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December 17, 2019 at 7:54 PM

We Deserve to Know: American Oversight Seeks Seized Trump-Putin Meeting Notes

We Deserve to Know: American Oversight Seeks Seized Trump-Putin Meeting Notes The administration has done everything it can to hide what Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump discussed in Hamburg. Last week's ruling is an important... American Oversigh…

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December 13, 2019 at 8:54 PM

News Roundup: Stephen Miller’s Extremist Network

News Roundup: Stephen Miller’s Extremist Network White House Senior Adviser Stephen Miller has been behind some of the administration’s harshest anti-immigration policies. White House Senior Adviser Stephen Miller has been behind some of the administrati…

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December 6, 2019 at 10:37 PM

News Roundup: Impeachment Report, Border Wall Contracts, and Pompeo’s Meeting with GOP Donors

News Roundup: Impeachment Report, Border Wall Contracts, and Pompeo’s Meeting with GOP Donors On Tuesday, the House Intelligence Committee released its report on the impeachment inquiry, detailing evidence of President Donald Trump’s abuse of office and o…

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December 3, 2019 at 9:51 PM

Big News on Giving Tuesday

Big News on Giving Tuesday While we were in court this morning, the House Intelligence Committee was preparing to publish its impeachment inquiry report.  While we were in court this morning, pressing the State Department to release additional documents …

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November 27, 2019 at 6:09 PM

News Roundup: Thankful for FOIA

News Roundup: Thankful for FOIA Late on Friday evening, the State Department released nearly 100 pages of documents to American Oversight, the first batch of records in our first lawsuit against the administration for Ukraine-related records. The documen…

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November 22, 2019 at 9:01 PM

Fiona Hill's warnings, Nikki Haley's emails, and Matt Bevin's stay at Trump's hotel

Fiona Hill's warnings, Nikki Haley's emails, and Matt Bevin's stay at Trump's hotel Plus, we're waiting for the State Department to produce documents in our lawsuit for Ukraine-related records. The Trump administration has stubbornly refused to provide r…

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November 15, 2019 at 8:57 PM

News Roundup: Impeachment Inquiry Goes Public

News Roundup: Impeachment Inquiry Goes Public This week, the House’s impeachment inquiry went public, with Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent, and acting Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor appearing before the Hou…

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November 8, 2019 at 9:47 PM

News Roundup: Ukraine-Related Documents, Hurdles for Asylum-Seekers, and Chad Wolf’s Involvement in Family Separation

News Roundup: Ukraine-Related Documents, Hurdles for Asylum-Seekers, and Chad Wolf’s Involvement in Family Separation The latest on impeachment and on our investigations into the administration's immigration policies. We’re exactly two weeks away from th…

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November 1, 2019 at 6:38 PM

News Roundup: Impeachment Votes and Sonny Perdue's Georgia Connections

News Roundup: Impeachment Votes and Sonny Perdue's Georgia Connections The impeachment inquiry got some big jolts this week — the House voted on Thursday for a resolution outlining the rules for the impeachment process. And on Wednesday, the State Departm…

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October 25, 2019 at 9:47 PM

News Roundup: Chipping Away at Obstruction

News Roundup: Chipping Away at Obstruction It hasn’t been a very good week for President Donald Trump’s weakening barricades against the impeachment investigation. On Friday, a federal judge ordered the State Department to begin producing Ukraine-related …

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October 23, 2019 at 9:53 PM

Federal Judge Directs State Department to Begin Turning Over Ukraine Documents

Federal Judge Directs State Department to Begin Turning Over Ukraine Documents Our fight to uncover the truth about Trump’s dealings with Ukraine took a major step forward today. American Oversight’s fight to uncover the truth about President Trump’s dea…

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October 18, 2019 at 7:53 PM

News Roundup: Corruption, Plain and Simple

News Roundup: Corruption, Plain and Simple It all comes down to one word: Corruption. Emoluments, conflicts of interest, quid pro quo, undue influence, ethics violations — many words and phrases have swirled around the past few years to describe the Trum…

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October 11, 2019 at 7:03 PM

News Roundup: Impeachment, Obstruction, and More Questions About Rick Perry

News Roundup: Impeachment, Obstruction, and More Questions About Rick Perry In its latest bid to slow down the fast-moving impeachment inquiry, the Trump White House has sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi an extraordinary letter, stating that it was refusing…

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October 4, 2019 at 8:39 PM

News Roundup: We Need Answers — Urgently

News Roundup: We Need Answers — Urgently The pressure on the president has been even further intensified thanks to Thursday’s public release of damaging text messages.  The news surrounding the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has been unf…

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September 27, 2019 at 9:17 PM

News Roundup: From the Top Down

News Roundup: From the Top Down It’s been just over a week since the Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump’s communications with the Ukrainian government were the subject of an intelligence whistleblower complaint being withheld from Congre…

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September 20, 2019 at 10:17 PM

News Roundup: Trump, Giuliani, and Ukraine

News Roundup: Trump, Giuliani, and Ukraine “Unprecedented” is a word that has been used a lot in the past few years. “Unprecedented” is a word that has been used a lot in the past few years. It describes President Donald Trump’s financial conflicts of in…

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September 13, 2019 at 8:04 PM

News Roundup: Photos of Detention Centers for Migrant Children; Stephen Miller’s Hand in Immigration Policy

News Roundup: Photos of Detention Centers for Migrant Children; Stephen Miller’s Hand in Immigration Policy This week, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can enforce its toughest asylum restriction yet, which prohibits migrants from see…

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September 6, 2019 at 4:58 PM

News Roundup: Trump’s Enthusiastic Support for New Drug Raises Questions

News Roundup: Trump’s Enthusiastic Support for New Drug Raises Questions President Donald Trump has been outspoken in his support for a controversial new drug called Spravato, approved this past spring by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment of …

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August 30, 2019 at 4:49 PM

News Roundup: Remain in Mexico’s Harmful Effects and Trump’s Dangerous Impatience

News Roundup: Remain in Mexico’s Harmful Effects and Trump’s Dangerous Impatience Immigration officials frequently don't offer language assistance to asylum-seekers forced to return to Mexico. This week, the Los Angeles Times published a searing look at …

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August 23, 2019 at 7:07 PM

News Roundup: Political Appointees, Lobbyists and Those In Between

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…

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August 16, 2019 at 8:12 PM

News Roundup: The Hatch Act and Freedom of Speech

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…

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August 9, 2019 at 5:10 PM

News Roundup: Investigating the Administration’s Response to Domestic Terrorism

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…

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August 2, 2019 at 8:11 PM

News Roundup: "Remain in Mexico," New Lawsuits, and Trump's Friend Tom Barrack

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…

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July 26, 2019 at 7:39 PM

News Roundup: Mueller Speaks

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 …

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July 19, 2019 at 7:21 PM

News Roundup: Investigating the Fallout from Spring’s DHS Shakeup

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…

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July 12, 2019 at 7:46 PM

News Roundup: Acosta Resigns and White House Admits Census Defeat

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…

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July 5, 2019 at 6:30 PM

Celebrating Government Transparency this Independence Day Weekend

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…

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June 28, 2019 at 7:01 PM

News Roundup: Setbacks for Freedom of Information

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…

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June 28, 2019 at 5:51 PM

Thanks for supporting American Oversight

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…

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