Ali Hussain has a background that consists of a career in finance with large financial institutions and in journalism covering business. Suzanne is a content marketer, writer, and fact-checker ...

Coinbase is poking holes in the FDIC's response to its FOIA request. An executive at the exchange says the response revealed only a fraction of the request. Coinbase has filed a similar request with ...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is likely subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a federal judge ruled late Monday, rejecting the Trump administration’s position that ...

A federal judge in Washington ordered Elon Musk’s team and the Office of Management and Budget to begin releasing internal documents “as soon as practicable.” By Zach Montague and Minho Kim ...

The Trump White House had argued that the office was shielded from FOIA because it was only giving advice to the president, whose team was then putting it all into effect. But Judge Cooper said ...

“Flow,” a dialogue-free animated Latvian film made with open-source software, is keeping our domesticated friends riveted. By Esther Zuckerman One night shortly before the Oscars ceremony, my ...

Happy one-year anniversary to FOIA Files! On March 8, 2024, I launched this newsletter with a simple goal: “to bring you behind the scenes as I battle government agencies, challenge their ...

There are three versions of the 2025 ROG Flow Z13 currently listed on the Asus web store. The base model is $2,100, coming with an AMD Ryzen AI MAX 390 chipset, 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 13.4 ...

FOIA works best when requests are as specific as possible. The U.S. government sometimes plays games with journalists, researchers, and other watchdogs, rejecting asks it considers too vague ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Flow was an unexpected winner at the 97th Oscars; the ...

A thumbnail of a black cat caught my eye on the television screen. Flow. I was intrigued. Flow is a film about a solitary cat faced with a life-threatening flood. The creature must turn away from ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: The wordless Latvian animated feature Flow scored an upset at this year’s Oscars, beating out heavy hitters like DreamWorks, Pixar, and Aardman for the prize of ...