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A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from requiring civil service job applicants to profess loyalty to the president.

U.S. District Judge George O'Toole issued the order Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston, siding with three unions that represent federal workers.

The ruling halts an Office of Personnel Management directive that told agencies to include an essay question asking applicants how they would advance President Donald Trump's executive orders and policy priorities, according to the unions that sued....

Wire fraud. Tax evasion. Money laundering. Sexual abuse. Child pornography. Since 1980, more than two dozen members of Congress have been indicted for such crimes, some spending years in prison.

But because of a series of legal loopholes, not a single former federal lawmaker who has applied for retirement benefits has ever lost their taxpayer-funded congressional pension, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management told Raw Story.

Pensions for congressional felons have cost taxpayers about $3.7 million between 2007 and 2022, according to research from the nonpartisan taxpayer research organization, the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. ...