Investigative Journalism & In-Depth Reporting
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…
Senate Appropriations targets all 12 FY27 bills by end of June; House and Senate Armed Services mark up the FY27 NDAA; Reconciliation 2.0 negotiations continue; CBO projects $1.9T deficit. Ten…
Belgian prosecutors close in on Wise; OFAC formalizes sham-transaction guidance; SFO ends Ultra Electronics probe; FATF grey-lists Kuwait and PNG; Transparency International CPI shows democratic backsliding.
Treasury's Form 990 transparency push, the SPLC indictment fallout across donor-advised funds, AG enforcement in Minnesota and California, and a $170 million foundation surge into democracy infrastructure.
OFAC sanctions Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority, finalizes $275M Adani LPG settlement, fines FTI Consulting over VTB Bank dealings, and BIS continues a chip-export enforcement surge.
A $1.03B Fluor naval nuclear modification, a $9.69B Microsoft/Dell software consolidation, $2.7B for Leidos hypersonics, and $2B in equity-linked quantum grants headline the week — even as FEMA's Disaster Relief…
The Supreme Court closed May with rulings limiting federal compassionate-release claims, reviving Helms-Burton damages against cruise lines, and reopening a Mississippi capital case on Batson grounds. Below, the D.C. Circuit…
GAO finds the Pentagon eliminated 78,000 civilian jobs without consistent impact analysis, while auditors flag corporate-transparency gaps, $250M in BOP First Step Act spending, and municipal collapses in three states.
House Appropriations advanced a FY27 Interior bill cutting EPA roughly 20%; Senate prepared a 2:15 p.m. vote on S.J. Res. 188; Oversight's Bondi contempt and prediction-markets tracks remain active.