When Joe Biden got his start in politics in the early 1970s, many voters still had vivid memories of Franklin Roosevelt. At Democratic Party gatherings, FDR’s theme song, “Happy Days Are Here Again,” ...

During his 1944 State of the Union Address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the idea of a Second Bill of Rights.

“All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River,” President Franklin Roosevelt declared on July 11, 1944, as he announced that he would do the opposite and run for a fourth ...

Another Roosevelt stepped into the presidency today, undaunted by a national banking crisis that synchronized with his ...

So much of what we think of FDR is about his wartime presidency, and his public persona, yet here we see this utterly charismatic, and also vulnerable, man. Can you talk about your research, and how ...

President Trump is facing intensifying scrutiny over his attempts to exert federal control during his second term. However, some are saying his actions are no different than those of former President ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It was January 4, 1939, a mere months after Germany annexed Austria.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first "fireside chat" on this day in history, March 12, 1933, to reassure and inform a nation reeling from the effects of the Great Depression. This was the ...

Noah Smith is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was an assistant professor of finance at Stony Brook University, and he blogs at Noahpinion. President Joe Biden’s transformative economic agenda ...

Seeking an unprecedented third term in 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt sensed a growing desperation among Republicans, whom he had vanquished in two previous landslides. That year Republican nominee ...