Tag: Ronald Reagan

Reagan Reconsidered

Jay Cost · July 21, 2017 6:00 am

It is because Reagan was an FDR voter that he is the most successful conservative who ever held power. (AP Photo/Barry Sweet)

Ronald Reagan’s party once again?

Noemie Emery · July 18, 2017 4:01 am

Aside from winning the Cold War, the conservative's most lasting contribution could be making sure 18-year-olds can't buy beer. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Beltway Confidential

Ronald Reagan decided 33 years ago that 18-year-olds can’t buy a beer

Philip Wegmann · July 17, 2017 9:59 pm

President Trump greeted French President Emmanuel Macron with a nine-second handshake then dropped an awkward handclasp-hug combo on the mature first lady of France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Beltway Confidential

Mr. President, please learn to shake hands

Philip Wegmann · July 13, 2017 4:11 pm

The Beginning of Reagan’s Youth Brigades

Gene Kopelson · June 23, 2017 9:30 am

People look at a new statue of former President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II that was unveiled in Gdansk, Poland, on Saturday, July 14, 2012. The statue honors the two men whom many Poles credit with helping to topple communism. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Washington Secrets

Reagan statue to replace communist in Kiev square, called ‘act of heroism’

Paul Bedard · June 21, 2017 2:23 pm

Eight years out Bush sits pretty with a 59 percent favorability rating and Obama's numbers are a bit better at 63 percent. (AP)

Poll: George W. Bush gaining on Obama in popularity

Sean Langille · June 19, 2017 10:41 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions declined to answer lawmakers' questions regarding private conversations he had with President Trump while appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Memos shield Attorney General Jeff Sessions, for now

Kelly Cohen · June 18, 2017 4:01 am

Two years after Reagan's iconic speech the Berlin wall did come down, celebrated by many as an icon of the triumph over Marxism and freedom from Russian socialism. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Tear down this wall’: Reagan’s most famous speech thirty years later: WATCH

Sean Langille · June 12, 2017 11:43 pm

Now, the president has started using props, perhaps consciously inspired by previous presidents. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Thud! Trump takes a few thousand pages out of Ronald Reagan’s playbook

Philip Wegmann · June 9, 2017 5:32 pm

The border adjustment tax would result in a big hidden cost that is passed along to American consumers, writes Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Rep. Jim Jordan: America-first tax reform begins with dismissing a border adjustment tax

Rep. Jim Jordan · June 9, 2017 12:00 pm

President Trump wants the Supreme Court to review the petition immediately. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Why Donald Trump could be interviewed in Russia probe

Sarah Bedford · June 9, 2017 4:01 am