--- title: Mike Rogers Won’t Rule Out 2016 Run description: The Republican Congressman and House Intelligence Committee chairman is stepping down from politics at the end of this year to host a talk-radio show focusing on national-security issues canonical: https://time.com/42971/mike-rogers-president-2016/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-30T18:35:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T11:29:19.960Z article:section: Politics og:title: Mike Rogers Won’t Rule Out 2016 Run og:description: The Republican Congressman and House Intelligence Committee chairman is stepping down from politics at the end of this year to host a talk-radio show focusing on national-security issues og:url: https://time.com/42971/mike-rogers-president-2016/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05a3d54b9957b289/6986880a169ab0dc1327882d/ap842661950842.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4038 og:image:height: 2271 og:image:alt: Mike Rogers og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mike Rogers Won’t Rule Out 2016 Run twitter:description: The Republican Congressman and House Intelligence Committee chairman is stepping down from politics at the end of this year to host a talk-radio show focusing on national-security issues twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05a3d54b9957b289/6986880a169ab0dc1327882d/ap842661950842.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mike Rogers Won't Rule Out 2016 Run > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) and [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) Mar 30, 2014 6:35 PM UTC  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., speaks at a press conference about proposed changes to the National Security Agency’s program of sweeping up and storing vast amounts of data on Americans' phone calls, at the Capitol in Washington, March 25, 2014. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., speaks at a press conference about proposed changes to the National Security Agency’s program of sweeping up and storing vast amounts of data on Americans' phone calls, at the Capitol in Washington, March 25, 2014. J. Scott Applewhite—AP by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) and [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) Mar 30, 2014 6:35 PM UTC House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers, the Republican from Michigan, is stepping down from politics for now, but he hasn’t ruled out a 2016 bid for President. Rogers is giving up his seat in Congress at the end of the year to host a talk-radio show focusing on national-security issues. In a Sunday interview with Rogers, Fox News’ Chris Wallace mentioned that President Ronald Reagan had a radio gig before running for the White House. “Ronald Reagan used his platform on radio to run for President of the United States? I had no idea, Chris,” replied Rogers with a coy, joking smile. “I’m going to take it where it goes.” Rogers went on to say he hopes his future in national radio will help him “move the needle” on policy debate. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/42971/mike-rogers-president-2016/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/42971/mike-rogers-president-2016/"},"headline":"Mike Rogers Won't Rule Out 2016 Run","datePublished":"2014-03-30T18:35:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T11:29:19.960Z","description":"The Republican Congressman and House Intelligence Committee chairman is stepping down from politics at the end of this year to host a talk-radio show focusing on national-security issues","url":"https://time.com/42971/mike-rogers-president-2016/","keywords":["republicans","Congress","politics","2016","President"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05a3d54b9957b289/6986880a169ab0dc1327882d/ap842661950842.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05a3d54b9957b289/6986880a169ab0dc1327882d/ap842661950842.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mike Rogers","caption":"Mike Rogers","creditText":"J. 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