Month: June 2026

By Eduardo Bacci, The Investigative Journal With six months until the November midterms, the 2026 cycle is on track to become the most expensive non-presidential election in American history. Industry…

Court records show Aspiration co-founder Joseph Sanberg ran a five-year fraud worth at least $248 million while his celebrity-backed climate fintech booked sham revenue and a 250-to-1 fake cash balance.

Inspectors general booked a record $65.6 billion in FY 2025. GAO mapped $100 billion in duplication. DOJ posted record False Claims Act recoveries. Across the same week, Pentagon civilian rolls…

A weekly review of EPA and state environmental enforcement: KX Wheels Clean Air Act consent decree, Michigan and Rhode Island Monsanto PCB settlements, CERCLA cost recovery at the Burley Asbestos…

Heritage's higher-education collection, a Brookings estimate of 668,000 jobs lost to ICE enforcement, AEI on the $30 billion ed-tech market, and more — surveyed across the spectrum.

ProPublica documents a steep decline in ATF gun-trafficking referrals and dealer revocations as the Trump administration redirects agents to immigration enforcement; plus seven more notable investigations from ProPublica, WSJ, The…

The Investigative Journal examines four widely circulated public claims from the past week against primary records from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Census Bureau, and the Yale Budget Lab.

EPA rescinds Title V emergency affirmative-defense rule; FDIC and OCC adopt joint final rule restricting reputation-risk exams; Executive Order 14407 directs CDC to realign childhood vaccine schedule; CFPB §1071 small-business…

TIJ's weekly digest: a Pentagon IG report on stalled civilian-harm policies, a $53M SEC whistleblower payout, record DOJ False Claims Act recoveries, and EPA retaliation complaints.

This week's accountability roundup: GAO maps $100B in federal duplication, DOJ OIG finds $250M in First Step Act funds misused on inmate phone calls, Judicial Watch sues over Crossfire Hurricane…