Darren Beattie — a top State Department official who was fired as a speechwriter during President Donald Trump’s first term ...

Since then, the U.S. has survived everything from the Civil War of the 1860s to the Great Depression to Watergate to the 9/11 terrorist attacks to two world wars to the January 6, 2021 insurrection.

Reagan’s choice to head USAID was M. Peter McPherson, a moderate Republican whose experience in the Peace Corps had warmed him to foreign aid.