by John A. Jenkins | Jul 30, 2026 | FDA, FOIA, News Media, Pharmaceuticals, Politics
FOIAengine: Multiple News Outlets Sought Details on “Compassionate Use” Within days of a Stat News report describing a highly unusual government decision to grant a 79-year-old patient early access to Eli Lilly’s experimental obesity drug retatrutide, some of the...
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 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 Randy Miller | Apr 22, 2026 | EPA, FOIA, News Media, Politics
FOIAengine: Journalists Seek EPA Communications on Iran Bombing A small circle of reporters – concentrated overwhelming at one news organization – is using the Freedom of Information Act to run what amounts to a systematic, real-time audit of Environmental Protection...
by Randy Miller | Mar 18, 2026 | CFTC, Cryptocurrency, FOIA, Litigation, News Media, Politics
FOIAengine: News Organizations Investigate Prediction Markets Several leading news organizations are investigating high-flying prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket, based on Freedom of Information Act requests submitted to the Commodity and Futures Trading...
