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Topic: Freedom of Information Act

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Davidoff Studios / Boris Zhitkov / artisteer)

Trump seeks to censor Epstein links

Russell Payne
Palm Trees in Havana, Cuba | The CIA seal | Ear ache (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Government goes hush on Havana syndrome

Brian Karem
Moon or Planet Being Destroyed Explosion (Getty Images/cokada)

Pentagon research proposed nuking moon

Eric Schank, Keith A. Spencer
Donald Trump with transcripts of his phone call with the President of Ukraine (AP Photo/The White House/Salon)

Trump admin. must release emails: judge

Alex Henderson - Alternet
FILE - This June 19, 2015, file photo, shows the Federal Communications Commission building in Washington. Trumpism is slowly taking hold on your phone and computer, as the FCC starts rolling back Obama-era measures, known as "net neutrality" rules, which were designed to keep phone and cable giants from favoring their own internet services and apps. President Donald Trump’s hand-picked FCC chief, Ajit Pai, wants to cut regulations that he believes are holding back faster, cheaper internet. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (AP)

FCC told to release net neutrality data

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
In this Nov. 17, 2016 file photo, security personnel stand at the front entrance of Trump Tower in New York. The Trump administration is asking for more money to protect President Donald Trump’s signature New York skyscraper, add hundreds of new Secret Service agents and beef up security at the White House, according to new budget documents presented to Congress. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Secret Service: $250K at Trump hotels

Shira Tarlo
(Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Why FBI withheld Kavanaugh background

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross walks into the East Room of the White House before a news conference with President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Probe launched into Ross' use of email

Shira Tarlo
President John F. Kennedy, next to Jacqueline Kennedy, waves from his car in a motorcade in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963 (AP/Jim Altgens)

FOIA crusade against a law-breaking CIA

Jefferson Morley - Independent Media Institute
Former FBI Director James Comey (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Comey was a witness in the Mueller probe

Shira Tarlo
In this 2015 photo provided by his neighbor, Krista Kitchen, Joshua Brown stands by his new Tesla electric car near his home in Canton, Ohio. Brown died in an accident in Florida on May 7, 2016 in the first fatality from a car using self-driving technology. According to statements by the government and the automaker, his vehicle's cameras didn't make a distinction between the white side of a turning tractor-trailer and the brightly lit sky while failing to automatically activate its brakes. (Krista Kitchen via AP) (AP)

Dubious record for road regulators

Eli Wolfe - FairWarning
Ryan Zinke (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Zinke's parting insult

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
Donald Trump; Mar-A-Lago (Getty/Gary Gershoff/Shutterstock)

Who's Trump meeting at Mar-a-Lago?

Matthew Sheffield
(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Blackout blackout

Delcianna J. Winders
The J. Edgar Hoover Building, The Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, in Washington. () (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Taylor Link
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: The United States Capitol is draped in flags in the early morning hours prior to the presidential inauguration on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump is being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

ACLU welcomes Trump

Matthew Rozsa
(Reuters/Brian Snyder/Getty/Casanowe)

"FOIA superhero" vs Trump

Ben Norton

Philip Eil
Richard Burr (Reuters/Chris Keane)

Burr's torture fight

Luke Brinker
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Natasha Lennard
NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly

Secrets of the NYPD

CJ Ciaramella
Whitney Houston (Reuters)

Kera Bolonik
(AP/Charles Dharapak)

Jennifer LaFleur - ProPublica