Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a professional, merit-based civil service since shortly after the Civil War.

The act of violence almost 150 years ago effectively gave birth to the civil service, that class of nonpartisan experts who ...

Here’s the connection between our roads and the men for whom they’re named and why we we ended up with so many.

America is a land filled with leaders who can instill greatness into every single person using nothing but the power of words ...

Model A, a popular early station wagon, captivated attendees at the 1971 Alton Antique Auto Association's car show.

On the morning of July 2, 1881, a man wearing a black slouch hat and a tattered dark suit crept up behind President James Garfield at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad depot in Washington, D.C ...

Supported by 21 Republican AGs, the amicus brief defends President Trump’s “Fork Directive” and critiques the federal workers ...

Donald Trump is waging war on the civil service in the name of efficiency. But Washington created the modern civil service to ...

Donald Trump has returned to the Oval Office as President of the United States, and some are checking the 22nd Amendment of ...

Drenka graduated from DePaul University with a minor in Asian American studies, and she’s the founder of Visible, an online ...

This hour is all about America’s 21st president, Chester A. Arthur, who took office after President James Garfield was assassinated.