Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Netanyahu compares himself to FDR and Churchill, blasts ICC decision

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Trump at NRA convention floats 3-term presidency

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These 7 Famous Families Got Into Big Fights Over Politics

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If Hunter Biden Gets Indicted, There’s a Blueprint for Joe Biden

The Betrayal Issue

4 Betrayals That Explain America

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Truman’s Secret Plea to Eisenhower: Take My Job

Education

5 key moments from the Supreme Court showdown over Biden’s student debt relief

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The WWII Strategy Biden Can Use to Bypass Republicans on Ukraine

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‘The God-Damnedest Thing’: The Antisemitic Plot to Thwart U.S. Aid to Europe’s Jews and the Man Who Exposed It

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8 Devastating Presidential Insults

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Opinion | How the Founders Intended to Check the Supreme Court’s Power

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Opinion | When a National Unity Government Really Worked — And Why It Can’t Happen Now

Obituaries

Harry Reid, former Senate leader, dead at 82

Politics

The Unusual Group Trying to Turn Biden into FDR

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G-7: Johnson and Biden tap wartime spirit with 'Atlantic charter'

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‘Part of the fabric’: Democrats say Biden’s sweeping changes will be hard to undo

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Opinion | How Biden Became the Dollar Sign President

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The Political Scientist Who Warned Us About Polls

Supreme Court

Sasse: 'It's grotesque' Biden and Dems won't discuss 'suicide bombing' court packing

Trump Covid Positive

Trump is his own Covid messenger. Allies say that’s the problem.

2020 elections

‘Do I look like a radical socialist?’: Breaking down Biden’s speech

2020

The Convention Speeches that Changed America

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No, the Covid Fight Isn’t Like WWII—And That’s Bad News

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Why the Trump Administration Won’t Be Able to Make the Stimulus Work

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No, Politics Won’t Take a Break for the Virus

2020 Elections

Cardi B might be one of Bernie's most powerful 2020 allies. Seriously.

White House

Complaints grow that Trump staffers are campaigning for their boss

THIS DAY IN POLITICS

FDR dies at 63, April 12, 1945

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Congress enacts huge jobs program, March 31, 1933

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Eleanor Roosevelt weds FDR, March 17, 1905

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FDR delivers first ‘fireside chat,’ March 12, 1933

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FDR meets with Saudi king, Feb. 14, 1945

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FDR unveils ‘court-packing’ plan, Feb. 5, 1937

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Alger Hiss convicted of lying under oath, Jan. 21, 1950

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FDR arrives in Morocco, Jan. 14, 1943

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FDR delivers his first wartime ‘fireside chat,’ Dec. 9, 1941

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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941

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Millions hear President Coolidge’s congressional address on radio, Dec. 6, 1923

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Winston Churchill is born in Victorian Britain, Nov. 30, 1874

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Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with Soviet Union, Nov. 16, 1933

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FDR lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial, Nov. 15, 1939

FDR wins a second term, Nov. 3, 1936

Stock market tumbles, Oct. 29, 1929

FDR: ‘America has been attacked’, Oct. 27, 1941

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FDR calls for 'quarantine' of aggressor nations, Oct. 5, 1937

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Supreme Court nominee declines to testify, Oct. 1, 1949

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FDR writes letter to Hitler urging peace, Sept. 27, 1938

FDR assails neutrality laws, Sept. 21, 1939

Eisenhower approves expanded Social Security coverage, Sept. 1, 1954