( February 10, 2025, 10:01 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump is “attempt[ing] to dismantle a cornerstone of American democracy: a federal civil service rooted in merit and integrity,” a complaint by two nonprofits filed in a federal court in the District of Columbia alleges, challenging a Jan. 20 executive order (EO) that they say strips thousands of career civil servants of employment protections; the complaint is the third filed by various groups challenging that EO....