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- Civil LibertiesSevere
Final rule: Rescinding Portions of Department of the Treasury Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement an Executive Order
Agencies: Treasury Department — By this rule, the Department of the Treasury ("Department") amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VI") to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions implement changes directed in the Executive order, Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy. — [topic:civil rights+agency:epa]
- ElectionsSevere
Final rule: Medicare Program; FY 2027 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements
Agencies: Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — This final rule updates the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for fiscal year 2027. This final rule also includes an analysis of Medicare non-hospice spending, including details regarding a hospice service and spending variation index, and finalizes the requirement that hospices provide the hospice election statement addendum to all Medicare beneficiaries at the time of hospice election. Additionally, this rule finalizes conforming changes to discharge from hospice care regulations and changes to the face-to-face encounter regulations. This final rule also includes a summary of comments received on our requests for information regarding community- based palliative care; the…
- InstitutionsSerious
Final rule: Streamlining Probationary and Trial Period Appeals
Agencies: Personnel Management Office — The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to change the circumstances and procedures for adjudicating appeals from employees terminated during their probationary and trial periods and supervisors and managers who fail to complete their probationary periods. Executive order, "Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service," rendered the prior procedures for appealing such actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) inoperative. This final rule establishes a new, limited appeals process adjudicated by OPM. The final rule also makes conforming amendments. — [topic:executive order]
- ElectionsSevere
Proposed rule: Section 898(c) Transition Rule for Allocating Foreign Taxes and Section 960(d)(4) Foreign Tax Credit Disallowance
Agencies: Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service — This document contains proposed regulations that relate to allocating foreign taxes of foreign corporations affected by the repeal of the one-month deferral election and to the disallowance of foreign tax credits on certain distributions of previously taxed earnings and profits. The proposed regulations would affect taxpayers that operate in foreign countries through certain foreign corporations and taxpayers that claim the foreign tax credit. — [topic:election+agency:epa]
- Civil LibertiesCrisis
‘Stark example of brutality’: Trump’s ICE used court orders in plan to force-feed at least 10 hunger strikers in detention
Krome Service Processing — triggers: hunger strike, force-feeding. <p>Exclusive: court records reviewed by the Guardian show medical procedures included force-feeding, intravenous forced hydration and involuntary blood draws</p><p>Homeland security officials under the Trump administration have quietly attempted to subject at least 10 hunger strikers in US immigrant detention to involu
- InformationSerious
Pentagon secrecy deepens as Iran war drags on
Dear Friend of Press Freedom, I’m Lauren Harper, the first Daniel Ellsberg chair on government secrecy at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), and welcome to The Classifieds. Read on to learn about the week’s top secrecy news. Pentagon deflates Iran war casualties In what appears to be its latest effort to obfuscate the human costs of the ongoing Iran war, the Pentagon has stopped adding casualties that occurred on or after July 7, 2026, to its “ Operation Epic Fury ” casualty database — adding them instead to a new database ambiguously titled “ Overseas Operations .” The numbers reported in the Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System came under scrutiny in July when four service member deaths were abruptly removed from the Epic Fury tally. Despite initially attributing the removal…
- InformationSerious
US Virgin Islands need transparency to weed out corruption
Residents in the U.S. Virgin Islands are tired of the performative outrage about the need for more transparency and accountability in the government. For all the talk, there have been no substantial changes to the territory’s public records statute since it was enacted in 1921, according to attorney Iver Stridiron, the Legislature’s code revisor. Yet, there has been a lot of posturing about transparency by legislators, who create the laws; Gov. Albert Bryan Jr., whose team has denied certain journalists access to information and news conferences based on the questions they asked; and other government officials, including candidates seeking to become the next governor and lieutenant governor of the territory, and senators seeking reelection. Many of these candidates are or were in position…
- InformationSevere
Press win — Freedom of the Press Foundation: US Virgin Islands need transparency to weed out corruption
Residents in the U.S. Virgin Islands are tired of the performative outrage about the need for more transparency and accountability in the government. For all the talk, there have been no substantial changes to the territory’s public records statute since it was enacted in 1921, according to attorney Iver Stridiron, the Legislature’s code revisor. Yet, there has been a lot of posturing about transparency by legislators, who create the laws; Gov. Albert Bryan Jr., whose team has denied certain journalists access to information and news conferences based on the questions they asked; and other government officials, including candidates seeking to become the next governor and lieutenant governor of the territory, and senators seeking reelection. Many of these candidates are or were in position…
