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American Oversight Obtains Startling DHS Admission: It No Longer Preserves Text Messages for Noem, Other Top Officials

DHS decision to halt text message retention coincided with timing of scrutiny over Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation.

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August 22, 2025

American Oversight Demands Records on Missouri AG’s Abuses of Power Amid FBI Appointment

American Oversight calls out unlawful delays in responding to our records request on abortion extradition as Bailey tapped for senior role.

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August 22, 2025

As DOGE Cuts Harm Millions, Americans Are Denied Basic Information About the Agency

What is it? Who’s in charge? Who works there? Here’s how DOGE has muddled the answers to these simple questions to avoid accountability.

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August 22, 2025

American Oversight Calls on DOJ’s Immigration Review Office to Remove Unlawful FOIA Barrier

We’re demanding the Justice Department’s immigration review office end its illegal proof-of-identity requirement, which limits the public’s access …

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August 21, 2025

American Oversight Opposes Government’s Attempt to Delay DOGE Accountability

American Oversight warns stay would shield records destruction and deny public transparency in FRA and FOIA case.

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August 19, 2025

Investigating Texas’s Unprecedented Redistricting Scheme

We’re seeking the release of public records that could reveal the extent of partisan influence and national coordination in the state’s anti-democr…

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August 19, 2025
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American Oversight Adds Oversight Veterans to Leadership Ranks Amid Escalating Threats to Democracy, Civil Society

Today, American Oversight announced the addition of two veteran oversight leaders to its executive team, strengthening the organization’s strategic…

August 18, 2025

American Oversight Files Administrative Appeal for Records on ICE’s New York City Detention Facilities

We’re challenging DHS’s refusal to process our public records request seeking information about ICE detainees and detention center conditions relev…

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August 14, 2025

American Oversight Challenges Justice Department’s FOIA Processing Refusal

We filed an appeal after the Justice Department refused to process our request for U.S. records — instead directing us to seek them from the govern…

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August 12, 2025

American Oversight Calls for Congress to Investigate IRS Commissioner’s Ousting

IRS Commissioner Billy Long was removed from his position after a dispute with the Trump administration over ICE’s data-sharing agreement.

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August 12, 2025

American Oversight Launches Investigation Into Trump Administration’s Power Grab at D.C. Home Rule

President Trump’s announcement that he will federalize D.C. and authorize the deployment of National Guard troops into the nation’s capitol is a br…

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August 11, 2025

ICYMI: Congress Members Sue Trump Administration for Blocking Lawful Oversight of ICE Detention Facilities

American Oversight is representing the Congress members as they challenge unlawful attempts to hide deplorable immigrant detention facility conditi…

August 8, 2025

American Oversight Challenges IRS’s “Ridiculous” Attempt to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Its Targeting of Harvard University

The IRS claims all documents — phone logs, calendar invites, etc. — would reveal confidential tax return information.

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August 6, 2025

Members of Congress Sue Trump-Vance Administration for Blocking Lawful Oversight of Federal Immigration Detention Facilities

The Trump-Vance administration has blocked members of Congress from inspecting ICE facilities, in violation of federal law.

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July 30, 2025

American Oversight Launches Epstein Records Investigation, Seeks Details on DOJ and FBI Review of Investigative Holdings

We’re seeking records following reports that FBI personnel were instructed to flag Epstein files for Trump references.

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July 29, 2025

DOJ Sued for Withholding Legal Memo on Trump Administration’s $400 Million Jet Gifted by Qatar

Freedom of the Press Foundation, represented by American Oversight, is seeking a memo reportedly used to justify the foreign “gift” that Trump’s pr…

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July 28, 2025

American Oversight Sues for Records on Trump Policy Reviving WWII-Era Immigrant Registration Law

We’re seeking transparency on the use of the law that facilitated the internment of Japanese Americans being deployed to advance the Trump administ…

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July 24, 2025

American Oversight Calls for Hegseth’s Resignation Following Washington Post Reporting on Signal Messages

“Hegseth risked our national security, endangered the lives of our brave men and women in uniform, and repeatedly lied about it to the American peo…

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July 23, 2025

Texas Records Raise Red Flags Over Voter Citizenship Check Agreement with DHS

Records include the final agreement between the Texas secretary of state’s office and DHS, as well as revisions to the agreement and internal email…

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July 22, 2025

Behind Texas’ Voter Citizenship Check Agreement with DHS

American Oversight obtained a previously unseen agreement that allows Texas to check voters’ citizenship statuses using a DHS immigration data serv…

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July 22, 2025

American Oversight Statement on Harvard Federal Court Hearing

“Today, it’s Harvard,” said American Oversight’s Chioma Chukwu. “Tomorrow, it could be any university, nonprofit, or foundation that stands up for …

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July 21, 2025

American Oversight Sues More Than 20 Federal Agencies for Withholding Records on Secretive DOGE Teams

Officials are exercising sweeping authority to execute Trump’s DOGE agenda — and American Oversight is demanding transparency.

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July 16, 2025

DOGE’s Smoke and Mirrors: How the Agency Deliberately Avoids Transparency

DOGE’s responses to American Oversight’s FOIA requests and litigation highlight how the agency twists its mandate to shield itself from scrutiny.

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July 16, 2025

American Oversight Sues for Records on Trump Judicial Nominee Emil Bove Amid Alarming Whistleblower Allegations

We’re seeking DOJ documents that could shed light on Bove’s potential misconduct, including his role in defying court orders, politically motivated…

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July 10, 2025