John A. Jenkins

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Before Trump’s $5 Billion Threat, a FOIA Dragnet

FOIAengine: Hundreds of Requests Targeted Biden Connections at Center for American Progress   Months before Donald Trump threatened the Center for American Progress, the influential progressive policy organization, with a $5...

FDA’s Peptide Push Draws Questions

FOIAengine: Newly Remade Advisory Committee Green Lights Six Compounds, Despite the Applications Being Pulled  Bobby Harshbarger is a Tennessee state senator and pharmacist of noteworthy lineage, with an interesting backstory. Both...

Hard Questions for SEC about Google, Meta

As the artificial-intelligence arms race heats up, Meta and Google have turned to Wall Street for help paying the multi-billion-dollar tab.  Amid data-center financing terms that even Google’s auditor...

How Hedge Funds Use FOIA to Track FDA’s Regulatory...

FOIAengine: Requests from Point72, Sofinnova, Holocene, Triple Gate and Others A review of the latest Freedom of Information Act requests targeting three life-sciences companies – Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO); Charles...

How Media Requesters Used FOIA to Probe Trump GLP-1...

FOIAengine: Multiple News Outlets Sought Details on “Compassionate Use” Within days of a Stat News report describing a highly unusual government decision to grant a 79-year-old patient early access to...

Inside the Republican FOIA Oppo Research on Graham Platner

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...