The former attorney general used an email alias during her tenure. It’s a long-standing DOJ practice that can interfere with the public’s ability to access records through the FOIA.

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Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.

FOIA Files obtained a copy of the document from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The agency redacted its justification for moving the convicted sex offender to a less-restrictive minimum-security prison in Texas last year, days after she was interviewed by Todd Blanche.

FOIA Files obtained a copy of the document from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The agency redacted its justification for moving the convicted sex offender to a less-restrictive minimum-security prison...

Failures in cybersecurity practices at a software company that helps federal agencies manage investigations and FOIA requests allowed two convicted hackers to delete databases, according to internal d...

Asking the federal government for public records didn’t always feel like a shell game. But bounced emails and broken portals seem like the new normal.

Documents obtained by FOIA Files reveal ethics questions, security oddities and a big price tag behind the festooning of Washington.

A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.

A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...

When he was Tether’s banker, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick ‘managed to kill’ less favorable legislation, a court filing says. And a White House aide pushed a measure Tether wanted, observers sa...

The Penlight Prize honors exemplary paywall-free public records reporting, from Freedom of the Press Foundation

The Penlight Prize celebrates paywall-free reporting based on records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act or state public records laws.

Previously undisclosed documents obtained by FOIA Files reveal how the Trump administration found a way to halt penny production and why officials considered the decision “critical.”

Kaley Glenn-Mills’ lawsuit reshaped the fight to protect children from social media. She says she still can’t stop scrolling.

Bloomberg News obtained a trove of internal records from one debt collector that reveals how the industry uses large bills and threats of foreclosure to blindside homeowners across the US.

Donald Trump demanded reams of information from the Internal Revenue Service as it was preparing to turn over his personal tax returns to a congressional committee, papering the agency with a deluge o...

Two people familiar with the matter told FOIA Files millions of pages of files that were withheld relate to other investigations in which Epstein was not the primary target.

A heavily redacted Defense Department report about an undersea surveillance system that dates back to the Cold War has been released to Bloomberg after a four-year FOIA battle.

Hundreds of documents the Office of the Director of National Intelligence quietly removed from its FOIA website following an internal “fuss” are still accessible on the Internet Archive.

Last year, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence removed all documents from its FOIA reading room. Emails say a Biden-era FOIA release caused a “fuss.”

Last year, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence removed all documents from its FOIA reading room. Emails say a Biden-era FOIA release caused a “fuss.”

Last year, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence removed all documents from its FOIA reading room. Emails say a Biden-era FOIA release caused a “fuss.”

Last year, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence removed all documents from its FOIA reading room. Emails say a Biden-era FOIA release caused a “fuss.”