- InformationSerious
Jay Clayton is a threat to press freedom
Dear Friend of Press Freedom: Investigative journalist Catherine Herridge has, by our count, paid at least $8,800 in fines for refusing to reveal a confidential source. In the meantime, the Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence even though his former prosecutorial office issued politically motivated subpoenas targeting New York Times reporters and their relatives for embarrassing the president, and then he apparently lied to Congress about it. Read on for more. As DNI, Jay Clayton is a threat to press freedom Earlier this week we wrote about the false and misleading congressional testimony by then-prosecutor Jay Clayton — President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence — that his team had followed Justice Department guidelines in issuing…
- InformationSerious
FPF urges Congress not to rubber-stamp Pentagon secrecy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Washington, D.C., July 31, 2026 — In a direct blow to public oversight, the Department of Defense is pushing a proposal to exempt “ controlled unclassified information ” from the Freedom of Information Act. If successful, the change would allow the agency to unilaterally hide millions of files from taxpayers, service members, and open-records laws — potentially forever. That’s why a broad coalition of transparency organizations, press freedom advocates, and watchdog groups today sent a joint letter to lawmakers urging Congress to reject the Pentagon’s secrecy grab. The following statement can be attributed to Lauren Harper, FPF’s Daniel Ellsberg chair on government secrecy: “The Pentagon is already too secretive, and the last thing it needs is a rubber stamp to hide…
- InformationSevere
Press win — Freedom of the Press Foundation: FPF urges Congress not to rubber-stamp Pentagon secrecy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Washington, D.C., July 31, 2026 — In a direct blow to public oversight, the Department of Defense is pushing a proposal to exempt “ controlled unclassified information ” from the Freedom of Information Act. If successful, the change would allow the agency to unilaterally hide millions of files from taxpayers, service members, and open-records laws — potentially forever. That’s why a broad coalition of transparency organizations, press freedom advocates, and watchdog groups today sent a joint letter to lawmakers urging Congress to reject the Pentagon’s secrecy grab. The following statement can be attributed to Lauren Harper, FPF’s Daniel Ellsberg chair on government secrecy: “The Pentagon is already too secretive, and the last thing it needs is a rubber stamp to hide…
- InformationSerious
Final rule: Upper C-Band (3.98-4.2 GHz); Expanding Flexible Use of the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz Band
Agencies: Federal Communications Commission — In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Report and Order, Order of Proposed Modification, and Order on Reconsideration (Order), that expands the ecosystem for next-generation wireless services in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band (C-band) by making 160 megahertz of the 3.98-4.2 GHz band (Upper C- band) available for terrestrial wireless flexible use. This action is pursuant to Congress' direction in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to complete a system of competitive bidding by July 4, 2027, for at least 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.98-4.2 GHz band. The Order creates a single 3.7 GHz Service that spans 3.7-4.14 GHz and adopts competitive bidding procedures for an auction. The Order largely applies the current Lowe…
- ElectionsSevere
Final rule: Removal of References to the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures in Federal Personnel Regulations
Agencies: Personnel Management Office — The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing an interim final rule with request for comments to remove references to the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP) from Federal civil service regulations. These amendments conform OPM's regulations to the Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel's June 9, 2026, opinion finding the UGESP unlawful. — [topic:election+agency:epa]
- InformationSerious
Final rule: Requirements for Interference-Tolerant Radio Altimeter Systems
Agencies: Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration — In July 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Section 40002 of that law re-institutes the Federal Communications Commission's general auction authority and specifically directs the Commission to complete a system of competitive bidding for not less than 100 megahertz in the 3.98-4.2 gigahertz band (Upper C- band). This final rule supports the Federal Communications Commission's July 2026 Report and Order that makes 160 megahertz of the Upper C-band available for terrestrial wireless flexible use via a system of competitive bidding. To ensure safe, efficient, and reliable aviation operations in the presence of wireless signals in the C-band, the Federal Aviation Administration is issuing new regul…
- Civil LibertiesSerious
What Happens When Prisons Stop Punishing People
an ICE facility — triggers: solitary confinement. Inside a German prison, incarcerated people wear their own clothes, live in cell blocks that look like apartments, and some earn day passes to spend time with their loved ones outside the prison. Nearly 2 million people are incarcerated in the United States in a system built on one core idea: punishment. But what if pr
