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Public records roundup, week of July 20, 2026: a GAO audit finds most of $14B for Puerto Rico's grid undisbursed, plus watchdog and state findings.
The House takes up a $1.14 trillion defense authorization, an FY2027 budget resolution, and stopgap funding this week as oversight subpoenas and confirmation fights advance in the Senate.
The July 20, 2026 Federal Register: 25% Section 301 tariffs on Brazil, DHS’s public charge rescission, the FDA orange juice rule, CMS drug-price guidance, and FDIC stablecoin reporting.
A sweeping veterans package was pulled from the House floor after a one-vote scare, Senate Democrats blocked the fiscal 2027 NDAA, and new Fed chair Kevin Warsh delivered his first…
A daily digest of the July 16, 2026 Federal Register: a presidential Clean Air Act proclamation, the 2027 Medicare physician fee schedule, an NRC reactor-licensing overhaul, the RealPage antitrust settlement,…
A GAO review found the Integrity Committee overseeing federal inspectors general missed statutory deadlines and discarded complaints, as IG offices and whistleblower programs posted a busy week of fraud findings…
A presidential Section 232 proclamation on aircraft and jet-engine imports leads Wednesday's Federal Register, alongside an NRC radiation-rules rewrite, EPA power-plant NOx plans, a delayed Great Lakes shipwreck protection, and…
The Senate fell short on the opening procedural vote for its FY2027 defense authorization bill while the House passed a firearm-purchase privacy measure and bipartisan bills, and committees convened on…
TIJ's daily digest of the July 14, 2026 Federal Register: the ESA “harm” rescission, UAE export-control easing, EPA coal-ash and diesel actions, FDA psychedelic-drug guidance, and more — with links…
Q1 2026 federal lobbying reached a record $1.4 billion as pharmaceutical, technology and AI interests drove K Street to its biggest quarter on record.