The U.S. is witnessing in these last couple of weeks with the firings of civil servants is an attempt to return to the old ...

Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...

Donald Trump’s Schedule F order politicizing the federal workforce is a recipe for corruption that would make the country ...

The phrase “To the victor go the spoils” — Latin “spolia optima” — was used during the time of the Roman Empire’s conquest of much of Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia. In practice, conquests ...

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, ...

Some federal workers are now on paid leave as President Trump's executive order dismantles Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ...

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 21, 2025, titled "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring ...

President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders attempting to dismantle diversity, equity, inclusion, and ...

"Our country is going to be based on merit again," said President Trump ... and pernicious identity-based spoils system." "I think this DEI leave is just another example of kind of cruelty ...