Investigative Journalism & In-Depth Reporting
A daily digest of developments across the executive branch, the federal courts, and international affairs — sourced to public records and primary documents.
Endangered Species Act rewrite, an Epstein-files contempt warning, Seoul declines an Iran role, and Sweden's PM resigns. Sept. 18 wire briefing.
This week: the Pentagon IG's first Operation Epic Fury report puts the Iran campaign at $33.4B with munitions shortfalls; GAO finds DHS-DOGE's $10.5B savings claim won't fully materialize; USPS OIG…
Daily congressional digest: WRDA 2026 passes 415-9, DOJ fraud division bill clears the House, the Senate stalls the crypto market bill 49-50, war-powers votes line up, and the Sept. 30…
Daily DOJ enforcement digest: alleged Russian assassination network charged in SDNY, ISIS-K Abbey Gate operative sentenced to 20 years, Alex Saab pleads guilty, L.A. homelessness fraud takedown, $4.75M Medicare fraud…
EPA finalizes a partial repeal of the 2024 power plant carbon standards and proposes ending all GHG rules for the sector; FDA denies a radiology-AI exemption petition; BIS renews export…
The Fed’s rate call lands at 2 p.m. as Saudi Arabia declares Mecca a ‘red line,’ prosecutors unseal charges against an alleged Russian assassination network, and the Oversight panel holds…
Ellison shelves his Oracle 10b5-1 plan, Crown Castle loses its CFO and COO at once, Baldwin goes private at an 88% premium, and FedEx discloses a doubled CEO pay package…
ICIJ's China Capital leak exposes ICBC's dealings with sanctioned oligarchs; Ukraine's prosecutor general is dismissed; Europol hits the 'Dubai Bank'; OFAC and FinCEN target scam-center finance.
A bipartisan contempt referral in the Epstein inquiry, a one-vote defeat for the crypto CLARITY Act, a 74-24 advance for the college sports bill, and CBO's $38 billion Iran war…