The legal battle comes as various organizations, from healthcare providers to educational institutions, brace for potential impacts on the communities they serve.

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican strategist who took a washed-up movie actor named Ronald Reagan and helped make him California governor and, later, president — helping invent the modern political consulting business along the way — has died.

“They really felt they had no choice,” Speakes said two days before the ceremony, according to archived transcripts of press briefings housed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in California. The transcripts from 1985 shed light on ...

For Democrats, four more years of Trump distractions could mean they miss yet another chance to fix their own house, and mount a serious, convincing challenge

In March 1965, a washed-up B-movie actor dialed a couple of young Republican operatives and invited them to lunch at his home in Pacific Palisades. Ronald Reagan was thinking of trying his hand at politics: a long-shot bid for California governor against a sitting Democrat.

From reality stars to movie stars, these luminaries left the entertainment industry and ventured into the political space holding prominent roles in government in what’s become a phenomenon through the years.

Stuart K. Spencer, the California political strategist who guided Ronald Reagan's ascent from Hollywood to the governor's mansion, and ultimately to the presidency, has died at age 97.

Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican political consultant who engineered Ronald Reagan’s winning campaigns for the California governor’s office and the U.S. presidency, transforming a B-movie actor into one of the most successful politicians of his time,

according to archived transcripts of press briefings housed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in California. President-elect Donald Trump's decision to take the oath of office ...

For years, internet users have shared a quote about how to measure the success of welfare programs, attributing the words to Ronald Reagan, the former U.S. president and California governor.

If California were a country, its economy would rank fifth internationally, behind only the U.S., China, Germany, and Japan. Despite having a population the size of Canada. It's home to one in eight Americans. Nationally, its residents contribute the largest amount to federal income tax coffers.

The most transformational post-World War II president, Ronald Reagan, laid the foundation and put the wheels in motion to propel the country exactly to where we are today. Starting with his sacrosanct trickle-down economic policy of transferring wealth to the wealthy;