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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

ICE Is Asking Gate Agents To Help Arrest Passengers. Some Are Pushing Back

Time

Multiple gate agents working at airports in Colorado, Texas and Arizona have told TIME that ICE agents have become a recurring presence in recent w…

August 19, 2026

ICE hasn’t paid UCHealth hospital since last year for immigrant health care

Colorado Public Radio

Since last fall, the UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora says they have provided roughly 150 hospital admissions, clinic appointment…

August 18, 2026

Trump Promised Transparency. His Administration Keeps Finding New Ways to Hide Records.

Reason

President Donald Trump claimed in 2019 that he was “the most transparent president in history.” Throughout his second term, Trump’s spokespeople ha…

August 15, 2026

Dallas Woodhouse deleted texts subject to records requests, NC auditor’s office says

The News & Observer

Dallas Woodhouse, the North Carolina state auditor’s former elections liaison, deleted text messages that were subject to public records requests “…

August 14, 2026

NC auditor’s office liaison invoked state GOP wishes in some county early voting plans

NC Newsline

Hundreds of pages produced as a result of public records requests reveal the extent to which Dallas Woodhouse, a former elections liaison for state…

August 13, 2026

ICE’s healthcare payment system collapsed. Are detainees still getting off-site care?

Los Angeles Times

The Department of Homeland Security’s system for paying for detainee medical care has collapsed, records show, leaving a backlog of unpaid claims l…

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