John A. Jenkins

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Two Infant Deaths, and Questions About a CPSC Investigation

As Discovery Deadline Looms, FOIA Request Seeks Crucial Evidence A four-month-old boy was put to sleep on his back in an Ingenuity Dream & Grow bassinet in August 2019.  He...

Fire in the Cabin, Questions in the Files 

FOIAengine: Before CPSC officials renewed a Casely charger warning, a personal-injury lawyer sought the records behind the recall. About 15 minutes into a flight from Wichita to Seattle, a passenger’s...

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...