Fact-Check: ‘We’ve Really Got Them Down’ — This Week’s Economic Claims vs. the Federal Data
TIJ tests five August 26 claims from President Trump, Rep. Jason Smith and the DNC against BLS, BEA and Federal Reserve data.
DOJ Watch: August 28, 2026 — Former DIA Insider-Threat Employee Pleads Guilty in Espionage Sting
TIJ's daily DOJ enforcement digest: a DIA insider's espionage plea, PRC hacking platform seizures, a $541.5M Medicare Advantage settlement, a record $250M KKR antitrust penalty, and cartel prosecutions from Puerto…
Federal Register Watch: August 28, 2026 — MARAD Rewrites Shipyard Financing Rules, Effective Today
Today's Federal Register: MARAD's Title XI shipyard financing overhaul takes effect immediately, State proposes overseas online passport renewal, the EEOC moves to restructure federal EEO complaints, and ten arms sales…
SEC Watch: August 28, 2026 — 38 Entities Charged Over False Adviser Filings
The Investigative Journal's daily SEC filings digest: a 38-defendant false-filings sweep, a negligence suit against crowdfunded GenesisAI, the Buyer insider-trading case winds down, two deregistration proceedings, Amrize's same-day CFO handoff,…
Think Tank Roundup: Week of August 24, 2026 — RAND on What AI Could Do to the Tax Base
This week's policy research: RAND models AI's threat to federal revenue, CFR presses a two-year munitions sprint, AEI audits $700 billion in pandemic unemployment funds, EPI updates the teacher pay…
Afternoon Wire: August 27, 2026 — Mail-Ballot Order Clears Final Injunction; Grid Emergency Declared; Nepal Flood Toll Mounts
The day's briefing: the election order's last nationwide injunction falls, a national emergency covers the power grid, a classified Saudi nuclear pact reaches Congress, and rescue crews race monsoon rain…
Oversight Watch: Week of August 24, 2026 — A $541.5 Million Medicare Advantage Settlement Caps a $626 Million Enforcement Week
TIJ's weekly IG and whistleblower digest: The Villages Health's $541.5 million Medicare Advantage settlement, Tetra Tech's $57 million Hunters Point qui tam, Deloitte's $21.5 million Civil Rights Fraud Initiative resolution,…
Watchdog Roundup: Week of August 24, 2026 — GAO Finds $108 Billion Opportunity Zone Program’s Effects Mostly Unknown
This week's watchdog reports: GAO on Opportunity Zones, a DOJ IG audit of DEA contracting, POGO's ICE inspection data, Judicial Watch's FBI records case, CRC's nonprofit election-spending analysis, and OpenTheBooks…
Legislative Watch: Week of August 24 — Dueling Stopgaps Set Up a September Funding Showdown
Competing House and Senate stopgaps, a higher CBO deficit projection, a stalled NDAA, and three September 30 deadlines headline this week's legislative tracker.
Capitol Watch: August 27, 2026 — House Returns Monday to a Shutdown Clock and the Senate’s 90-6 Funding Patch
Congress returns Aug. 31 to a Sept. 30 funding deadline, competing CRs, a stalled NDAA, Russia-Iran sanctions, and a DHS IG finding on FEMA bias.