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 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...
by John A. Jenkins | Mar 11, 2026 | DOJ, FOIA, Politics, SEC
FOIAengine: How a Grassroots Movement Saw New Evidence of a Conspiracy In December, a retired California Highway Patrol officer named Wilma Stone filed an unusual Freedom of Information Act request with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Stone asked the agency...
