by Randy E. Miller | Jul 24, 2025 | FOIA, News Media, Politics
FOIAengine: Requests Run the Gamut from Child Detentions to China Trade In the six months since President Trump’s inauguration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has received hundreds of news media Freedom of Information Act requests seeking information about the...
by Randy E. Miller | Jun 25, 2025 | FOIA, News Media, Politics
FOIAengine: Journalists Use FOIA to Reveal Immigration Arrests and Contracts National and local journalists are using Freedom of Information Act requests to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to investigate the inner workings of the Trump Administration’s...
by John A. Jenkins | May 8, 2025 | FDA, FOIA, FTC, News Media, SEC
The Latest Requests Logged in FOIAengine Questions about GLP-1 weight loss drugs, DOGE, cryptocurrencies, and the past conduct of Trump’s regulatory nominees are among those in newly available Freedom of Information Act requests filed by media organizations with the...
by Randy E. Miller | Mar 26, 2025 | FOIA, News Media, Non-Profits, Politics
FOIAengine: Leading Topics Include DOGE, Executive Orders and Confidential Data As President Donald Trump moves quickly to implement his ambitious agenda, media organizations and non-profits are accelerating and sharpening their use of Freedom of Information Act...
by Randy E. Miller | Feb 26, 2025 | FOIA, News Media, Politics
FOIAengine: Journalists and Non-Profits Gear Up Within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, news media organizations and non-profits began filing Freedom of Information Act requests to gain insights into early Trump administration...
by John A. Jenkins | Feb 12, 2025 | DOD, FOIA, News Media, SEC, Stock Market
FOIAengine: Homeland Security Report, Media Requests Highlight the Issue When a deepfake photo of an explosion near the Pentagon caused investor panic in 2023, the hysteria caught authorities off guard and stymied investigators. The photo spread like a contagion...