Ronald Reagan

History

More than 40 years later, a Texan reveals a secret that may have swayed an election

Ben Barnes went to the Middle East with John Connally to delay the release of U.S. hostages in Iran and potentially help Ronald Reagan win the presidency.

President Reagan addresses the White House Conference on Small Business on Friday, August 15, 1986 in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

Government/Politics

Is Reaganomics Dead?

Is Reaganomics dead? One of President Reagan's top economic advisors tells us, "Yes, and good riddance."

'Reaganland' Author Revisits The Roots Of American Conservatism

Dave Davies

Author Rick Perlstein chronicles the events that propelled Ronald Reagan to the White House in 1980. He says that a certain "viciousness" has always been part of the conservative Republican coalition.

Members of the Jacksonville, N.C. Rolling Thunder chapter pass a flame during a cememony honoring prisoners of war and troops missing in action.

Military & Veterans' Issues

50 Years After Vietnam, POW/MIA Movement Counts Its Successes - One At A Time

Jay Price

In the Vietnam War era, Americans became more interested in recovering missing troops -- largely because of the activism of some military families.

Two women look at a portrait of Nancy Reagan hanging in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

National Portrait Gallery Honors Nancy Reagan; Funeral Is Friday

Doreen McCallister

"Reagan Red" is on display at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery which is honoring Nancy Reagan, who died on Sunday at age 94.

Community

The Source: New Book Reveals President Reagan

David Martin Davies

Ronald Wilson Reagan served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. The movie star turned Governor of California was an unlikely…

John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., in 2003 to seek five-day, unsupervised visits with his parents at their home in Virginia. His current hearing is the seventh time a court has weighed gradually opening the door to Hinckley's freedom.

Man Who Shot Reagan Seeks Release From Mental Hospital

Carrie Johnson

John Hinckley Jr.'s lawyer says he has been in full remission from psychosis and major depression for at least 20 years and should be allowed to live full time with his elderly mother.