Brands’s new biography of Ronald ... in office, Reagan expended a total of $1.72 trillion on national defense, an unprecedented amount that he stoutly defended. Challenged in a cabinet meeting ...

Ronald Reagan promised to abolish the Department of Education. Now, more than a generation later, Donald Trump has finally started to deliver with an executive order that ...

These challenges combined to weaken President Jimmy Carter’s reelection campaign. Once elected, President Ronald Reagan made it clear that his objectives were to cut taxes, fight communism, reinforce ...