Taking a sledgehammer to the entire civil service is going to cause chaos. Projects will slow, institutional knowledge will be lost, safety standards will slip and corruption will become the norm.

President Donald Trump and his administration’s attempts to remove America’s civil service corps as part of a broader effort to depopulate the federal government is genuinely horrifying ...

In 2005, the U.S. Agency for International Development sent me to Baghdad. I witnessed first ... However, there were no institutions left to resume government. Violent sectarian militias filled ...

Car bombs and militant attacks are no longer a daily concern in the streets of Baghdad as they were in the chaotic years after the fall of Saddam Hussein or at the height of the battle to pu ...

Baghdad (AFP) – Rukaya al-Zubaidi placed a cautious foot on a skateboard and then struggled to find her balance as others glided back and forth at Baghdad's first park dedicated to the sport ...

Sunny with a high of 69 °F (20.6 °C). Winds WNW at 7 to 11 mph (11.3 to 17.7 kph). Night - Clear. Winds WNW at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 40 °F (4.4 °C). Partly ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs and militant attacks ... The facility, located within the Ministry of Youth and Sports complex near Al-Shaab International Stadium, was completed in three weeks with ...