In popular memory, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the quintessential political “natural.” Yet for all his gifts, as a young man Roosevelt nonetheless lacked depth, empathy, and an ability to think ...

Richard Darman, who marshaled a deep, prickly intelligence to guide policy and deal making in four Republican administrations, including negotiating the reversal of the first President Bush’s campaign ...

In an adaptation from a new book, 'Adventures in Porkland: How Washington Wastes Your Money and Why They Won't Stop,"* author Brian Kelly offers an acid sketch of budget director Richard Darman and ...

Richard G. Darman, 64, a shrewd tactician, a tough and savvy infighter, and a Republican technocrat who mastered the complex political machinery of government while serving four presidents, died Jan.