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Newsletter: DOGE’s Evasion of FOIA, and Far-Right Attacks on Education

Trump and Musk are upending the federal government — and want to hide records detailing that destruction. American Oversight is fighting back, suin…

February 14, 2025

Newsletter: Destruction Masked as ‘Innovation’

The Trump administration’s radical plans to overhaul the federal government have taken on alarming proportions with the targeting of civil servants…

February 7, 2025

Newsletter: (Another) Friday Night Massacre

American Oversight is investigating the lead-up to Trump’s late-night firings of more than a dozen federal watchdogs to discover what — if any — at…

January 31, 2025

Newsletter: An Executive Assault on Democracy

Donald Trump returned to the White House — and to attacking core pillars of our democracy, signing executive orders that roll back civil rights pro…

January 24, 2025
L to R: Hegseth, Noem, Vought, Bondi

Newsletter: The Senate’s Confirmation Hearing Blitz

As the Senate held a dozen confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet picks this week, the American people still deserve a thorough vetting o…

January 17, 2025

Newsletter: Investigating Trump FBI Nominee Kash Patel

The public deserves to know whether and to what extent Trump’s FBI nominee was involved in efforts to politicize and abuse the Office of the Direct…

January 10, 2025

Newsletter: American Oversight’s 2024 in Review

As American Oversight prepares to combat the corruption and abuses of power that President-elect Trump has promised, we’re taking a look back at so…

December 20, 2024

Newsletter: Tracking Donald Trump’s Nominees

President-elect Donald Trump has continued to fill his incoming administration with allies and loyalists, an indication of his desire to be surroun…

December 13, 2024

Newsletter: The Latest on Congress’ Efforts to Hide Communications from 2017

Congress is fighting to withhold records related to Republicans’ 2017 attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

December 6, 2024

Newsletter: Matt Gaetz Will Not Be Attorney General

Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration for attorney general this week, just days after American Oversight accelerated its lawsuit for documents rel…

November 22, 2024

Newsletter: A Cabinet of Loyalists and Extremists

Donald Trump’s first announcements of nominations for key administration posts offer a glimpse of his second-term agenda: reward political allies a…

November 15, 2024

Newsletter: A Second Trump Administration and the Threat to Our Democracy

American Oversight is prepared to fight the corruption and abuses of power that Donald Trump has promised, and to hold the incoming administration …

November 8, 2024

Newsletter: The Latest Anti-Democratic Tactics Threatening Voter Access and Fair Elections

American Oversight is tracking the last-minute legal maneuvers, voter challenges, and misinformation that anti-democratic actors are deploying in t…

November 1, 2024

Newsletter: Tracking Anti-Democratic Tactics Across the Country

In the final weeks before the 2024 election, anti-democratic activists and political leaders have ramped up efforts to suppress votes and exacerbat…

October 25, 2024

Newsletter: How Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Fueling the Election Denial Movement

American Oversight is investigating how the anti-democracy movement has promulgated the nonexistent threat of widespread illegal voting to sow doub…

October 18, 2024

Newsletter: Fighting for the Public’s Right to Information

On Thursday, American Oversight filed a brief in the Texas Supreme Court opposing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s and Attorney General Ken Paxton’s petiti…

October 11, 2024

Newsletter: Affirming the Public’s Right to Records in Arizona

American Oversight reached a settlement agreement in our lawsuit in Cochise County, Ariz., after the county turned over thousands of pages of reque…

October 4, 2024

Newsletter: Secrecy and Partisanship in the Georgia State Election Board

Anti-voting activists continue seeking to disrupt voting and certification processes in Georgia. In Florida, a court ruled that Gov. Ron DeSantis m…

September 27, 2024

Newsletter: Abortion Ballot Measure Showdown in Missouri

An attempt in Missouri to block an abortion rights measure from appearing on the November ballot is the latest example of conservative efforts to s…

September 13, 2024
Newsletter: Investigating Attacks on Public Education in Oklahoma

Newsletter: Investigating Attacks on Public Education in Oklahoma

American Oversight this week sent a letter demanding that the Oklahoma State Department of Education release multiple sets of public records.

