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National

• Air Force Secretary nominee helped a major defense contractor lobby for more federal funds by Patrick Malone via The Center of Public Integrity

• Banks Can’t Wait to Wipe This Complaints Database by Shahien Nasiripour via Bloomberg

• Declassified SAC History Indicates Massive Nuclear Strikes Planned Against Soviet Anti-Missile Sites During Cold War by William Burr via National Security Archive

• Department of Defense looks to rent space in Trump Tower by Drew Harwell via Washngton Post

• How a 500-Page FBI File Sparked an Intergenerational Conversation on Activism by Sasha Bonét via The Village Voice

• Secret Docs Reveal: President Trump Has Inherited an FBI With Vast Hidden Powers by Glenn Greenwald and Betsy Reed via The Intercept

• U.S. senator asks FBI to explain plan to abandon FOIA requests by email by Dell Cameron via DailyDot

State/Local

• AJC is live-blogging the release of 1.5 million pages of records related to Atlanta City Hall probe

• George Mason Students Sue For Records On Koch Donations by David Halperin via The Huffington Post

• Hawaii Public Records Agency Slower Than Ever With Appeals by Nathan Eagle via Civil Beat

• Michigan bill exempts active contract documents, company secrets from FOIA by Emily Lawler via MLive

• Oakland Knew of Illegal Housing at Warehouse Before Deadly Fire by Thomas Fuller and Julie Turkewitz via New York Times

• These license plates are banned in New York by Daniel Roberts via Times Union

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