Watchdog Roundup

Weekly roundup of major investigations from ProPublica, OCCRP, AP, The Intercept, Reuters, Washington Post and others — with TIJ follow-up angles for each.

GAO reports federal improper payments hit $186B in FY2025, VA acquisition reorganization under scrutiny, ProPublica details a quashed Puerto Rico vote-fraud probe, and the FBI surfaces 1.9M pages from a…

Today’s Federal Register docket: CFPB Regulation B small-business lending, a final Education Department rule overhauling the Federal Student Loan Program, EPA reconsideration of ethylene oxide sterilization standards, and an NRC…

GAO finds $186 billion in improper FY2025 federal payments; HHS-OIG flags Medicare virtual check-in errors; OpenTheBooks documents $93B end-of-year Pentagon spending; ProPublica-FRONTLINE finds collapsed prosecutions of anti-ICE protesters.

A weekly roundup of major investigations from ProPublica, the Washington Post, the New York Times, OCCRP, the Daily Caller, the Free Beacon and others — with TIJ follow-up angles.

GAO, HHS OIG, NASA OIG, Judicial Watch, ProPublica and POGO reports from the week of April 20, 2026 — what they found and what to watch at TIJ.

A weekly roundup of major investigations from ProPublica, ICIJ, OCCRP, WSJ, WaPo, NYT, Daily Caller and the Washington Free Beacon — with TIJ follow-up angles flagged for independent reporting.

Each week, The Investigative Journal surveys reports from government watchdogs and accountability organizations across the political spectrum. We note each group’s orientation and funding so readers can weigh the findings…