Senate Democrats are pressing the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to investigate whether White House officials have violated ...

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel said opened an investigation into former Special Counsel Jack Smith and whether he ...

The Justice Department has turned its focus to Democrats and former Biden officials as it grapples with the fallout of its ...

It was created to draw a clear line between an employee's partisan political interests and their official responsibilities.

The Hatch Act is a 1939 law that seeks to keep government functions nonpartisan. It applies to federal employees as well as state and local employees who work with federally funded programs.

The law has barely survived constitutional scrutiny and has been more honored in the breach than the observance.

The Hatch Act is a 1939 law that seeks to keep government functions nonpartisan. It applies to federal employees as well as state and local employees who work with federally funded programs.

The Hatch Act provision most commonly invoked in discussions of Comey’s letter is 5 U.S.C. § 7323 (a) (1), which prohibits a government employee from “us [ing] his official authority or ...

The Hatch Act, a relatively obscure law governing political engagement by federal employees, has people clucking this week, amid controversy over FBI director James Comey’s letter to lawmakers ...

A federal agency said Tuesday that 13 senior Trump administration officials violated the Hatch Act, a 1939 law that seeks to keep government functions nonpartisan. The Office of Special Counsel, an ...