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 ...
Civil Servants Are Not America’s Enemies
Donald Trump is waging war on the civil service in the name of efficiency. But Washington created the modern civil service to ...
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 ...
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Joe Biden becomes first president in a century to not make stop in Nebraska
Take a look back at some of those visits. George W. Bush visited Nebraska a record nine times as president, including an unscheduled stop on the most fateful day of his presidency — during the 9 ...
Trump’s federal employee policy would take us back to the 1800s
Plus: Federal contractors. Guantánamo. Gen. Mark Milley’s portrait. Carpets. Toothaches. Undocumented criminals.
Orders, memorandums and proclamations: What's the difference, and what to know
On his first day back in the Oval Office, Donald Trump issued 51 executive orders, 12 memorandums and four proclamations, according to the White House website.
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How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends
Nine people have served as president without first being elected to that office. John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman ...
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These notable inaugurations weren’t held at the US Capitol. Here’s why
Garfield at a Washington, D.C. railroad station. Garfield would not survive his injuries, making his vice president, Chester A. Arthur, head of state. On Sept. 20, 1881, then-Vice President Arthur ...
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U.S. presidents who weren't inaugurated outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
While Monday's inauguration ceremony for President-elect Donald Trump is set to break with tradition and take place inside the Capitol due to dangerously low temperatures, it's not the first ...
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Is Trump Really the New McKinley?
McKinley, the 25th president, was mild-mannered ... below even undistinguished or failed presidents such as Chester Arthur, Martin Van Buren, Rutherford Hayes, and Grover Cleveland.