Ronald Reagan

The Republican wants to exercise power from day one, with promises of political revenge and plans for mass deportations. His return to the White House on Monday represents a test of strength for US democracy and a blow to the geopolitical chessboard

The Democrat, whose influence grew after leaving the White House, served only one term (1977-1981), weighed down by inflation and the Iran hostage crisis

She was Germany’s chancellor for 16 years. After leaving office in 2021, she disappeared. Now she is back with her memoirs, in which she reflects on her time in power and her life in the GDR. And she defends her legacy. EL PAÍS interviewed her in Berlin where she sends a message: ‘Freedom cannot be taken for granted’

According to one poll, 68% of this electorate plans to vote for the Republican candidate, doubling the figure he received in 2016

The triumphant and unhinged country that took shape in the 1980s is today invoked by a series of films that deal with an identity made up of lost values

Humor has always been used in political campaigns and debates. It can be effective in winning over voters, but it can also increase division and confrontation

From Kennedy against Nixon to Reagan against Carter, some face-offs between candidates have played a key role in determining the outcome of a vote. Will this be the case when Biden faces Trump on Thursday?

The actress has always avoided speaking out about the stalker who shot Ronald Reagan in 1981 in a bid to impress her — until now. She was 18 at the time of the shooting, and has never since returned to the stage

The classic record by the Boss became the biggest-selling album in the world in 1985 and paved the way to superstardom and political activism for the New Jersey native

The president of the United Farm Workers labor union is fighting for federal protection to protect agricultural workers from high temperatures and heat deaths

The Swedish historian, an advocate of classical liberalism, argues that for a certain sector of the right today, defending the beliefs of Thatcher and Reagan is being a ‘cultural Marxist’

Abraham Lincoln heads the new edition of a list made with the opinions of 154 academics and experts

The Australian professor has written a book that focuses a light on the American right, where free market principles merge with puritanism

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, she retired in 2006. Although of conservative ideology, she earned a reputation as a moderate jurist

Trump is arguing that his words as president carried no special force and he was simply exercising his free speech rights

It will be the first time that Biden has hosted world leaders at the secluded retreat nestled in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains

Samantha Smith, at just 10 years old, wrote a letter to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, seeking to comprehend the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Her courageous act catapulted her into the role of a “champion of peace”

One of the greatest actors of the eighties and nineties debuts on the small screen this Friday with ‘FUBAR,’ followed by a three-episode documentary on his life 

The latest crisis on the Mexican border has shone light on a problem that dates back decades. Judges are overwhelmed and Congress, more polarized than ever, is incapable of providing solutions

Perhaps counterintuitively, ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’ had friendships with some of the most well known mobsters of his time, but he also rubbed elbows with several Presidents of the United States

Carter has said his faith compelled him to restore moral principles after a long history of U.S. support for brutal crackdowns on popular movements

Carter, who at 98 is the longest-lived US president, announced last month that he would spend his remaining days at home receiving end-of-life care

Schroeder was the first woman elected to Congress from Colorado, and she went on to serve 12 terms

President George H.W. Bush appointed Bryant as Census Bureau director in 1989

Just 37% of Democrats nationwide want the president to seek a second term, down from 52% in the weeks before last year’s midterm elections