We will not know the extent or the success of President Donald Trump’s purge of the federal bureaucracy for some time. There ...

Now, it's important to distinguish his belief that "to the victor belongs the spoils" in the imperialist context from a ...

"To the victor belong the spoils." For decades in the 1800s, that phrase was more than a slogan; it was the official hiring policy of the U.S. government. "You win the election, you're entitled to ...

Not that he is likely aware of that. But he has certainly created a spoils system in the U.S. federal government for the first time in many moons. Let's not pretend that any of this is about the ...

Trump wants the federal government to be more immediately responsive to his political aims, and there have been comparisons to the spoils system put in place by his presidential hero, Andrew Jackson.

Trump wants the federal government to be more immediately responsive to his political aims, and there have been comparisons to the spoils system put in place by his presidential hero, Andrew Jackson.