News Roundup: Political Appointees, Lobbyists and Those In Between This week, American Oversight joined Democracy Forward in suing Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie and the National Archives and Records Administration for failing to recover and pre…

News Roundup: The Hatch Act and Freedom of Speech Last year, the agency charged with protecting whistleblowers sent a chill across the federal workforce, warning public employees not to use terms like “#resist” while at work and admonishing them that they…

News Roundup: Investigating the Administration’s Response to Domestic Terrorism Recent years have seen a significant rise in violent right-wing extremism in the United States According to numerous analyses and official reports, recent years have seen a s…

News Roundup: "Remain in Mexico," New Lawsuits, and Trump's Friend Tom Barrack Documents that American Oversight has uncovered show that some Department of Homeland Security officials had wanted to ask asylum-seekers whether they would be afraid for their…

News Roundup: Mueller Speaks Special Counsel Robert Mueller made his long-awaited and much-anticipated appearance before Congress on Wednesday, first testifying at a House Judiciary Committee hearing and in the afternoon at a House Intelligence Committee …

News Roundup: Investigating the Fallout from Spring’s DHS Shakeup Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform this week, with lawmakers confronting him about the poor conditions at migran…

News Roundup: Acosta Resigns and White House Admits Census Defeat Labor Secretary Alex Acosta became at least the fourth member of President Donald Trump's cabinet to resign in disgrace – joining the former heads of Health and Human Services, Veterans Aff…

Celebrating Government Transparency this Independence Day Weekend Less than a day after last year’s Fourth of July celebrations drew to a close, Scott Pruitt, the scandal-ridden administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced his resignati…

News Roundup: Setbacks for Freedom of Information Supreme Court decisions, limits on FOIA, and Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's D.C. landlord. It’s that time of year for Supreme Court decisions, and this week began with a ruling against a South Dakota ne…

Thanks for supporting American Oversight Congress has refused to hold the Trump administration accountable. Ethics concerns are multiplying by the day. America needs oversight now more than ever. That's why we've stepped in, and it's clear we've got our…