- EconomyNotable
As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice
The post As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice appeared first on ProPublica . [kw:tariff]
- Civil LibertiesCrisis
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
an ICE facility — triggers: died in ice custody, solitary confinement. <p>I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities</p><p>We don’t have concentration camps today in the United States, but we have something close. More than 65,000 people are currently confined in demeaning, often dangerous, sometimes t
- Civil LibertiesSevere
Proposed rule: Civil Money Penalty for Actions in Contempt of an Immigration Judge's Proper Exercise of Authority
Agencies: Justice Department, Executive Office for Immigration Review — This notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM") would implement a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA" or "the Act") that authorizes Immigration Judges, under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General, to sanction by civil money penalty any action (or inaction) in contempt of the proper exercise of their authority by certain individuals. The rule would: define the scope of the contempt authority; provide procedures for contempt findings, penalty determinations, and penalty payment; establish an appellate process; and implement oversight of the use of contempt authority. The rule would also make conforming changes to the grounds for practitioner discipline. — [topic:immigration+agency:epa]
- InstitutionsSevere
GAO: Priority Open Recommendations: Office of Personnel Management
What GAO Found In August 2025, GAO identified 14 priority recommendations for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Since then, OPM has implemented three of those recommendations. In July 2026, GAO removed the priority status from three recommendations, bringing the total to eight. GAO is highlighting the following three areas that warrant timely and focused attention: Preventing improper payments, Strengthening IT management, and Managing the federal workforce. Addressing GAO’s recommendations in these areas could help prevent up to an estimated $1 billion per year in improper payments fo [gao:improper payment]
- InformationSerious
Now confirmed as DNI, Jay Clayton is threat to press freedom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, July 28, 2026 — U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, was confirmed in the role today. Not even three weeks ago, in his former position as the Department of Justice’s U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Clayton signed the now-withdrawn subpoenas seeking to force several New York Times reporters to reveal confidential sources, after they reported that the new Air Force One gifted to Trump by Qatar was deemed unsafe to fly the president. Clayton then appears to have lied to or misled Congress about the subpoenas, raising serious questions about his fitness for office. The following statement can be attributed to FPF Executive Director Trevor Timm: “It’s crystal clear that Clayton a…
- InformationSevere
Press win — Freedom of the Press Foundation: Now confirmed as DNI, Jay Clayton is threat to press freedom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, July 28, 2026 — U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, was confirmed in the role today. Not even three weeks ago, in his former position as the Department of Justice’s U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Clayton signed the now-withdrawn subpoenas seeking to force several New York Times reporters to reveal confidential sources, after they reported that the new Air Force One gifted to Trump by Qatar was deemed unsafe to fly the president. Clayton then appears to have lied to or misled Congress about the subpoenas, raising serious questions about his fitness for office. The following statement can be attributed to FPF Executive Director Trevor Timm: “It’s crystal clear that Clayton a…
- Civil LibertiesSerious
Meet Beto Coral, Activist Targeted by ICE for Criticism of Trump-Backed Colombian President-Elect
an ICE facility — triggers: solitary confinement. A prominent Colombian activist left the United States after he was arrested by immigration agents and detained for over a month in an <span class="caps">ICE</span> jail. Franklin Humberto Coral Garrido, known as Beto Coral, was a frequent online critic of far-right President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, a Trump ally
- InstitutionsNotable
Final rule: Civil Penalties Adjustment for 2026
Agencies: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts — The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is notifying the public that its civil monetary penalty amounts will not increase for the 2026 calendar year. The NEA is generally required by statute to amend its regulations annually to adjust for inflation the maximum civil monetary penalties (CMPs) that may be imposed for violations of the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (PFCRA) and the NEA's Restrictions on Lobbying. In accordance with guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the NEA will continue to use the 2025 civil monetary penalty levels because there will be no cost-of-living adjustment for 2026. — [topic:lobbying]
- Civil LibertiesCrisis
Final rule: Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to U.S. Navy Operations of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active Sonar in the Western and Central North Pacific…
