as Head of Standards & Practices across all of POLITICO’s geographies worldwide, working to ensure our journalism remains rigorously reported and edited and to uphold our editorial values in a highly polarized age. She leads a growing global standards and ethics team that works to produce ambitious journalism from inception to publication with a focus on accuracy, fairness, clarity and nonpartisanship. In addition, the team guides staffers through ethical dilemmas; develops newsroom policies and style guidelines; and oversees training and development.
Forums are free and open to the public. Seating for all events is first-come, first-served. Flagler College values the free exchange of ideas and respectful communication, in alignment with the Chicago Principles that emphasize the importance of free expression on campus. The views expressed by the speaker(s) are their own and are not intended to represent those of the institution.