Investigative Journalism & In-Depth Reporting
The Investigative Journal’s weekly audit of federal and state environmental enforcement actions, based on public dockets, press releases, and Federal Register notices. Federal environmental enforcement this week was dominated by…
Kevin Warsh's Fed confirmation hearing fractures Senate Republicans, House appropriators advance two FY27 bills, Oversight standoff with Pam Bondi deepens, and CBO flags widening deficit risk.
TIJ's weekly survey of significant federal and state regulatory activity, including the CFPB's Regulation B rewrite, a DOL joint-employer NPRM, an EPA oil-and-gas NESHAP proposal, and the OCC/FDIC reputation-risk rule.
TIJ's weekly survey of policy papers from Brookings, AEI, Cato, RAND, Urban Institute, Tax Foundation, Carnegie Endowment, and EPI.
A weekly roundup of major investigations from ProPublica, the Washington Post, the New York Times, OCCRP, the Daily Caller, the Free Beacon and others — with TIJ follow-up angles.
TIJ's weekly fact-check goes to primary sources on five claims from the past week — TrumpRx pricing, March jobs, voter ID polling, tariff costs, and the status of Iran's nuclear…
The GAO estimates federal fraud losses between $233 billion and $521 billion annually as the FY27 budget proposes 12 percent cuts to inspector general offices. Plus: DOJ IG opens Epstein…
GAO, HHS OIG, NASA OIG, Judicial Watch, ProPublica and POGO reports from the week of April 20, 2026 — what they found and what to watch at TIJ.
Senate adopts FY2026 budget resolution 50-48, kicking off reconciliation 2.0 for $70B in ICE/CBP funding. Plus FISA Title VII, CBO scores, FY27 markups, MATCH Act, and state AI laws.
Treasury orders the biggest Form 990 overhaul in a decade; 22 state AGs press GoFundMe; California sues over $3.8M sham charity at Petco Park; Colorado settles $99K CASA diversion; Feeding…