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Nancy Reagan, the late former first lady, is getting the last laugh on the Washington Post which offered a rude obituary of former President Ronald Reagan's bride Monday. Our T. Becket Adams reports on how the paper changed the snarky tone of the story after it first posted. She died over the weekend at 94. It probably wouldn't have surprised Reagan, who used to joke about the paper's bias.

Lois Romano, clearly a left-leaning journalist with an anti-Republican agenda if her Twitter feed is remotely any indication, is chosen by the Washington Post to write Nancy Reagan‘s obituary. Upon publication on WashingtonPost.com Sunday morning almost immediately following the announcement of the passing, some see Romano’s obit as a trashing of Mrs. Reagan in Kitty Kelly-meets-Perez-Hilton-like fashion. – Sometime Sunday evening, somebody — either Romano or an editor — stealth-edits the obituary by eliminating the lead paragraph in question altogether. – Despite the major change, Romano nor an editor inform readers any alterations to the piece were made – Romano...

There's a point at which any decent person puts aside partisan rhetoric. That point would be death. Especially the death of a First Lady. Even if you didn't like Reagan, taking shots at Nancy Reagan in 2016, after her death, is really despicable. Post writer Lois Romano decided to write a ridiculously nasty smear of Ronald Reagan and his wife as the obit. About half the content seems to be about how much money Nancy Reagan spent on things. By paragraph 3, Lois Romano starts attacking Nancy Reagan. "As first lady from 1981 to 1989, Mrs. Reagan had a knack...

Former Governor Mitt Romney waved “a final goodbye to the days of Ronald Reagan” in a message marking the passing of former First Lady Nancy Reagan. Romney, who re-entered the public spotlight this week to attack Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, said Reagan possessed “charm, grace, and a passion for America.” Romney posted on his Facebook page: With the passing of Nancy Reagan, we say a final goodbye to the days of Ronald Reagan. With charm, grace, and a passion for America, this couple reminded us of the greatness and the endurance of the American experiment. Some underestimate the influence...

Donald Trump briefly eulogized former First Lady Nancy Reagan on Twitter Sunday after news of her passing.

Former first lady Nancy Reagan has died at the age of 94, according to TMZ. She married Ronald Reagan in 1952 and served as first lady in from 1981 to 1989.