Agencies: Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — NMFS, upon request from the U.S. Department of the Navy (Navy), issues these regulations pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to govern the taking of marine mammals incidental to training and testing activities using Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) Low Frequency Active (LFA) sonar systems in the western and central North Pacific and eastern Indian oceans over the course of 7 years from August 2026 through August 2033. These regulations allow for the issuance of a letter of authorization (LOA) for the incidental take of marine mammals during specified activities and timeframes, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse…
- Civil LibertiesSevere
Final rule: Affirmative Asylum Referrals Without Interview
Agencies: Homeland Security Department — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations to permit U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to refer certain affirmative asylum applications to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) without interview. USCIS still offers an interview prior to a grant or denial of asylum. DHS is also removing the requirement that a letter communicating the basis for referral of asylum include an assessment of the alien's credibility. — [topic:asylum+agency:epa]
- Civil LibertiesCrisis
Revealed: Trump administration forced treatment on hunger striker in ICE detention
an ICE facility — triggers: hunger strike. <p>ICE report reviewed by the Guardian discloses a patient was ‘subject to force feeding, hydration or urinary catheterization’, which experts have described as torture</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a> subjected at least one person undertaking a hunge
- InstitutionsSerious
Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
The post Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct appeared first on ProPublica . [kw:justice department]
- Civil LibertiesSerious
How to Investigate Extreme Heat in Prisons
an ICE facility — triggers: solitary confinement. How can journalists and researchers investigate the dangers of extreme heat in prisons and ICE detention centers? In this webinar recording, experts and reporters discuss strategies for covering the impacts of climate change on incarcerated people in the U.S. Heat waves and days with temperatures above 100 degrees Fahr
- InformationSerious
It sure looks like Jay Clayton lied to Congress about the NYT subpoenas
U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, who signed the now-withdrawn subpoenas for several New York Times reporters, testified in front of Congress last week as Donald Trump’s nominee for the director of national intelligence. Under questioning from Sen. Michael Bennet , Clayton said that he followed the Trump administration’s media guidelines before signing the Times subpoenas. These guidelines include the following : “The government should have made all reasonable attempts to obtain the information, communications records, or business records from alternative sources.” Clayton proactively called out this “all reasonable attempts” plank in his testimony : “I’m confident that the procedures we have in place to protect the First Amendment and protect the freedom of the press … were followed. They depen…
- InformationSevere
Press win — Freedom of the Press Foundation: It sure looks like Jay Clayton lied to Congress about the NYT subpoenas
U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, who signed the now-withdrawn subpoenas for several New York Times reporters, testified in front of Congress last week as Donald Trump’s nominee for the director of national intelligence. Under questioning from Sen. Michael Bennet , Clayton said that he followed the Trump administration’s media guidelines before signing the Times subpoenas. These guidelines include the following : “The government should have made all reasonable attempts to obtain the information, communications records, or business records from alternative sources.” Clayton proactively called out this “all reasonable attempts” plank in his testimony : “I’m confident that the procedures we have in place to protect the First Amendment and protect the freedom of the press … were followed. They depen…
- InstitutionsSerious
Proposed rule: Modernizing Reactor Licensing, Safety Oversight, and Siting Practices; Correction
Agencies: Nuclear Regulatory Commission — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a notice published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2026, regarding the modernization of reactor licensing, safety oversight, and siting practices to address sections 5(f), 5(h), and 5(i) of Executive Order 14300, and additional items that contribute to adding additional generation to the electrical grid. This action is necessary to withdraw a guidance document containing outdated and incorrect information. — [topic:executive order]
- InformationSerious
Proposed rule: Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks
Agencies: Federal Communications Commission — In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopted a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Second FNPRM) that seeks to further prevent evolving national security risks associated with submarine line terminal equipment (SLTEs) posed by foreign adversaries. The Second FNPRM seeks comment on the routine conditions that the Commission should consider to improve its oversight of SLTE owners and operators. The Second FNPRM seeks comment on whether the Commission should adopt routine conditions for cable landing licensees that are subject to our current licensing requirement, as amended. With respect to SLTE, the Second FNPRM also seeks comment on whether to consider consistent or differing routine conditions…
- InstitutionsSevere
