Abraham Lincoln is best known for his role as a wartime president, but his economic policies were a precursor to the New Deal ...

Alex Witt speaks with former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro on what a potential new tax revenue deal ...

Deportation flights to Venezuela should resume following a deal between the country and the U.S. Flights to Venezuela started ...

It was a reference to the New Deal of the 1930s, a series of ambitious initiatives and reforms — including the Civilian ...

The new president, The Nation editorialized, “has so far swept everything before him with the strength and velocity of a March wind.” Bonneville Dam, located in Oregon. It was part of the New ...

"The national reconstruction act is sufficiently flexible to permit ... on the greater things promised the South in the new deal are fine, and every word is gospel; but when you talk about being ...

Banks could lend money to businesses again. The government needed money to fund the New Deal. 1933 Economy Act All government employees’ pay was cut by 15 per cent. Almost $1 billion was saved.

Franklin D Roosevelt was a very popular president. However, as the Great Depression deepened, there was more criticism of the New Deal and Roosevelt’s leadership. A programme of reform like the ...