Investigative Journalism & In-Depth Reporting
The Department of Education's redesigned Section 117 portal has surfaced $67.6 billion in cumulative foreign funding to U.S. universities — with Qatar at $8.8 billion, Cornell holding a $1.1 billion…
Sunday's early-morning digest: Congress ends the longest agency shutdown in U.S. history, the Fifth Circuit blocks mail-order mifepristone, and 5,000 troops are pulled out of Germany over the Iran war.
Today's afternoon digest: the Pentagon orders a 5,000-troop drawdown from Germany over the Trump-Merz feud, Spirit Airlines collapses citing Hormuz-driven fuel costs, Louisiana suspends its primary in the wake of…
TIJ's weekend analysis: a single week of public-record disclosures shows an American disclosure architecture splitting in two — even as federal enforcement surges in visible cases.
A Delaware 501(c)(4) recognized by the IRS in October 2025 — led by a former Arabella Advisors fiscal-sponsorship chief — has channeled at least $3.85 million into Democratic-aligned PACs supporting…
Trump tells Congress War Powers clock is suspended; Senate rejects Iran resolution; record 76-day DHS shutdown ends; whistleblowers allege DOJ rushed SPLC indictment; SCOTUS signals it will side with Trump…
EPA Region 9 closed the week with paired Clean Air Act settlements at two California municipal landfills, while a $7.275 million Pennsylvania oil-and-gas package and a $700,000 BASF TSCA settlement…
TIJ's afternoon wire: Supreme Court's Voting Rights ruling, Pentagon's $1.5T request, the Comey indictment, the Sinaloa governor case, and the 60-day mark on Operation Epic Fury.
Today’s Federal Register docket: CFPB Regulation B small-business lending, a final Education Department rule overhauling the Federal Student Loan Program, EPA reconsideration of ethylene oxide sterilization standards, and an NRC…
TIJ tests five public claims from politicians and advocacy groups against the underlying federal record — from Trump's 'roaring economy' to Sanders's 15 million figure.