- A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from asking civil service job applicants a partisan "loyalty" essay, finding it likely violates the law and the First Amendment.
- Unions sued after the question appeared in more than 70,000 federal job postings for roles from air traffic controllers to crane operators, saying it politicized the merit-based civil service.
- The question came from a 2025 Trump executive order and OPM guidance; OPM had called the prompt optional and defended it.
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