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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…

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August 28, 2026

In the News

DHS attorney said agents in Los Angeles should have ‘started hitting’ protesters, emails show

Los Angeles Times

The note was in an email chain obtained by the nonprofit watchdog group American Oversight through the Freedom of Information Act and shared exclus…

The conservative woman cracking down on conservative women

Salon

Cleta Mitchell’s election integrity crusade behind the SAVE America Act could overly affect Republican women.

Trump lashes out at Supreme Court and district Judge Boasberg

Time

President Donald Trump lashed out at “the courts,” which he said treat him “so unfairly,” in a two-part social media missive Sunday night full of f…

Videos of ICE shooting in Texas capture a confused and fatal encounter

The New York Times

Officials said a 23-year-old Texan had intentionally run over an officer, a claim his family and friend denied. Newly released footage leaves the t…

Video emerges in fatal ICE shooting of US citizen Ruben Ray Martinez

Newsweek

Newsweek has obtained police body-worn camera footage, photos, and new statements that shed new light on the moments a U.S. citizen was fatally sho…

How a DHS shooting of a third U.S. citizen went unnoticed for months

The Washington Post

No state or federal agency disclosed that a Homeland Security Investigations agent had killed Ruben Ray Martinez until it was revealed in a public …

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