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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

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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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Trump’s Authoritarian Spectacle: Corruption in US Governance and What Nonprofits Can Do About It

Nonprofit Quarterly

As Chioma Chukwu, interim executive director of nonpartisan watchdog organization American Oversight, explained to NPQ, “When rule-breaking becomes…

Trump’s picks for oversight roles will jeopardize independent scrutiny of government operations, watchdog groups say

Government Executive

Liz Hempowicz — the deputy executive director of American Oversight, a nonpartisan open records nonprofit that has criticized the IG firings — said…

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Throws Elon Musk’s DOGE a Lifeline

Newsweek

American Oversight’s Executive Director Chioma Chukwu in an emailed statement to Newsweek on Friday: “We are deeply disappointed that the Supreme C…

Supreme Court pauses attempt by lower court to force DOGE to provide records

CNN

Chioma Chukwu, executive director of the watchdog group American Oversight, said the group was “deeply disappointed” by Roberts’ decision. “This de…

Nonprofit Sues Trump Administration for Withholding Records Regarding Harvard Attacks

Harvard Crimson

The non-profit watchdog organization American Oversight sued the Trump administration on Monday for “unlawfully withholding records” associated wit…

Staying on the right side of record retention laws

Federal News Network

The use of the Signal app by senior leaders in the Trump administration has garnered plenty of attention…but was it illegal? One group suing the …

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