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GAO reports federal agencies disbursed an estimated $186 billion in improper payments in FY 2025 even as the Pentagon committed billions more across submarine, missile, and software contracts.
EPA touts the highest civil case totals in nine years, but watchdogs find new judicial filings at a 20-year low. Plus: Amazon's $20.5M Oregon nitrate settlement, $2B PFAS distributions, Texas…
Capitol Watch is The Investigative Journal’s daily digest of legislative, oversight and budget activity on Capitol Hill, drawn from Congress.gov, committee filings and on-the-record statements. Senate clears reconciliation runway with…
A daily digest of Department of Justice enforcement actions, including the federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Scam Center Strike Force's $700M crypto seizure, and a Polymarket…
HUD proposes rescinding the 2016 Equal Access housing rule, EPA reopens PFAS destruction guidance for comment, Treasury surveys AML/CFT compliance costs, and FRA finalizes three deregulatory rail rules — today's…
The SEC charged adviser Jay Lucas in a $50 million alleged fraud, Wheels Up executed a 1-for-20 reverse split, Crane completed its CEO transition, Yesway closed its IPO, Velo3D priced…
An IRS complaint, a Senate Commerce Committee report, and Form 990 disclosures together trace how a tax-exempt charity with nearly $900 million in 2023 receipts routed millions through a fiscally…
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 — Washington, D.C. A federal appeals court handed the Pentagon a procedural win on press access, the Justice Department locked in fresh charges against the alleged…
Tehran offers a new framework to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Supreme Court hears Chatrie v. United States, the House takes up the farm bill, and the IDF returns…
The Investigative Journal’s weekly survey of consequential rulings, cert grants, and pending motions across the federal and state judiciary. This week’s docket was dominated by a Supreme Court decision narrowing…