September 4, 2024

Newsletter: Georgia Election Board Walks Back Illegal Rules

The Georgia State Election Board this week withdrew rules it had approved in an illegal meeting, after American Oversight sued the board for violat…

September 2, 2024

Newsletter: Attacking Direct Democracy

August 30, 2024

Newsletter: Why Accountability for Election Deniers Matters

August 23, 2024

Newsletter: Fighting for the Public’s Right to Government Records

August 23, 2024

Newsletter: Election Subversion Has Already Begun

Arizona
August 23, 2024

Newsletter: Not Above the Law

August 22, 2024

Newsletter: Continued Consequences for Fake Electors Scheme

August 22, 2024

Newsletter: The Anti-Democratic Push to Allow Officials to Refuse to Certify Elections

August 22, 2024

Newsletter: The Push for Hand Counts

Election administration
August 22, 2024

Newsletter: The Staggering Number of Preventable Deaths in ICE Detention

August 22, 2024

Newsletter: Demand for Records from Wisconsin Fake Elector; Book Removals in Georgia County

August 22, 2024

Newsletter: The Georgia Election Board’s Illegal Meeting

August 22, 2024

Newsletter: Project 2025’s Anti-Democracy Guidebook

August 22, 2024

Newsletter: Georgia Election Board Walks Back Illegal Rules

August 22, 2024

Newsletter: Scrutiny over Georgia Election Board

August 22, 2024

Newsletter: Investigating Attacks on Public Education in Oklahoma

August 21, 2024
Newsletter: Scrutiny over Georgia Election Board

Newsletter: Scrutiny over Georgia Election Board

The Georgia State Election Board met this week and advanced several anti-democratic measures.

August 9, 2024
Demand for Records from Wisconsin Fake Elector; Book Removals in Georgia County

Newsletter: Demand for Records from Wisconsin Fake Elector; Book Removals in Georgia County

Records obtained by American Oversight show that dozens of titles were removed from a Georgia county’s school library shelves for including LGBTQ+ …

July 12, 2024
The Staggering Number of Preventable Deaths in ICE Detention

Newsletter: The Staggering Number of Preventable Deaths in ICE Detention

American Oversight, the ACLU, and Physicians for Human Rights this week published the most comprehensive and rigorous study to date on deaths in U….

June 28, 2024
The Push for Hand Counts

Newsletter: The Push for Hand Counts

Records obtained through our litigation in Cochise County, Arizona, show the aggressive push for hand counts in 2022 by local officials, activists,…

June 21, 2024
The Anti-Democratic Push to Allow Officials to Refuse to Certify Elections

Newsletter: The Anti-Democratic Push to Allow Officials to Refuse to Certify Elections

Disputes about election certification rules are on the rise, with grave implications for this year’s election.

June 14, 2024
Continued Consequences for Fake Electors Scheme

Continued Consequences for Fake Electors Scheme

Architects of the fake-elector plot to overturn the 2020 election now face charges in Wisconsin.

June 7, 2024
Not Above the Law

Not Above the Law

Our democracy depends on an informed public and leaders who are held accountable.

May 31, 2024
Election Subversion Has Already Begun

Election Subversion Has Already Begun

As conservative leaders avoid committing to upholding democracy, “Stop the Steal” flags flown outside Justice Samuel Alito’s homes raise alarm abou…

May 24, 2024
Fighting for the Public’s Right to Government Records

Newsletter: Fighting for the Public’s Right to Government Records

This week, American Oversight amended its lawsuit against Florida Gov. DeSantis’ office, and celebrated a major victory for federal government tran…

May 17, 2024

Newsletter: ERIC Is Still Under Threat

May 10, 2024

Newsletter: Bans on Gender-Affirming Care, Abortion

May 3, 2024

Newsletter: Indictments for Arizona Fake Electors and Others

April 26, 2024
person

Newsletter: Constitutional Sheriffs Want to Interfere in Election Administration

April 19, 2024

Newsletter: The Lies That Bind

April 12, 2024

Newsletter: Texas Ruling on Anti-Trans Investigations, Louisiana’s ERIC Withdrawal, and Jeffrey Clark’s Disciplinary Trial

April 5, 2024

Newsletter: Accountability for Architects of 2020 Election Interference

March 29, 2024

Newsletter: Mark Robinson’s Anti-Abortion Communications; Stefanie Lambert’s Arrest

March 22, 2024

Newsletter: Happy Sunshine Week!

