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 ...

At this time last year, Ryan Crosswell was hard at work trying to put New York City’s mayor in prison on corruption charges while serving as a prosecutor in the Justice Department. But after resigning ...

Remember when loyalty oaths were used to ferret out and punish people suspected of being Communists? They were a potent and terrifying tool, designed to produce conformity and compliance at the height ...

New federal hiring guidelines from the White House include a series of essay questions that amount to a presidential loyalty test, critics said. The new guidelines are aimed at candidates for civil ...

The administration is asking job applicants to opine on the personal significance of the president’s executive orders. Unions are suing the Trump administration over what they say is an attempt to ...

Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam that the Republican-dominated state’s top education official says is designed to safeguard against ...