David Trulio

Today, we mourn the loss of Chuck Norris—a beloved actor, martial artist, and cultural icon. He was a close friend of President and Mrs. Reagan and a frequent guest at White House events. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Gena, his children, and his grandchildren.

Operation Epic Fury is the largest U.S. military operation against the Iranian regime since Operation Praying Mantis, ordered by President Ronald Reagan in 1988, during which U.S. forces eliminated nearly half of Iran’s operational naval fleet in just a few hours. In 1988, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps had laid mines in international shipping lanes and harassed and attacked merchant vessels. Operation Praying Mantis followed an Iranian naval mine detonating beneath the USS Samuel B. Roberts, an explosion that injured ten American sailors, four of them severely burned. In response, U.S. forces destroyed two Iranian oil platforms, sank or crippled multiple Iranian warships, and drove off Iranian fighter jets. Pictured: The Iranian warship Sahand, burning from bow to stern on April 18, 1988, before sinking in the Persian Gulf.

Today in 1981. A new president. A new direction. 🔥 President Ronald Reagan delivers his first Inaugural Address.

EXCLUSIVE: On the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day—signed into law by President Ronald Reagan—hear from Dr. @AlvedaCKing, niece of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and daughter of the late civil rights leader Rev. A.D. King. Our full interview is now LIVE on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=-P1owE…

A year ago, we had 250,000 YouTube subscribers. Today, we’re at 950,000 — and racing toward 1 MILLION. That kind of growth doesn’t happen by accident. It reflects an unprecedented global interest in President Reagan’s leadership, principles, and enduring legacy. Help us cross the finish line → subscribe today: youtube.com/ReaganFoundati…

Then-Governor Ronald Reagan escorting President-Elect Richard Nixon across the field at the 1969 Rose Bowl. @nixonfoundation

We can do better. We must do better.

As we approach what would have been William F. Buckley Jr.’s 100th birthday on Monday, November 24th, we honor the founder of National Review (@NRO)—an architect of the modern conservative movement who shaped generations of political leaders and counted President Reagan as a friend.

Peace through Strength 👊

In his latest column, @marcthiessen argues that the conservative movement must confront — and condemn — antisemitism head-on, or risk mirroring the very trends it criticizes on the left. Read the full piece 👇 washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

Thank you to @BretBaier for taking the time to come to our library and invite riveting insight and learning. You can watch the full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=oFSmPi…

Wyatt Earp himself rode into the Reagan Library! Actor Kurt Russell stopped by to talk Tombstone and personally deliver his movie props for our Cowboys: History & Hollywood exhibit.

“Mainstream media is dead… independent voices are taking over.” Hear more from @EricTrump in this clip from his visit to the Reagan Library.

A packed house for @BretBaier at the Reagan Library! He shared stories from his new book To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower, and why he thinks Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan would’ve been great friends.

36 years ago today, civilization prevailed over barbaric communist ideology when the Berlin Wall crumbled to the ground. We owe President Reagan an eternal debt of gratitude for his clear-eyed conviction to secure peace through strength. 🇺🇸🕊️

On this day in 1989, the Berlin Wall fell—signaling the end of the Iron Curtain that had divided a continent and a people. Over the months that followed, the wall was physically dismantled piece by piece. When Ronald and Nancy Reagan visited Berlin in 1990, they took up hammers and chisels to do their part, just three years after President Reagan gave voice to the hope of millions: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

UATX will never charge tuition. And we will never take government money. Here's why. Graduates spend decades shouldering debt for hollow credentials. This debt influences every decision they make: What job to take. Where to live. When to marry. When to have children. Some will never start that company. Never take that risk. Never build what they were meant to build. Meanwhile, universities take billions of subsidies from Washington while hoarding billions in endowments. And every year, they raise tuition. Universities get richer. Students get poorer. America gets weaker. Every breakthrough — every invention, every industry, every new frontier — began with a handful of extraordinary individuals free to take extraordinary risks. Washington led men into battle at 22. Carnegie was building his steel empire by 30. Meriwether Lewis charted the American West in his twenties. Sam Colt patented the revolver at 22. Palmer Luckey sold Oculus at 21. Patrick Collison founded Stripe at 22. Michael Dell began his computer business at 19. Fred Smith launched FedEx at 29. None of them spent his twenties paying off student loans. Thanks to a $100 million gift from Jeff Yass — the largest donation since UATX was founded in 2021 — we're breaking the chains. His gift marks the launch of a $300 million campaign to build a university that sets students free. Our bet: Create graduates so exceptional they'll pay it forward when they succeed, financing the tuition of the next generation. When our students build important companies, defend our nation, advance scientific frontiers, build families, and create works that elicit awe, they'll remember who made their excellence possible. And they’ll give back. Other Americans will take notice. Those who believe in unleashing American talent will invest in creating more of it. Every other college gets paid whether students succeed or fail. At UATX, if our graduates don't become essential to American excellence — and if their work doesn't inspire others to fund this mission — we're done. Every dollar raised, every professor hired, every course taught must produce extraordinary graduates — or we fail. We've designed our own constraints: no room for bloated bureaucracies, no frivolous departments, no administrative empire-building. Our survival depends on one thing only: graduating leaders free to pursue American greatness. The University of Austin rejects the credentialing cartel. We admit purely on test scores, rank every student, and fail those who can't cut it. The nation's brightest are coming to Austin — transferring from Carnegie Mellon, turning down UChicago, leaving Columbia — to wrestle with great books, master AI and data science, and start real companies on campus. They're choosing a university dedicated to excellence instead of collecting hollow credentials elsewhere. Jeff Yass has shown us what betting on America’s future looks like. Now we invite you to join him.

The debate isn't new. And the answer hasn't changed. Ronald Reagan on capitalism & socialism, 1984.

This Election Day, we remember President Reagan’s landslide wins—today in 1980, and again this Thursday in 1984. These overwhelming victories reshaped the political landscape and signaled a renewed direction for the nation.

Alaska has a new AG, the great Steve Cox, and he’s already shaking up business as usual. Lots of states contract with private firms to do legal work that it would be uneconomical for the state to undertake. This has long been a cash cow for liberal plaintiff firms in the case of mass torts, most famously the tobacco litigation and now, increasingly, with opioids. The most notorious of these liberal firms is the plaintiff juggernaut, Motley Rice. Remember Jack McConnell, the Rhode Island judge and major donor to the Junior Senator from Bailey’s Beach Club? He’s the one who screwed up the SNAP case. He was also a longtime bigwig at Motley Rice before he became a judge. It’s that kind of firm. Remarkably the red state of Alaska was using them in litigation. Motley Rice was also litigating similar cases on behalf of private parties—and failed to disclose this to Alaska or seek a conflicts waiver. The result was an independent ethics investigation and Alaska firing Motley Rice. Here’s the letter informing the firm of Alaska’s decision. I haven’t ever seen something like this. AG Cox is doing his people proud and other states should follow his lead. assets.law360news.com/2406000/240645…