How a president's death helped kill Washington's "spoils system"
In the 1800s, the main job requirement for most federal employees was loyalty to the newly-elected president. But after a ...
The civil service was once politicized. Then a president was assassinated.
Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's Effort To Wipe Out Civil Service Protections
President Trump's move to eliminate civil service protections for a wide number of federal employees was challenged Tuesday ...
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The Costs of Killing the Civil Service
Trump’s blitz against the independence of the civil service is undermining a core pillar of American democracy. President Donald Trump showed his admiration for Andrew Jackson when, eight years ago, ...
Republican-led states call on Costco to drop DEI
A group of Republican attorneys general are demanding Costco end all of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies as ...
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Trump makes second stab at reworking Schedule F, reviving political spoils system
Donald Trump is, for a second time, trying to revive the political spoils system, this time with a new Schedule F executive ...