Tag: Ronald Reagan

It Won’t Be Easy This Time Either

Tony Mecia · November 10, 2017 9:00 am

A History of Failure

Jay Cost · November 10, 2017 9:00 am

It will be even more so if the Republican wins. (AP)

The Virginia governor’s election is just like the 1988 presidential race

Noemie Emery · November 7, 2017 5:01 am

A History Lesson for Today’s NFL Activists

Gene Kopelson · November 3, 2017 3:45 pm

Sen. George Murphy, R-Calif., was a former movie star with a sweet tooth who brought some bipartisanship to Congress in 1964 with his famed Candy Desk. The institution survives today and remains a place where lawmakers of any ilk are welcome to a handful of sweets. (AP Photo/John Rous)

Beltway Confidential

No matter how nasty it gets, senators still bond over candy

J. Mark Powell · November 2, 2017 4:01 am

An Interview With Peggy Grande, Assistant to Ronald Reagan

Grant Wishard · October 27, 2017 3:46 pm

Schumer took aim at the GOP plan not to work on a bipartisan basis and instead use the reconciliation process to pass a bill. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Schumer: Reagan would consider Trump tax reform push an ‘absolute catastrophe’

Al Weaver · October 27, 2017 1:59 pm

Donald Trump: King of Deregulation?

Peter J. Boyer · October 24, 2017 4:15 pm

President Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy react after Mrs. Reagan sat down after speaking and forgot to introduce the President at the Capital Center in Landover, Md., Monday, Jan. 21, 1985, during an event held for those who would have participated in the inaugural parade, which was canceled because of bad weather.

Washington Secrets

Mainstream Scream: ABC analyst claims Reagan’s party ‘is gone’

Paul Bedard · October 23, 2017 6:55 pm

There is a seriously refreshing aspect to a leader who understands his job is not to go along to get along, or simply kick the proverbial (policy) cans down the road, but rather to further the economic and national security interests of America first. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Chaotic White House aside, Trump is achieving Reaganesque policy wins

Robert Ehrlich · October 20, 2017 6:43 pm

Donald Trump: King of Deregulation?

Peter J. Boyer · October 20, 2017 7:30 am

White House chief of staff John Kelly explained in an emotional briefing Thursday that he advised Trump to praise a fallen soldier's bravery when calling the soldier's family (although he advised Trump against calling at all), because it was what his son's friends told him over the phone when his son died in Afghanistan in 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s counterproductive counterpunching

Washington Examiner · October 20, 2017 4:01 am