March 15, 2024

Newsletter: The Lies That Feed Chaos

March 8, 2024

Newsletter: Lawsuit Against DeSantis, Trump’s Delayed Trial, and Election Administration Worries

March 1, 2024

News Roundup: Attacks on Public Records Access in the States

February 23, 2024

News Roundup: A Win for Transparency in Wisconsin

Wisconsin
February 16, 2024

Newsletter: Court rules Trump is not immune from criminal prosecution

February 9, 2024

Newsletter: Arizona Election Administration, DeSantis Migrant Transportation, and Right-wing Voter Challenges

February 2, 2024
Polling place

Newsletter: Focusing on Election Denial in 2024

January 26, 2024

Newsletter: A Victory for Transparency in Texas

January 19, 2024

News Roundup: Trump Immunity Appeal, New Election Denial Lawsuit

January 12, 2024

News Roundup: Why Trump’s Trial Shouldn’t Be Delayed

January 5, 2024

News Roundup: Election Integrity Units and American Oversight’s 2023 Investigations

December 21, 2023

News Roundup: The Campaign to Dismantle ERIC

December 15, 2023

News Roundup: Real Consequences for Fake Electors

Voting rights
December 8, 2023

News Roundup: Cochise County Charges

Voting rightsArizona
December 1, 2023

News Roundup: Trump’s Authoritarian Impulses

November 17, 2023

News Roundup: Investigating Efforts to Restrict Abortion Rights

GeorgiaWest Virginia
November 10, 2023

News Roundup: Threats to Public Records Access in the States

November 3, 2023

News Roundup: Accountability in Georgia for Election Lies

October 27, 2023

News Roundup: Reinventing the Wheel — But Making It Worse

Voting rightsTexas
October 20, 2023

News Roundup: Bringing Transparency to Wisconsin Secret Impeachment Panel

October 13, 2023

News Roundup: The Election Worker Brain Drain

October 6, 2023

News Roundup: Speaker Vos’ Secret Impeachment Panel

Wisconsin
September 29, 2023

News Roundup: More Attacks on the Public’s Right to Know

North CarolinaWisconsin
September 22, 2023

News Roundup: The Latest in Wisconsin

Voting rightsWisconsin
September 15, 2023

News Roundup: Behind the Voting Machine Breaches

September 8, 2023

News Roundup: Florida AP Course Review, Trump’s Co-Conspirators, and Election Denial

September 1, 2023

News Roundup: Eastman Disciplinary Trial, Missouri Health Resources, and Virginia Tip Line Records

Wisconsin
August 25, 2023

News Roundup: Familiar Names in the Fulton County Indictment

Government transparencyVoting rightsFlorida
August 18, 2023

News Roundup: Fake Electors and Voting Machine Schemes

Voting rightsFederalFlorida
August 11, 2023

News Roundup: Trump’s Co-Conspirators

August 4, 2023

News Roundup: Florida’s Textbook Revisions, New Trump Charges

Government transparencyVoting rights
July 28, 2023
Michigan fake elector

News Roundup: Michigan Fake Electors Face Criminal Charges

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsMichiganVirginia
July 21, 2023

News Roundup: The Continuing Fallout of Georgia’s 2021 Voting Law

July 14, 2023

News Roundup: Happy Birthday, FOIA

July 7, 2023

News Roundup: The Supreme Court, Partisan Election Control, and U.S. Democracy

Federal
June 30, 2023

News Roundup: Durham Hearing, John Eastman’s Disciplinary Proceedings, and One Year Since Dobbs

Federal
June 23, 2023

News Roundup: Lawsuits Against Louisiana and Ohio Secretaries of State

June 16, 2023
Trump and scales of justice

News Roundup: Trump Accountability, White Supremacy in Military Lawsuit, Arizona and Wisconsin Election Reviews

