New Deal
noun
: the legislative and administrative program of President Franklin D. Roosevelt designed to promote economic recovery and social reform during the 1930s
also
: the period of this program
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Gone are discriminatory racial preferences, Green New Deal mandates and electric vehicle mandates — to name a few.
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Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
State capitalism with American characteristics The most economically interventionist administration since the New Deal will entrench further in 2026.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
Without a new New Deal, our cratering democracy may actually not survive.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
But Mayor La Guardia accomplished his agenda during the Great Depression with help from Franklin Roosevelt in the White House and a Democratic Congress to pass New Deal programs funding public works, social programs and other progressive policies.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
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Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
State capitalism with American characteristics The most economically interventionist administration since the New Deal will entrench further in 2026.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
Without a new New Deal, our cratering democracy may actually not survive.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
But Mayor La Guardia accomplished his agenda during the Great Depression with help from Franklin Roosevelt in the White House and a Democratic Congress to pass New Deal programs funding public works, social programs and other progressive policies.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
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“New Deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/New%20Deal. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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