Incredible (and unpaywalled) public records reporting
Submissions to our inaugural Penlight Prize showed inspiring journalistic grit and perseverance in the face of official stonewalling
Records show ICE paid local cops $15M for 7 arrests
Plus: FPF asks lawmakers to end SCOTUS secrecy
A $2.5 million FOIA bill for one cop’s files
Plus: Is Trump serious about declassifying UFO information?
The president who cried ‘national security’
Plus: The Pentagon appears to be underreporting Iran war casualties — again
Whistleblower exposes FOIA sabotage at immigration agency
Plus: The Agriculture Department arbitrarily threatens to close a year-old FOIA request for SNAP data within four days
The Iran war is unpopular. Hegseth thinks more secrecy will help
Plus: It’s time to declassify the 9/11 records
SCOTUS secrecy is reaching a crisis point
Plus: Trump’s shadowy Venezuela oil deal, and a 72-hour FOIA purge
PR concerns don’t give agencies a pass on FOIA
Plus: “National security” tariffs on brass tubas, Nazi records still classified, and more.
DOJ prosecutes single FOIA dodger while defending systemwide evasion
Plus: Have an unpaywalled FOIA story? Apply for the Penlight Prize
Executive secrecy expands with unprecedented new memo
Plus: New archivist confirmed despite lack of qualifications
