Thomas Jefferson agreed and followed Washington, voluntarily stepping aside after his second term, explaining that perpetual ...

The iconic TVA succeeded under Franklin D. Roosevelt while court rulings, as with Trump, blocked much of the New Deal.

FDR’s “fireside chats” in particular endure as a model of astute presidential messaging. Politically, Roosevelt’s New Deal coalition of northern urbanites with southern whites was held together by the ...

Banks have failed and savings accounts have been wiped out, so to explain the banking system and how it works, Franklin Roosevelt gives his first "fireside chat" to the American people.