Voting rightsFederal
June 9, 2023

News Roundup: Trump Investigations

Federal
June 2, 2023

News Roundup: Eyes on Texas

Voting rightsTexas
May 26, 2023

News Roundup: Threats to Election Administration, Attacks on Civil Rights, and New Lawsuit Against DHS

Federal
May 19, 2023

News Roundup: New Voting Restrictions, Harlan Crow, and Florida Textbooks

Federal
May 12, 2023

News Roundup: The Latest Attacks on Individual Rights

FederalFlorida
May 5, 2023

News Roundup: Voting Machine Breaches, Jan. 6 Investigations, and Trump Administration Middle East Trips

April 28, 2023

News Roundup: Paying Up for Election Lies

April 21, 2023

News Roundup: Supreme Court Ethics, Abortion Ban in Florida, and the Persistent Threat of Election Denialism

April 14, 2023
Clarence Thomas

News Roundup: Clarence Thomas’ Lavish Travel Gifts, Attacks on Civil Rights in the States

FederalVirginia
April 7, 2023

News Roundup: Trump Indictment, Update from Wisconsin

Government transparencyVoting rightsFederalFlorida
March 31, 2023

News Roundup: Investigations into Trump

Government transparencyFederal
March 24, 2023

News Roundup: Sunshine Week and the Sunshine State

March 17, 2023

News Roundup: Exposing Lies

Voting rightsFederal
March 10, 2023

News Roundup: Missouri’s Anti-Transparency Bill, Election Denial, and the Constitutional Sheriffs Movement

March 3, 2023

News Roundup: Rewriting History

February 24, 2023

News Roundup: Deliberate Lies

Louisiana
February 17, 2023

News Roundup: Attacks on Civil Rights

Government transparencyFederal
February 10, 2023

News Roundup: ‘Election Integrity,’ NARA Records, and Court Wins

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
February 3, 2023

News Roundup: Arizona Lawmakers’ Disdain for Accountability and Transparency

Government transparencyArizonaVirginia
January 27, 2023

News Roundup: Election Denial in Pennsylvania, Government Transparency in Texas

Voting rightsPennsylvaniaTexas
January 20, 2023

News Roundup: Victory for Accountability in South Dakota

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederalSouth Dakota
January 13, 2023

News Roundup: Two Years After the Jan. 6 Attack

Trump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
January 6, 2023

News Roundup: Trump Accountability

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
December 23, 2022

News Roundup: Public Records and Trans Rights in Texas

December 16, 2022

News Roundup: Supreme Court Hears Radical Legal Theory on Election Administration

Government transparencyVoting rightsFederal
December 9, 2022

News Roundup: Election Denial Is Alive in Arizona

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederal
December 2, 2022

News Roundup: Lawsuit Against IRS, Post-Midterms Election Denial

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
November 18, 2022

News Roundup: Testing Democracy

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
November 11, 2022

News Roundup: The Activist Network Eroding Trust in Democracy

Trump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
November 4, 2022

News Roundup: Election Denial and the 2022 Vote

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
October 28, 2022

News Roundup: Election Deniers Gear Up for Midterms

ImmigrationTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
October 21, 2022

News Roundup: The ‘Central Cause’ of Jan. 6

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
October 14, 2022

News Roundup: The Mar-a-Lago Files

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
October 7, 2022

News Roundup: Following the Digital Paper Trail

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
September 30, 2022

News Roundup: Electoral Count Act, Trump Investigations, and Lawsuit Against SD Governor

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederalSouth DakotaWisconsin
September 23, 2022

News Roundup: A Cruel and Cynical Stunt

Government transparencyImmigrationTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
September 16, 2022

News Roundup: More Revelations about Attacks on Voting Rights

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalFloridaGeorgia
September 9, 2022

News Roundup: The Threats to Our Democracy

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederal
September 2, 2022

News Roundup: The Preservation of Official Records

Trump administration accountability
August 26, 2022
Robin Vos and Gableman with magnifying glass

News Roundup: ‘The Evidence Speaks for Itself’

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederalWisconsin
August 19, 2022

News Roundup: The Mar-a-Lago Search, Jan. 6, and American Oversight’s Lawsuits in Virginia and Texas