Proposed rule: Modernizing Package Certification Requirements
Agencies: Nuclear Regulatory Commission — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations governing the packaging and transportation of radioactive material. This proposed action is responsive to several executive orders and the NRC's mission to enable the safe and secure use of nuclear materials in an efficient and reliable manner. The proposed amendments would establish voluntary provisions to provide greater flexibility for applicants by introducing risk-informed methodologies for demonstrating safety requirements and by providing an alternative radiation standard for approval of Type B packages for certain exclusive use shipments. The proposed rule would streamline application processes for package approval, remove unnecessary requirements, and clari…
- InstitutionsSerious
Proposed rule: Reducing Barriers to Medical Use Licensing
Agencies: Nuclear Regulatory Commission — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations to reduce barriers to medical use licensing. This proposed rule responds to Executive Order 14300, "Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission," which requires the NRC to conduct a review and wholesale revision of its regulations. This proposed rule, if adopted, would reduce overly prescriptive regulations, increase flexibility, and modernize radiation safety practices for the medical use of byproduct material. It also would enable more efficient and predictable licensing for emerging medical technologies and reduce unnecessary burden in training and experience requirements for medical authorized users. The NRC is revising guidance for this proposed ru…
- InformationSerious
CPJ, partners urge White House Correspondents’ Association to publicly defend press freedom at correspondents’ dinner
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined the Freedom of the Press Foundation, Society of Professional Journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Press Photographers Association, and other organizations in a joint message urging the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) to reaffirm its commitment to the First Amendment at its rescheduled correspondents’ dinner on... [US-relevant: signal:white house]
- InformationSevere
Press win — CPJ: CPJ, partners urge White House Correspondents’ Association to publicly defend press freedom at correspondents’ dinner
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined the Freedom of the Press Foundation, Society of Professional Journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Press Photographers Association, and other organizations in a joint message urging the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) to reaffirm its commitment to the First Amendment at its rescheduled correspondents’ dinner on... [watchdog_win:freed]
- InformationSerious
New prize rewards making public records truly public
Dear Friend of Press Freedom: One of the most important press freedom cases in the country deserves far more attention: Journalist Catherine Herridge has paid at least $4,000 in fines for refusing to reveal a confidential source, and she’ll owe even more unless the Supreme Court steps in. Plus: a new award for public records reporting, and the Justice Department’s subpoenas to The New York Times go down in flames. New prize rewards making public records truly public Are you a journalist who uses the Freedom of Information Act in your reporting? You could win $25,000. This week, Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) launched the Penlight Prize , honoring outstanding paywall-free reporting based on public records. Inspired by our partnership with Wired to drop paywalls for articles based on…
- ElectionsSerious
Ken Paxton Touts His Efforts to Fight Voter Fraud. His Senate Opponent Is Now Accusing Him of Committing It.
The post Ken Paxton Touts His Efforts to Fight Voter Fraud. His Senate Opponent Is Now Accusing Him of Committing It. appeared first on ProPublica . [kw:voter fraud]
- Civil LibertiesSevere
Final rule: Rescinding Portions of the Department of Education Title VI Regulations To Align With the Statutory Text and Conform to Executive Order 14281
Agencies: Education Department — The Secretary of Education amends the regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VI") to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments bring the U.S. Department of Education's (Department's) regulations in line with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, implement changes that are consistent with Executive Order 14281, "Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy," reflect the Department's independent policy determinations, reduce confusion and uncertainty, lower compliance costs for recipients of Federal financial assistance, and serve the public interest. After reviewing the relevant issues, weighing the various factors, and analyzing the pertinent considerations, the Department co…
- ElectionsSevere
Final rule: Revising Qualified Domestic Trust Regulations Under Section 2056A To Update Outdated References and Procedures; Correction
Agencies: Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service — This document contains corrections to Treasury Decision 10050 published in the Federal Register on Friday, July 10, 2026. Treasury Decision 10050 contains final regulations that amend the Federal estate tax regulations applicable to estates of decedents passing property to or for the benefit of a noncitizen spouse in a domestic trust that satisfies all of the requirements under applicable Federal tax law and regulations to be a qualified domestic trust and for which the executor of the decedent's estate has made a qualified domestic trust election. — [topic:election+agency:epa]