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Challenging EPA's New FOIA Rule, Suit Seeks to Stop Trump's "Shameful Attempt to Keep Americans in the Dark"

A protester left a "Science Makes America Great" sign in front of the Environmental Protection Agency during the Science March in Washington on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, 2017.

Challenging Trump's "Most Transparent President" Ever Claim, Dems Demand He Ante Up Documents

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

President Donald Trump speaking Wednesday, May 22, 2019, y in the Rose Garden

Democratic lawmakers want the president to back up his rhetoric with real action

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'Unacceptable': Groups Urge National Archives to Reject Zinke's Request to Destroy Federal Documents Related to Drilling, Mining, Timber, and Species Protections

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke attends a cabinet meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room at the White House October 17, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

"Zinke is trying yet again to pull wool over the eyes of the American people by...

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Trump Administration Defends Legality of VA Shadow Rulers

Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica

A view from the water of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

In a court filing, government lawyers argued that a Watergate-era sunshine law...

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An oil pump in the Aneth oil field near Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. (Photo: WildEarth Guardians/flickr/cc)

'What Are Exxon and Chevron So Desperate to Hide?”: Trump Ditches Oil Anti-Corruption Effort

Transparency Victory: Trump Forced to Release Mar-a-Lago Visitor Logs

Trump's Tax Returns "More Important Than Ever" Amid Election Probe

As Public Trust Dives, Trump White House Moves to Hide Visitor Logs

Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government

Amid Republicans' ACA Subterfuge, Resistance Urges "No Score No Vote"

From Emboldened Case for Special Counsel to Calls to Resign, Sessions' Headache Only Begun

GOP So Worried Public Will See Healthcare Bill They Hid From Lawmakers, Too

Is Recusal Necessary? Trump: "I Don't Think So." Then Sessions Recuses Himself.

House Republicans Just Made Clear They Won't Fulfill Oversight of Trump

Moment of Truth for House GOP as Committee Debates Trump Investigation

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was one of the 229 Republicans who blocked the measure.

'Despicable': House Republicans Torpedo Effort to Force Release of Trump's Tax Returns

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Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition

Sustainability Panel Finalizes Public Tax Transparency Standard

Fight for the Future

+15 Groups Call for a Full Congressional Investigation Into Amazon as Senators Demand Answers About Nonexistent Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Security Protections

U.S. Right to Know

Groups to CDC: Stop Falsely Claiming Not to Accept Corporate Money

Fight for the Future

More Than 10,000 People Call on Congress to Investigate Amazon’s Surveillance Empire

Free Press

Free Press Supports Facebook Employees’ Demands to Help Stop the Spread of Deceptive Political Ads

Sierra Club

Sierra Club Takes Trump’s SEC to Court Over Failure to Respond to FOIA Request

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Danny Sjursen

I Knew the War in Afghanistan Was a Lie

Karen Greenberg

The War on Words in Donald Trump’s White House: How to Fudge, Obfuscate, and Lie Our Way Into a New Universe

Hannah Gurman, Kaeten Mistry

The Ukraine Whistleblowers and the Rise of Partisan Whistleblowing

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan

Snowden Knows Exactly Why No One Wants to Be a Whistleblower

Chris Hedges

Our Invisible Government

William Minter

Corporations Getting to Zero With GOP's Inside Help on Tax Avoidance

Basav Sen

Name and Shame Big Political Contributors

Steven Rosenfeld

Is a Nationally Widespread New Voting System Ready for the 2020 Elections?

Likhita Banerji

A Dangerous Alliance: Governments Collaborate with Surveillance Companies to Shrink the Space for Human Rights Work

Julie Hollar

Media Can’t Quit 'Trump Supporters Support Trump' Stories