🌅 Good morning, RootBadger. Here is a fresh federal-workforce ruling, followed by a useful September check that may unlock more than books.
🗞️ Reuters morning read: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from continuing to ask applicants for career civil-service jobs to explain how they would advance the president’s policies and executive orders. Reuters reports that the judge found the unions challenging the question were likely to succeed in showing there was no legitimate government interest in asking about applicants’ political beliefs. The government had defended the essay question as optional.
Read more: Reuters — Federal hiring question ruling
📚 Useful this morning: September is Library Card Sign-up Month. If your card expired or you have not checked your library’s services lately, visit its site and see what is available locally. Depending on the system, a card may open access to learning apps, databases, makerspaces, museum passes, instruments, or tools as well as books. Offerings vary, so a two-minute account check can reveal something genuinely useful.
Source: ALA — Library Card Sign-up Month 2026
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