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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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Noem faces new legal trouble over jet use

Salon

American Oversight, the watchdog group that filed the complaint, also requested that the Office of Special Counsel, which handles Hatch Act complai…

Another Chance for Trump to Cash Out

The Atlantic

Thanks to the 1978 Presidential Records Act, every president from Ronald Reagan onward has been required by law to preserve and protect their recor…

Will Donald Trump Be Allowed to Destroy His Records?

The New Yorker

A law passed after Watergate makes Presidential records government property. The Trump Administration has declared it unconstitutional.

Trump complains that groups trying to make Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago report public ‘cast aspersions against’ judges who didn’t ‘deliver’

Law & Crime

On the same day that the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals again resoundingly rejected Donald Trump’s defunct RICO lawsuit against Hillary Clinton…

ICE puts new restrictions on members of Congress inspecting detention centers

Los Angeles Times

A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy requires members of Congress to seek advance approval in order to speak with detainees during over…

While ICE cracked down on L.A. protests, Marines were told to use force as ‘last resort’

LA Times

Before being deployed to Los Angeles during anti-ICE protests last summer, U.S. Marines were given 12 rules for engaging with protesters, and Rule …

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