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Norman Rockwell, FDR's Press Secretary, Roman Law, and Property

A short excerpt from the long and interesting Elam v. Early, decided Friday by Fourth Circuit Marvin Judge Quattlebaum,… The post Norman Rockwell, FDR's Press Secretary, Roman Law, and Property appeared first on Reason.com.

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New Deal Justices and MAGA Justices

FDR appointed Hugo Black because he was a "thumping, evangelical New Dealer." Why can't Trump want a "thumping, evangelical MAGA warrior"?

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Veterans’ protests planned for D-Day latest in nearly 250 years of fighting for their benefits

Veterans across the United States will gather on June 6, 2025, to protest the Trump administration’s cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as the slashing of staff and programs throughout the government. Veteran-led protests will be held at the National Mall, 16 state capitol buildings and over…

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Trump is ‘remarkably like’ 1930s far-right regimes, billionaire investor warns

Ray Dalio writes in book president wants to ‘dictate’ Maga policies and calls his skirting of democratic norms more ‘aggressive’ than Andrew Jackson and FDR

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The Executive Power Case That Unites Donald Trump and Franklin Roosevelt

Trump’s firing of a federal agency head may soon spell doom for a New Deal era precedent that limited presidential power.

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History shows that Donald Trump is making a serious error in appeasing Vladimir Putin

The policy of appeasement – strategic concessions to an aggressor that are designed to avoid war – is generally most closely associated in the UK with the Conservative leader Neville Chamberlain, prime minister between May 1937 and May 1940.

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Eisenhower Warned Us About the 'Scientific Elite'

The Trump administration's plans to slash science funding could end up liberating researchers from the corrupting influence Dwight Eisenhower warned about.

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Trump’s vision for Air Force One will turn it from the ‘Flying White House’ to a ‘palace in the sky’

Since President Donald Trump excitedly announced that he would be accepting a US$400 million plane from the Qatari government to serve as the next Air Force One, even members of his own party have expressed alarm.

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FDR united Democrats under the banner of ‘liberalism’ − but today’s Democratic Party has nothing to put on its hat

If Donald Trump has taught Americans anything, it’s that political parties can shift positions on any number of issues and retain strong support. Republicans had once been aggressive Cold Warriors, standing shoulder to shoulder with allies against Russia, but now they are isolationists. They once favored so-called “free markets,” but…

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Juggling dynamite? At 100 days in office, Donald Trump is no Franklin D. Roosevelt

Watching United States President Donald Trump weave and chainsaw his way through the first 100 days of his second term in office, I’ve been reminded of what Anthony Eden, the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary in the 1930s and later its prime minister, once said about Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Don’t believe the doubters: protest still has power

Demonstrations rarely lead to immediate policy change. But they are essential to building community and long-term resistance

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Presidential pooches: Famous US presidents’ dogs

From George Washington to Joe Biden, discover the most famous US presidents' dogs throughout history

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How war, money and the quest for discovery entwined the US government and universities

The showdown between the Trump administration and Harvard University is spotlighting bare-knuckled politics and big dollar figures

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Telling us to "save more" isn't working

Without a drastic reimagining of our systems, we face a poverty crisis

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Trump points to the Depression to justify tariffs, but they’re widely seen as intensifying downturn

President says 1929 Depression ‘would have never happened if they had stayed with the tariff policy,’ a statement most experts disasgree with

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Why a presidential term limit got written into the Constitution – the story of the 22nd Amendment

Only one person, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has ever served more than two terms as president of the United States. This is for two reasons.

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Can Donald Trump seek a third term – and what are his options?

US president hints at serving third term despite constitutional limits, while allies say he’s exploring potential paths.

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Trump insists he is ‘not joking’ about seeking a third term as president

US President Donald Trump hints at exploring paths to a third term despite constitutional limits.

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Friday essay: from Watergate to Zippergate to Pussygate – how a shameless Trump has reshaped the US presidential sex scandal

In modern times, who was the first presidential candidate to have their campaign almost destroyed by a sex scandal?

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Steve Bannon Says Trump Will Run For President Again Despite Term Limit: 'We're Working on It'

Steve Bannon said he is "working" on ways to allow Donald Trump to run for a third term even though he is term-limited

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Fires, wars and bureaucracy: The tumultuous journey to establish the US National Archives

Some of the United States’ most important historical documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Emancipation Proclamation, are housed in the U.S. National Archives. Beyond these high-profile items, it also preserves lesser-known but no less vital records, such as national park master plans,…

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A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net

The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash federal spending. A joint federal and state program, Medicaid provides health insurance coverage for more than 72 million people, including low-income Americans and their children and people with disabilities. It also helps foot the…

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Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war

As President Donald Trump often promised during his 2024 presidential campaign, on March 15, 2025, he invoked an obscure 18th-century law called the Alien Enemies Act to justify deporting 137 Venezuelans he says are associated with a Venezuelan gang.

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George Washington, a real estate investor and successful entrepreneur, knew the difference between running a business and running the government

During his three presidential campaigns, Donald Trump promised to run the federal government as though it were a business. True to his word, upon retaking office, Trump put tech billionaire Elon Musk at the head of a new group in the executive branch called the Department of Government Efficiency.

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Where did U.S. public health go wrong?

The field’s failure to integrate medical services in the mid-20th century set the stage for its current troubles

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