A presidential historian explains how the first 100 days of Donald Trump's second presidency could impact the country.

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

ushered in the first phase of the New Deal within his first 100 days. Based on the promise that the federal government was needed to lift the nation out of the depths of economic collapse ...

Photo by: AP, file FDR’s first 100 days: What did he do? Roosevelt’s first 100 days were marked by a flurry of legislative and executive activity aimed at economic relief, recovery and reform.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell looks back to the historic success of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first 100 days in office when he rescued the American banking system beginning the process of ...

But their accomplishments could not be more dissimilar. FDR devoted his first 100 days to rescuing the government and the American people from the devastating Great Depression. He did it by ...

Roosevelt lifted the United States out of the fetal position with his thrilling First Hundred Days ... But the world FDR helped to build is under assault as never before. In his famous first ...

Despite that, presidents routinely face pressure to show that they are off to a roaring start within their first 100 days. “Every administration since FDR feels that: ‘What are we going to do ...

FDR justified the buildup of government due to his belief that it had “a final responsibility for the well-being of its citizenship.” Since then, a president’s much-watched first 100 days ...