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An ICE agent wearing a New York Yankees ballcap with a mask over his face showing only his eyes faces the camera while a second ICE agent wearing a black ballcap and mask that entirely obscures his face holds a handcuffed man face first against a wall.

Records show ICE paid local cops $15M for 7 arrests

Secrecy•Newsletter

Plus: FPF asks lawmakers to end SCOTUS secrecy

Published Oct. 11, 2026 Lauren Harper

A screenshot of the fee requested by the town of Eugene, Oregon, for a records request filed by Double Sided Media, totaling $2,484,599.04.

A $2.5 million FOIA bill for one cop’s files

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Plus: Is Trump serious about declassifying UFO information?

Published Oct. 4, 2026 Lauren Harper

An empty White House press briefing room is seen on Sept. 19, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

The president who cried ‘national security’

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Plus: The Pentagon appears to be underreporting Iran war casualties — again

Published Sept. 27, 2026 Lauren Harper

People arrive for immigration court hearings in New York.

Whistleblower exposes FOIA sabotage at immigration agency

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Plus: The Agriculture Department arbitrarily threatens to close a year-old FOIA request for SNAP data within four days

Published Sept. 20, 2026 Lauren Harper

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pictured, with his eyes looking sideways.

The Iran war is unpopular. Hegseth thinks more secrecy will help

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Plus: It’s time to declassify the 9/11 records

Published Sept. 13, 2026 Lauren Harper

The Supreme Court, partially obscured by trees.

SCOTUS secrecy is reaching a crisis point

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Plus: Trump’s shadowy Venezuela oil deal, and a 72-hour FOIA purge

Published Sept. 6, 2026 Lauren Harper

PR concerns don’t give agencies a pass on FOIA

FOIA•Newsletter

Plus: “National security” tariffs on brass tubas, Nazi records still classified, and more.

Published Aug. 30, 2026 Lauren Harper

David Morens testifying in Congress in 2024.

DOJ prosecutes single FOIA dodger while defending systemwide evasion

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Plus: Have an unpaywalled FOIA story? Apply for the Penlight Prize

Published Aug. 23, 2026 Lauren Harper

A banner of U.S. President Trump hangs from the U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C. in February 2026

Executive secrecy expands with unprecedented new memo

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Plus: New archivist confirmed despite lack of qualifications

Published Aug. 16, 2026 Lauren Harper

ICE agents arrest a protestor in Minneapolis

ICE’s DNA collection program surges as oversight stalls

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Plus: Have an unpaywalled FOIA story? Apply for the Penlight Prize

Published Aug. 9, 2026 Lauren Harper