In the first two months of his second term in office, President Trump has begun major overhauls of national policy on multiple fronts. Among the most visible and contentious efforts is the push to ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of Richmond history professor Eric Yellin talked about what led to the passage of the Pendleton Act and the law's impact over the next two ...

Donald Trump is pushing to reshape the federal workforce, moving away from a nonpartisan, merit-based system to one that values loyalty to the president. This shift aims to make it easier to fire ...

It violates statutes, undoes a century of civil service reform, and would derail government services. At this moment of deep political division, bold ideas to preserve American democracy are more ...