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A daily digest of DOJ enforcement actions announced July 9–13, 2026: an alleged White House attack plot, an extradited Afghan general, a ransomware insider, a defense-merger block, and more.
The SEC launched a Retail Fraud Working Group as fresh microcap and unregistered-broker cases landed and Fiserv and Copart disclosed executive exits.
Supreme Court lets Texas enforce its app age-verification law as courts rule on immigration detention, firearms and the Nexstar-TEGNA merger.
This week's public records: a GAO AI warning at the VA, a Labor Dept. H-1B fraud probe, FOIA at 60, and a Missouri governor's-office audit.
A digest of eight Justice Department enforcement actions from July 7–10, 2026: an Afghan general's extradition on narcotics and weapons charges, a $26.8M Keystone Pipeline spill settlement, and ransomware, fraud,…
A daily read of the Federal Register: an FDA drug-manufacturing overhaul, a $1 million DOE fraud-penalty ceiling, two FHFA housing-finance proposals, an OMB industry-classification revision, and a wave of China…
The SEC launched a Retail Fraud Working Group and settled insider-trading, microcap and unregistered-broker cases, while DLH Holdings and Replimune filed key disclosures.
The Afternoon Wire is The Investigative Journal’s daily digest of the day’s major developments across government, the courts, and international affairs. Every item below is sourced to public records and…
DOJ and EPA booked record settlements this week even as GAO audits exposed fraying federal oversight — the watchdogs meant to prevent waste and fraud.
A landmark $450 million PFAS settlement with Chemours anchors this week's federal environmental enforcement digest, alongside Clean Air Act, Superfund, and criminal water-pollution actions.