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Access to Information

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

document preservation requirements
August 27, 2026

Trump administration endangering national security with records law stance: Former archivists
August 26, 2026

Former US archivists warn that Trump’s effort to ignore records law jeopardizes national security and government continuity
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Civil Rights & Civil Liberties

August 28, 2026

Bombshell: DHS Memo Lays Out Dubious Legal Roadmap for Sidestepping Posse Comitatus Act to Deploy National Guard

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August 12, 2026

Immigration Detention Centers
Image of three National Guard troops standing in front of the reflecting pool.
July 1, 2026

American Oversight Launches Investigation Into Federal Policing of Freedom 250 Events in Wake of Reflecting Pool Arrests

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Civil Society

April 29, 2026

Taxing Dissent? Lawsuit Demands To Know If The IRS Is Secretly Policing ‘Antifa’ – Tampa Free Press
April 29, 2026

Protect Democracy v. IRS and Treasury – IRS Implementation of “Antifa” Executive Orders

weaponization of government
December 11, 2025

American Oversight Sues Trump Administration for Records on Nearly $1 Billion in Pro Bono Legal Services from BigLaw

weaponization of government
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Corruption

August 27, 2026

Senator calls for criminal investigation of RFK Jr after Guardian report
August 27, 2026

American Oversight Seeks Criminal Investigation Into RFK Jr.’s Apparent False Statements to Congress Obscuring Vaccine Focus of 2019 Samoa Trip
August 25, 2026

The Trump administration says it’s investigating these Colorado institutions. Here’s what’s really happening.
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Economy

April 29, 2026

Taxing Dissent? Lawsuit Demands To Know If The IRS Is Secretly Policing ‘Antifa’ – Tampa Free Press
April 24, 2026

Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes
March 16, 2026

Trump lashes out at Supreme Court and district Judge Boasberg
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Elections

August 21, 2026

American Oversight Presses N.C. Auditor’s Office Over Missing Woodhouse Records and Search of Boliek’s Device

election administration
August 14, 2026

Voter Suppression in North Carolina
August 14, 2026

New records reveal efforts by North Carolina auditor’s office to sway county early voting decisions

Trump administration accountability
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Immigration

September 4, 2026

The Plan to Use the Military for Immigration Enforcement
August 28, 2026

How DHS created a workaround to turn Guard members into immigration officers
August 28, 2026

Bombshell: DHS Memo Lays Out Dubious Legal Roadmap for Sidestepping Posse Comitatus Act to Deploy National Guard

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Weaponization of Government

September 3, 2026

American Oversight Investigating CDC’s Apparent Manipulation of Measles Death Data At Kennedy’s Command
August 25, 2026

The Trump administration says it’s investigating these Colorado institutions. Here’s what’s really happening.
July 31, 2026

Court Allows DOJ to Conceal Todd Blanche Records Before Senate Confirmation
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