Three federal civil service members, including a former Tampa federal prosecutor filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump ...

US president Donald Trump has created a new employment category for federal public servants with the aim of enabling the ...

The Trump administration's plans to convert some 50,000 civil servants into at-will employees has some worried that essential government functions will be politicized.

Trump also fired Hampton Dellinger, who until recently served as the special counsel of the United States, a role that investigates alleged violations of federal civil service protections and ...

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The federal government is the largest employer in the U.S., with just over 3 million civilian civil service workers.

Civil servants swear an oath to the Constitution, and are required to apply the laws of the United States as enacted by Congress. Their salaries are paid by all U.S. taxpayers.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order establishing a new class of political appointees to carry out his agenda ...