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DOJ prosecutes single FOIA dodger while defending systemwide evasion
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Executive secrecy expands with unprecedented new memo
Plus: New archivist confirmed despite lack of qualifications
ICE’s DNA collection program surges as oversight stalls
Plus: Have an unpaywalled FOIA story? Apply for the Penlight Prize
Pentagon secrecy deepens as Iran war drags on
Plus: Why Biden’s FOIA loss should pave the way for the release of the Jack Smith report
Pentagon tries to hide unclassified records from FOIA
Plus: FPF launches the Penlight Prize
Housing agency invents new AI FOIA privilege to keep policy secret
Plus: Administration wastes nearly half a million dollars in effort to destroy contraceptives
DOGE is formally done. Where are its records?
Plus: The State Department’s records shell game
FOIA shows cabinet officials didn’t learn their lesson from Signalgate
Plus: Will a recent SCOTUS decision kill independent agency FOIA offices?
Judge blocks Trump’s Orwellian voter database
Plus: It shouldn’t be easier for Trump to build a ‘flying White House’ than to release a document
ICE stops tracking some detainee deaths
Plus: Leaks continue exposing extreme White House plots
Is DOJ hiding press protections to raid reporters? We sued to find out
Plus: New bill tackles court secrecy
