new deal

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As for domestic policy, the high-water mark of federal government power previously was coincidently during the tenure of TR’s distant cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in the New Deal.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

To be sure, the vast expansion of the interstate commerce power since the New Deal has also resulted in an increase in the number of federal crimes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

He father, Tommy D’Alesandro, was a Democratic New Deal congressman, who went on to serve three terms as mayor.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

During the Great Depression, the Works Projects Administration, a New Deal agency created to combat unemployment, established 14 emergency nursery schools in New York.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

The FTP was established in 1935 under the Works Progress Administration, one of the government’s New Deal programs intended to provide economic relief during the Great Depression.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow