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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…

document preservation requirements

August 28, 2026

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White House loosens rules for preserving presidential records

The Washington Post

After the Justice Department said a post-Watergate records law is unconstitutional, White House lawyers established a new policy that experts say w…

Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes

TechCrunch

The IRS has paid the firm $130 million since 2018 to use its data analysis software to pore over financial records for investigative purposes, the …

White House Allowed Officials’ Text Messages to Be Deleted, Lawsuit Says

The New York Times

Two watchdogs say internal White House guidance that text messages need not be preserved unless “they are the sole record of official decision-maki…

‘Serious privacy concerns’: Trump admin violating FOIA by refusing to release documents in wake of data-sharing directives, watchdog says

Law&Crime

The Trump administration is violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by refusing to release records on how federal agencies share and use se…

Historians sue DOJ as Trump shrugs off law meant to preserve White House papers

NPR

The Trump administration asserts a nearly 50-year-old law requiring the preservation of federal government records is unconstitutional. Historians …

‘No peace’: Nearly a year after her son’s death, she learned that ICE was responsible

NPR

That only came to light following a public records request by American Oversight, a watchdog group, that sought documents related to ICE’s use of f…

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