As author Gary Ginsberg tells PEOPLE, the former president was "emotionally wired for this friendship and he needed it" Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

On the morning of March 4, 1933 an air of tense expectancy pervaded America. The country was experiencing its worst year yet of the Depression, the nation's banks had been closed, and most ...

In 1932, the topic of highest importance to Americans was the Great Depression, giving Democrats an advantage in securing their place in the White House. The incumbent, Herbert Hoover, was unpopular ...

Analysis: Franklin D Roosevelt's 1941 explosive meeting with Frank Aiken ended with raised voices, histrionics and flying knives, forks and plates We need your consent to load this rte-player ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s desk is shown at his library as a visitor examines information at the national historic site in Hyde Park on Saturday, March 1, 2025.