Billions Spent, Agencies Multiplied: California Doubles Down on Homeless Bureaucracy
California will split its Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency this summer after nearly $37B spent on homelessness with little progress.
Afternoon Wire: April 20, 2026 — U.S. Talks With Iran Resume in Pakistan as Hormuz Standoff Escalates
Afternoon Wire: JD Vance leads U.S. delegation to Pakistan; U.S.-Israel-Iran truce deadline nears; Navy seizes Iranian ship Touska in Hormuz.
Afternoon Wire: April 18, 2026 — Hormuz Opens, Chevron Wins, SAVE Act Advances
Iran declares the Strait of Hormuz open as the U.S. blockade continues; the Supreme Court hands Chevron a unanimous procedural win; the House passes a revised SAVE Act and a…
Week in Review: The Accountability Paradox — Record Enforcement Wins Collide With a Shrinking Oversight Footprint
A week of historic recoveries — Aetna's $117.7M Medicare settlement, IBM's $17M DEI case, the Live Nation verdict, and Treasury's 'Economic Fury' sanctions — ran alongside a widening oversight gap:…
Oil, Gold, and Gulf Shells: Treasury’s ‘Economic Fury’ Maps Shamkhani’s Sanctions-Evasion Empire
The son of one of Iran’s most senior security officials now sits at the center of what the U.S. Treasury Department is calling the “financial equivalent” of a bombing campaign…
Morning Wire: April 18, 2026 — Treasury Hits Iran-Backed Militias as Lebanon Ceasefire Opens
Treasury sanctions Iran-backed militias in Iraq, the Supreme Court hands oil majors a venue win in Louisiana, a federal judge blocks DOJ's Rhode Island voter-data demand, and an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire…
EPA Watch: Week of April 11, 2026 – Whittaker Bankruptcy Decree Tests Superfund Insurance Strategy
This week's EPA enforcement digest: DOJ lodges a three-site Superfund consent decree in the Whittaker, Clark & Daniels bankruptcy; ABB Inc. agrees to $471K in past response costs at Henry's…
Investigative Monitor: Week of April 13, 2026 — Immigration Arrests, Keytruda Pricing and a Fed Visit
A weekly roundup of major investigations from ProPublica, ICIJ, OCCRP, WSJ, WaPo, NYT, Daily Caller and the Washington Free Beacon — with TIJ follow-up angles flagged for independent reporting.
Fact-Check: Tax Cut Superlatives, Iran “Obliteration,” and Tariff Costs — The Week in Public Claims
The Investigative Journal's weekly fact-check spotlight examines five notable claims from the past seven days against the original primary-source record — Treasury data, IAEA verification reports, CBO tariff analyses, and…
Regulatory Roundup: Week of April 13, 2026 — CMS Finalizes 2027 Medicare Advantage Rule
TIJ's weekly roundup: CMS finalizes 2027 Medicare Advantage rule, Treasury opens comment on 1% remittance tax, FCC targets foreign-adversary network control, FTC expands noncompete enforcement, and CFPB open banking compliance…