As the Trump administration is set to cross the 100-day mark, here's a look at how we came to judge new presidents.

During the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt created a tree army. Civilians planted trees, built dams, and transformed state and national parks.

Since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s earthshaking first 100 days in office, no president has matched the sheer drama and disruption of that 15-week sprint in 1933, which rewrote the relationship ...

Without a willing and ready Congress to act in concert with FDR, the New ... the speed at which his New Deal program coalesced and helped stem the worst effects of the Great Depression.

To rival, even surpass, the scope of Franklin Roosevelt ... Great Depression had made the Republicans a rump party, unable to mount an effective opposition to the early stages of the New Deal.

In his first 100 days, FDR calmed and unified the country. In his, Donald Trump has terrified and further divided us.

Both Donald Trump and Frankin D. Roosevelt have been accused of making risky moves by their detractors. But FDR wasn’t fuelled by personal impulses and the need for retribution as Trump is.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt kickstarted his storied first 100 days, ushering in the New Deal, a flurry of laws aimed at mitigating the ravages of the Great Depression. In just over three months, FDR’s ...