The iconic TVA succeeded under Franklin D. Roosevelt while court rulings, as with Trump, blocked much of the New Deal.

TVA operations will continue after President Trump fired two board members, but the governing body has lost some key powers. The board cannot approve new programs or change TVA's policy direction ...

FDR signs Social Security bill into law WASHINGTON, Aug. 14, 1935 (UP) - President Roosevelt today signed the far-reaching Social Security bill and remarked - as he laid aside his pen - that "a ...

FDR also faced similar trouble with the Agriculture ... which covers an average of 69 million Americans per month this year. Likewise, when TVA was passed in 1933, the program did not face ...

FDR signs Social Security bill into law WASHINGTON, Aug. 14, 1935 (UP) - President Roosevelt today signed the far-reaching Social Security bill and remarked - as he laid aside his pen - that "a ...