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Records: Fringe Election Deniers Leverage White House Access, Enlist Commerce Department to Target Voting Machines

Internal Emails Show Susie Wiles Connecting Election Deniers — One Now Facing Charges for Violating State Election Laws — with Top Admin Officials

election denial

September 10, 2026

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

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Watchdog raises concerns over Maduro’s detention at Brooklyn MDC

Newsweek

American Oversight has released a memorandum highlighting troubling conditions at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), where Venezuela…

January 7, 2026

The next attack on free and fair elections won’t look like Jan. 6

MS Now

After the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, state and federal governments took a lot of measures to reform voting and elections, but the 20…

January 6, 2026

Segment on Lawsuit to Lift Judge Cannon’s Gag Order on Jack Smith Report Volume 2

MS NOW

American Oversight and the Knight first Amendment Institute in later in February, and they say we are seeking, under the first amendment, the relea…

December 23, 2025

Judge blocks ICE from requiring members of Congress to provide prior notice before detention center visits

CBS News

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy that sought to require members of Congress to submit requests a week…

December 18, 2025

Trump Law Firm Deals at Issue as Watchdog Sues DOJ for Details

Bloomberg Law

A nonprofit group wants a court to force the Trump administration to hand over documents that may show how law firms pledging nearly $1 billion in …

December 11, 2025

US military strikes another suspected drug boat as investigation into first strike begins

The Boston Globe

US military strikes another suspected drug boat as investigation into first strike begins

December 4, 2025

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