Donald Trump's repeated musings about Canada becoming part of the United States have — unsurprisingly — raised hackles in Ottawa."There isn't a snowball's chance in hell," shot back Prime Minister ...

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Mortgage rates were off 1.2 percentage points to 5.8%. 1985-1988: Ronald Reagan’s second term produced a robust economy and 58% higher home prices. Rates dipped 2.2 points to 10.8%. 1997-2000: ...

India and Pakistan exchanged nuclear facility lists for the 34th year. Despite strained ties, the annual ritual under a 1988 pact aims to maintain a fragile deterrent balance. Listen to Story ...

Richard M. Nixon made Carter tempting; Carter made Ronald Reagan necessary. The deceits and crimes of Nixon’s imperial presidency bred Carter’s pompous crusade against pomp. Carter proclaimed ...

In this video from 1988, Ronald and Nancy Reagan are about to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the Whitehouse. The president addresses the economic issues facing the country. At least 10 ...

Reagan roughly tripled the national debt in his 8 years in office, with deficits as a percent of GDP starting in 1982 at 3.9% and thereafter at 5.9%, 4.7%, 5%, 4.9%, 3.1% and 3% in 1988.

A rumor circulating online in December 2024 claimed staff with Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, asked Sasha Obama, one of U.S. President Barack Obama's daughters ...

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