by John A. Jenkins | Jul 16, 2026 | FOIA, Politics
FOIAengine: How the GOP’s Senate Campaign Committee Plays the Oppo Game While national reporters were examining Graham Platner’s turbulent personal life, Republican opposition researchers were quietly investigating an entirely different chapter of the Maine Senate...
by Randy Miller | Jul 1, 2026 | Education, FOIA, News Media, Non-Profits, Politics
FOIAengine: Requests Focus on Personnel Levels and Fraud News media and non-profit organizations are using the Freedom of Information Act to monitor the Trump Administration’s dismantling of the Department of Education, according to data compiled by FOIAengine, which...
by John A. Jenkins | Jun 17, 2026 | FOIA, Hedge Funds, SEC, Short-Selling, Stock Market
FOIA Requests Offer Signals, and a Requester Provides Names Activist short seller Andrew Left always had a taste for risk. So, with his freedom and fortune on the line a few weeks ago in a Los Angeles courtroom, Left tried to beat the federal securities fraud charges...
by Randy Miller | Jun 11, 2026 | FCC, FOIA, News Media
FOIAengine: News Organizations Pursue Evidence in Trump vs. Kimmel Feud A burst of late-April Freedom of Information Act requests saw multiple news organizations converging on the same question: when the Federal Communications Commission initiated an early review of...
by John A. Jenkins | Jun 4, 2026 | CFTC, Cryptocurrency, FOIA, News Media, Politics
FOIAengine: Requests Pile Up, As State and Federal Lawmakers Square Off Months before the regulatory chaos around prediction markets exploded into courtrooms, state houses, and the White House, sophisticated observers were already paying attention. More than 170...
by John A. Jenkins | May 20, 2026 | FOIA, NASA
FOIA Requests From Former CIA, FBI agents Across the United States, cybersecurity teams at federal agencies, defense contractors, telecom firms, and critical infrastructure operators are being warned to prepare for the next Russian cyberattack. In March, the Federal...
