World War II was just weeks from finally being won when, on April 12, 1945, the United States was shocked and saddened by an incomprehensible loss.

The White House’s current swimming pool, just south of the West Wing on the South Lawn, was built at the behest of President ...

Roosevelt’s opening act yielded major new laws, while Trump governs largely by executive orders that can be swiftly ...

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At the southernmost point of Roosevelt Island, in the heart of New York City’s East River, stands a monumental bronze bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States.

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The law was added to the Constitution after Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected for a fourth term, to prevent the concentration of power and safeguard democracy. Since it was ratified in 1951 ...