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Guest: Eric Rauchway is distinguished professor of history at the University of California, Davis, and the author of several books including, Winter War: Hoover, Roosevelt, and the First Clash Over the New Deal, and his latest, 

The Bidens attend an inaugural prayer service at the White House. President Joe Biden raced Thursday to show he was addressing the array of crises awaiting him on his first day in office, issuing executive orders aimed at combating the coronavirus and preparing measures to take on the struggling economy and other problems. Biden and his team found themselves immediately on what the president called a "wartime" footing, describing fighting the coronavirus as "a national emergency." Against an al...

The president spoke in somber tones as he unveiled a covid-19 plan, comparing the situation to a war and warning that deaths could top 500,000 next month.

In first full day in office, Biden tackles multiple crises Ashley Parker and Matt Viser, The Washington Post Jan. 21, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail The concurrent nature of the crises that President Biden is facing - a health crisis that snowballed into an economic one before colliding with a social one - has few parallels in modern history. Above, the Bidens attend an inaugural prayer service at the White House.Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden raced Thursda...

The transition of power between one U.S. president and the next typically goes off without a hitch — full of decorum, tradition and stability. The current transition between President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden, however, has been anything but typical. On this month’s episode of The

NorthJersey.com Richard Nixon’s close political allies alleged voting fraud and demanded recounts after his loss to John F. Kennedy in 1960, including in New Jersey. Unlike President Donald Trump, Nixon publicly accepted the loss, though he privately said hed been robbed. Herbert Hoover attempted to undermine Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s proposed New Deal after Hoover lost the 1932 presidential election, setting the stage for political divisions that still exist. Andrew Jackson’s follower...

The Trump-Biden transition is unique -- but it wasnt the first to spiral into conflict Replay Video UP NEXT Richard Nixon’s close political allies alleged voting fraud and demanded recounts after his loss to John F. Kennedy in 1960, including in New Jersey. Unlike President Donald Trump, Nixon publicly accepted the loss, though he privately said hed been robbed. Herbert Hoover attempted to undermine Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s proposed New Deal after Hoover lost the 1932 presidential elec...

Trump has convinced his supporters the election was stolen The transfer of executive power in the US is often dicey and usually not an administration’s finest hours. Students of the presidency consider the transition from Herbert Hoover to Franklin Roosevelt following the 1932 election as the most troubling since Abraham Lincoln replaced James Buchanan in 1861. With the Great Depression deepening by the day, Roosevelt, the Democratic governor of New York, soundly defeated Hoover, the Republic...