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OrgAsk a Pol UAP is Matt Laslo’s subscriber-supported Capitol Hill reporting project, publishing direct interviews with lawmakers about UAP policy and oversight.
Ask a Pol UAP is Matt Laslo’s subscriber-supported Capitol Hill reporting project, publishing direct interviews with lawmakers about UAP policy and oversight.
Ask a Pol UAP is a specialized congressional reporting project founded by Matt Laslo. Drawing on his years as a Washington correspondent, Laslo records short, direct exchanges with senators and representatives in the corridors around votes, hearings, and briefings. The outlet publishes audio, transcripts, scene-setting notes, and follow-up questions, often preserving a lawmaker’s complete answer rather than only the sentence used in a conventional news story.
Its method is access journalism at close range. Laslo repeatedly asks the same officials about pending amendments, classified briefings, whistleblower allegations, committee jurisdiction, and whether promised records or hearings have materialized. Because interviews occur in public hallways and under time pressure, answers can be candid but abbreviated. The raw recording lets an audience hear hesitation, qualification, and context, while the reporter’s framing still determines which official is approached and which issue is pursued.
Ask a Pol has become a primary record of congressional UAP oversight since 2023. Its exclusives have tracked efforts to create select committees, preserve provisions of the UAP Disclosure Act, obtain military videos, interview alleged whistleblowers, and assess AARO. A member’s statement establishes that the member held or voiced a position; it does not prove classified claims mentioned in the exchange, and an off-the-cuff answer may not reflect a committee’s formal action.
The outlet’s influence comes from persistence and documentary transparency. National political reporting often ignores a niche issue between major hearings, whereas repeated corridor interviews show how support shifts, which offices are engaged, and where an initiative stalls. By pairing recordings with dates and named speakers, Ask a Pol creates an unusually granular political history of UAP legislation. Its strongest work makes the limits of each answer as visible as the headline it produces.
[Retweeted] @bennyjohnson The person who had this news (Buchett saying that Miller told him they were being blocked by the "Deep State") first was... @MattLaslo, of @AskaPol_UAP...in July. https://t.co/e3jYdH2ahe
[Retweeted] @bennyjohnson The person who had this news (Buchett saying that Miller told him they were being blocked by the "Deep State") first was... @MattLaslo, of @AskaPol_UAP...in July. https://t.co/e3jYdH2ahe
[Retweeted] 49 UFO files headlines from across web — much less mainstream media coverage of Pentagon’s 6th release https://t.co/Y77dNuYzvV https://t.co/JmXbakgegR
👀 https://t.co/ElthniuU0g [Quoted] “much less mainstream media coverage of Pentagon’s 6th release” of formally classified UFO files https://t.co/wq2I4k18Vb
49 UFO files headlines covering the Pentagon’s 6th release of newly declassified UFO material NOTE FROM EDITORS: Overall, there’s a lot less mainstream media coverage of the Pentagon’s release of its 6th tranche of formerly classified UFO files. In our search for coverage of the War Department’s latest release, we came across a ton of past reporting, which is not represented in our list. Full list at* [Ask a Pol UAP](https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/49-ufo-files-headlines-from-across-web) *on Su...
[Retweeted] Congress Has Seen The Tapes. You Have Not! Rep. Nancy Mace · recorded 1 September 2026 · published 11 September 2026 · Ask a Pol UAP Mace confirmed she has been in UAP discussions "a couple times by different agencies." Asked when the public would see the material, she pointed to recordings she has already watched that have not been released. That line now sits next to this weeks waiver: insiders may speak to PURSUE, but the tapes she describes are still not available to the publi...
🚨LUNA SAYS DAVID GRUSCH IS NOW SPEAKING DIRECTLY WITH THE WHITE HOUSE Rep. Anna Paulina Luna says David Grusch is speaking directly with the White House while it considers giving him an individual waiver from his NDA restrictions. Luna told Ask A Pol that any waiver would be handled case by case and confirmed that Grusch was one of the people being considered. Rep. Eric Burlison has also been pressing Stephen Miller and other administration officials about Grusch. His wording was actually pr...
Matt Laslo, founder of Ask a Pol, reports from the halls of the Capitol, asking members of Congress about UFOs and UAP on the record. He's back on The Good Trouble Show to discuss the latest on UFO disclosure and Congress, and anything else on his mind. Bring your questions for the live Q&A. 🔴 Join us LIVE - Sunday, September 13 at 1:00 PM PT
Matt Laslo, founder of Ask a Pol, has covered Congress since 2006. He reports from the halls of the Capitol, asking members of Congress about UFOs and UAP on the record. The House returns Monday, September 14, scheduled for just four days of legislative business before leaving to campaign ahead of the November elections. The day before, Laslo comes back to The Good Trouble Show for his eighth appearance. This is not a breaking-news episode. We will talk through where UFO and UAP disclosure st...
