A federal judge ordered the Department of Justice to release documents from investigations of the 2001 attacks involving anthrax mailed to Democratic senators, the news media and historian Kenneth Dillon. FBI suspicion for the attacks led Dr. Bruce Ivins to kill himself, but Dillon and others doubt the official story.<
Read moreThe University of Washington brought a federal complaint to obtain public records on the CIA’s involvement in death squads, torture and military massacres in El Salvador during the country’s long civil war.
Read moreRefusing to confirm or deny the existence of records may work for the CIA, but a judge refused Monday to let New York City use the tactic to keep protesters in the dark about police surveillance.
Read moreHuman Rights Watch brought a federal complaint over the Department of Homeland Security’s refusal to release information on the arrest, imprisonment and transfer of people in and between immigration jails.
Read moreGovernment watchdog groups say the Department of Interior’s proposed revisions to its Freedom of Information Act guidelines leave the public in the dark about government activity and may be illegal.
Read moreThe Atlanta-area district attorney claims in court that the Department of Justice has refused to hand over records about members of a federal task force who fatally shot a black student-athlete at least 59 times.
Read moreA federal judge ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to produce documents demanded by the Sierra Club regarding 25 employees appointed by President Donald Trump or former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who have a history of close ties with industries regulated by EPA, industry advocacy groups, or anti-environmental politicians or political groups — relationships that raise grave concerns about conflicts of interests and the ability of polluting industries to disproportionately influence EPA policy.
Read moreSuing nearly a dozen federal agencies on Friday, four privacy groups want law enforcement to open up about the hacking tools and methods used in investigations.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit on Monday signaled it will likely revive a public-records lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture which seeks to restore online access to animal welfare compliance records which was removed two years ago over privacy concerns.
Read moreTaking direct aim at National Security Adviser John Bolton, Human Rights Watch brought a federal complaint against the U.S. Central Command and others for refusing to release documents on the mistreatment of detainees during the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
Read moreA lawyer for New York City resisted pressure from a judge Tuesday to confirm or deny that the NYPD targeted protesters with cellphone-surveillance technology.
Read moreA leaked memo from what conservationists say is the Justice Department advises the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to withhold or delay releasing records sought in Freedom of Information Act requests regarding implementation of the Endangered Species Act.
Read moreThe Humane Society brought a federal complaint under the Freedom of Information Act to access documents on how the Interior Department enforces its trophy-hunting quotas for large and endangered or threatened game, including African elephants and lions.
Read moreThe New York Times brought a federal complaint Thursday to uncover records that could show whether Russia interfered in the effort to repeal net neutrality.
Read moreAfter the New York City Council took measures to ensure there is no racial bias in subway arrests for fare evasion, a new lawsuit claims the NYPD is refusing to disclose telltale numbers.
Read moreThe Justice Department on Wednesday was slapped with a federal lawsuit demanding information on whether it followed its own rules and procedures when it secretly collected a New York Times journalist’s phone and email records.
Read moreA pair of gun-rights activists claim in court that the attorney general of Massachusetts cannot use her investigation into 3D-printed guns to withhold public records.
Read moreA coalition of immigrant rights and voter advocates filed a federal lawsuit Monday over the Trump administration’s “methodical” delays in processing naturalization applications, which they claim is a politically motivated effort to suppress potential voters.
Read moreA nonprofit fighting to uncover the president’s tax returns pushed the D.C. Circuit on Thursday about statements from Donald Trump Jr. about his father’s Russian assets.
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