DOJ Watch: August 18, 2026 — Amazon to Pay $2.25 Million in FCRA Settlement as Fraud Pleas Mount
TIJ's digest of DOJ enforcement actions Aug. 13–17: Amazon's $2.25 million FCRA settlement, a 16th Operation Gold Rush conviction, a $43 million tax shelter plea, trafficking and smuggling convictions, and…
Federal Register Watch: August 18, 2026 — Treasury Proposes GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules
Treasury proposes GENIUS Act rules on stablecoin issuance, DOJ stands up a National Fraud Enforcement Division, USTR opens its China WTO compliance review, and five more notable entries from today's…
SEC Watch: Aug. 18, 2026 — $74 Million Pre-IPO ‘Boiler Room’ Charges Lead a Heavy Disclosure Day
TIJ's daily EDGAR digest: the SEC alleges a $74 million pre-IPO boiler room; Nocera pulls two years of financials; ResMed swaps KPMG for PwC; FedEx and Medtronic file fall proxies.
Court Watch: Week of August 10, 2026 — White House Ballroom Fight Reaches Supreme Court
The ballroom and mail-ballot fights reach the Supreme Court, the First Circuit backs bond hearings, and judges rule on Harvard, phosphogypsum roads, and Ohio data centers.
Public Records Roundup: Week of August 10 — State Department’s Overseas Housing Standards Haven’t Been Updated in 35 Years
This week’s notable public records: GAO finds State’s overseas housing standards 35 years out of date, VA’s watchdog says veterans were likely underpaid after 35,100 mail packets were wrongly written…
Capitol Watch: Aug. 17, 2026 — Pro Forma Monday as Stopgap Funding and Russia Sanctions Await the House
Daily congressional digest: the Senate's 90-6 stopgap vote, the 86-11 Russia-Iran sanctions package, Blanche confirmed 50-49, a failed voter-ID cloture vote, CBO's $2.1 trillion deficit projection, a stalled NDAA, and…
DOJ Watch: August 17, 2026 — Operation Gold Rush Nets 16th Conviction as Amazon Settles FCRA Claims
TIJ's daily DOJ enforcement digest: a 16th Operation Gold Rush conviction, Amazon's $2.25 million FCRA settlement, a $43 million tax shelter plea, CRIPA findings against California women's prisons, and criminal…
Federal Register Watch: August 17, 2026 — NOAA Opens Environmental Review of The Metals Company’s Deep-Sea Mining License
Today’s Federal Register: NOAA opens the EIS for The Metals Company’s USA-B exploration license, CDC renews its border health order, NHTSA proposes dropping two crash tests, FDA down-classifies cancer diagnostics,…
SEC Watch: August 17, 2026 — Berkshire Turns Net Buyer After 14 Quarters as 13F Season Peaks
Berkshire Hathaway turns net buyer in its Q2 13F, the SEC pulls its crypto offering-rules vote at the last minute, and fraud charges hit Netcapital and an alleged $47 million…
Afternoon Wire: August 16, 2026 — White House Ballroom Fight Reaches Supreme Court as Seoul Proposes End to Korean War
The administration takes the East Wing ballroom fight to the Supreme Court, Seoul proposes talks to formally end the Korean War, and July inflation holds at 3.4 percent — plus…