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American Oversight Investigating CDC’s Apparent Manipulation of Measles Death Data At Kennedy’s Command

We’re seeking CDC and HHS records on the decision to alter data on Pennsylvania measles deaths, including one involving a newborn.

September 3, 2026

Bombshell: DHS Memo Lays Out Dubious Legal Roadmap for Sidestepping Posse Comitatus Act to Deploy National Guard

Records we obtained raise alarm as consequential midterm election approaches.

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August 28, 2026

Lawmakers, National Security Veterans, and Former U.S. Archivists Urge Appeals Court to Uphold Block on Trump’s Evasion of Presidential Records Act

Three amicus briefs in a case brought by watchdogs and historians reject the Trump administration’s claim that a nearly 50-year-old recordkeeping l…

document preservation requirements

August 28, 2026

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Groups warn of risk that Trump ‘will keep or destroy’ presidential records

MS NOW

The American Historical Association and American Oversight said in their complaint that they filed the lawsuit “to stop the unconstitutional action…

Lawsuit challenges Justice Department memo that declared presidential records law unconstitutional

CBS News

In their lawsuit, the American Historical Association and American Oversight argue that the Justice Department’s decision violates the separation o…

Trump White House Hit With Suit Over Preserving Official Records

Bloomberg Law

The Office of Legal Counsel’s decision that the White House doesn’t need to comply with the Presidential Records Act purports to undo an act of Con…

Bondi out, Blanche in: what will a new justice department head mean for the Epstein investigation?

The Guardian

American Oversight filed suit in September to compel the disclosure of records related to the Trump administration’s review of Epstein files; the n…

Trump’s DOJ tells Trump he can hold onto government docs when he leaves office, contrary to Watergate-era law

CNN

“The memo mischaracterizes the Presidential Records Act as regulating the President’s constitutional functions, and that’s really what its analysis…

Trump official says federal agents should hit anti-ICE protesters

Newsweek

Internal emails from a senior Trump official show he suggested agents responding to protests should have used physical force.

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