FDR appointed all people close to him who he deemed loyal and supportive of the new Deal. Indeed, Byrne stepped down from the Court to take a position in the administration.

MSNBC 'Marketcrafters' looks at the legacy of FDR's 'New Deal' Posted: April 24, 2025 | Last updated: April 24, 2025. Author Chris Hughes joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'Marketcrafters ...

It was on Capitol Hill that the New Deal went from concept to law, a flexing of legislative muscle and cornerstone for Roosevelt’s success. As we look at Trump’s decidedly unimpressive start ...

New Deal Law and Order: How the War on Crime Built the Modern Liberal State, by Anthony Gregory, Harvard University Press, 512 pages, $45. The United States is notorious both for mass ...

Through a coincidence of history, President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress Tuesday took place on the 92nd anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inauguration.

Roosevelt, who took office in 1933 and steered the U.S. economy through the Great Depression and World War II, ushered in the first phase of the New Deal within his first 100 days.

With Presidents' Day officially here, the two former Commanders in Chief who probably get mentioned most often are George Washington, the first president, and Abraham Lincoln, the one who ...

William E. Leuchtenburg, a prizewinning historian who helped shape Americans’ understanding of the past with his erudite, perceptive books on Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal and the ...

Author Chris Hughes joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'Marketcrafters: The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy'.