The Pendleton Act of 1883 established a non-partisan civil service. President-elect Donald Trump says he’ll upend the law, firing non-partisan... more

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More than 900 billion webpages are preserved on The Wayback Machine, a history of humanity online. Now, copyright lawsuits could... more

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