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.

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 ...

an officer of the United States Army, and author of a book of poems, died at San Francisco, California ... formerly Superintendent of a railroad at the Cape of Good Hope, but who returned home ...

There are 17 communities in the U.S. named Quincy. Apparently, the only with a unique pronunciation is in Massachusetts. Here's why we say it with a z.

The transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, said the government would conduct a “compliance review” on a $3.1 billion grant, ...

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into California’s high-speed rail project in what could be the first ...

Lt. R. S. Williamson led portions of the southern survey, aided by Lt. John Parke. It was Parke and his team who traversed ...

At the behest of President Donald Trump, Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy Thursday ordered a Federal Railroad ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ordered a "compliance" review of the project, hinting that $4 billion of federal funds ...