Trump administration accountability
August 12, 2022

News Roundup: Deleted Jan. 6 Texts and ‘Practical Impossibilities’

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
August 5, 2022

News Roundup: The ‘Wild/Creative’ Fake Electors Scheme

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
July 29, 2022

News Roundup: 187 Minutes

July 22, 2022

News Roundup: ‘Unhinged’ Meeting, Secret Service Texts, and Victory in Kentucky

Trump administration accountability
July 15, 2022

News Roundup: Wisconsin Court Order, Trump Accountability, and State Anti-Immigration Measures

Government transparencyImmigrationTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederalWisconsin
July 8, 2022

News Roundup: January 6 Hearing, Lawsuits in Wisconsin and Texas, and the Supreme Court

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
July 1, 2022

News Roundup: Pardons, Partisans and Our Endangered Democracy

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
June 24, 2022

News Roundup: Contempt of Court, Subversion of Democracy

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederalWisconsin
June 17, 2022

News Roundup: January 6 Hearing, Wisconsin Assembly’s OSC Held in Contempt, and More Cyber Ninjas Documents

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rights
June 10, 2022

News Roundup: The Coordinated Effort to Contest the Next Election

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
June 3, 2022
Graphic containing images of fake electoral certificates

News Roundup: Tightening the Net around the Fake Electors

Government transparencyImmigrationVoting rightsFederalWisconsin
May 27, 2022

News Roundup: Gone Rogue

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
May 20, 2022

News Roundup: The Cost of Undermining Elections

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
May 13, 2022

News Roundup: The Frightening Road Ahead

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
May 6, 2022

News Roundup: Let the Records Show

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
April 29, 2022

News Roundup: Victory in Wisconsin

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsWisconsin
April 22, 2022

News Roundup: Efforts to Overturn 2020 Are Not Over

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
April 15, 2022

News Roundup: Ongoing Investigations, Ongoing Lies

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
April 8, 2022

News Roundup: Vos Held in Contempt in Election Inquiry Lawsuit

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaWisconsin
April 1, 2022

News Roundup: The Lies that Undermine

Trump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederal
March 25, 2022

News Roundup: How Far Is Too Far

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaWisconsin
March 18, 2022

News Roundup: ‘Much To-Do About Nothing’

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
March 11, 2022
Arizona and Wisconsin. Karen Fann, on top of AZ. Robin Vos and Michael Gableman on top of Wisconsin.

News Roundup: Legally Impossible, Democratically Dangerous

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
March 4, 2022
Warped voting stickers, and a ballot box.

News Roundup: Threats to Voting Rights Accelerate

Trump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
February 25, 2022
Arizona and Wisconsin with floating ballot boxes on top. Photos of Janel Brandtjen and Tim Ramthun.

News Roundup: Exploiting the Big Lie

Trump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
February 18, 2022
Trump over top of shredded documents and the state of Wisconsin.

News Roundup: ‘Records Matter’

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
February 11, 2022
Image of the january 6th attack on the Capitol and Donald Trump overlayed on top. There are quotes from the memos screenshotted on top.

News Roundup: There’s a Memo for That

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederalWisconsin
February 4, 2022

Cyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan Answers Questions in American Oversight, Phoenix Newspapers Lawsuit for ‘Audit’ Records

Voting rightsArizona
January 28, 2022
polaroid of Doug Logan and Michael Gableman and the false elector certificates

News Roundup: Cyber Ninjas CEO Sits for Deposition, Justice Department Investigating Fake Electors

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
January 28, 2022
Picture of the capitol riot, fake election certificates, and Doug Logan.

News Roundup: Demands for Accountability in Fake-Electors Plot

Government transparencyImmigrationTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsArizonaFederal
January 21, 2022
Background the Jan. 6th Attack, foreground: the states of AZ, GA, WI, and MI and a fake election certificate.

News Roundup: A Coordinated Coup Attempt

Government transparencyImmigrationTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
January 14, 2022
Robing Vos and capitol rioters collage.

News Roundup: Fighting for Our Democracy — and Winning

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rightsFederal
January 6, 2022
a collage of the capitol riot, lady justice, ballots, a lap top with a ballot box.

News Roundup: What We’ve Learned This Year