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While it is obvious that President Trump has spent the first 45 days of his administration battling both Democrats and the corporate media, the billionaire president’s biggest obstacles are coming from within. As with everything Trump does, even his conflicts are atypical. First, President Trump is dealing with the Deep State. It may be better […]

Larry Schweikart, a historian of U.S. politics and author of several books, focuses now on 6 presidents who have fought the Washington swamp.

Former President Donald Trump recently called for letting presidents fire any federal employee. The media went into hysterics, calling the idea a return to the spoils system. These critics are misinformed.

Trump—remember him?—is out with a proposal to repeal the Pendleton Act and other legal foundations of the civil service in the federal government. We will pass critical reforms making every executive branch employee fireable by the president of the United States. The deep state must and will be brought to heel, Trump said over the weekend. Cooler heads have rushed to say this is a really really bad idea. They

Chester A. Arthur, a fixture of New York's patronage system, did a 180 to our collective benefit in 1883.

Can closely divided congresses ever get things done? Yes, but ...

Republicans opposed the bill aimed at insulating the Office of Personnel Management from political interference, arguing that doing so would lead to “un...

Recent and historical events reveal that shifts in public opinion can rapidly change national politics.

No one votes for career federal civil service employees, but job protections empower them to pursue their personal policy preferences anyway.