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

The White House’s current swimming pool, just south of the West Wing on the South Lawn, was built at the behest of President Gerald Ford. Ford, who loved swimming, reportedly lamented the lack of a ...

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.

Descendants and others reflect on the legacy of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal which pulled the U.S. out of the ...

The two greatest presidents died in April, 80 years apart, one 80 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, 56, was slain while enjoying a comedy at Ford’s Theatre. After 12 years of a crisis presidency, Franklin ...

The 15th Recital with a Cause, a benefit for Rotary International’s Polio Plus campaign, is scheduled Thursday, May 1, at 7 p ...

While today's Roosevelt Island provides some tranquility amid the bustling city, it has a dark history. Blackwell's Island, ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, had died at age 63. He had been elected in 1932 and served a term longer than that served by any other US President before or since.

April 12, 2025, marks 80 years since former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death at the Little ... in the 1920s looking for a cure for his polio in the natural hot springs.