Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a ...

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a guiding force for Republicans as they control the White House, House and Senate ...

Three weeks into Trump 2.0, and I’m still haunted by JD Vance’s condescending smirk at the National Prayer Service.

Reagan won reelection in 1984 in one of the biggest landslide victories in U.S. history, snatching all but one state – Minnesota – and Washington, D.C. “Even now, when people learn about him ...

More than 20 years after Bill Clinton left office, Democrats remain in the grips of his New Democrat politics. That’s a ...

Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists Michelle Goldberg ...

Trump's political playbook is simple: project strength, promise easy solutions, and blame others when reality doesn’t comply.

On July 21, 2024, US president Joe Biden stepped aside in favour of his vice-president Kamala Harris, a few months before the ...

More than a fitting epitaph for President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, who died Dec. 29. Truth, law and peace are lodestars for ...

In the opening days of his second presidency, the malignant, orange-sprayed fascist maniac Donald “Poisoning Our Blood” Trump has, in the words of the ...

After losing a national election, it’s natural that a political party goes through a period of soul-searching and internal turmoil. The Republican Party, though, has taken it to another ...