Afternoon Wire: August 13, 2026 — White House Ballroom Fight Reaches Supreme Court as D.C. Guard Deployment Passes One Year
The ballroom case lands on the Supreme Court's emergency docket, the D.C. Guard deployment hits one year, and U.S. envoys ready a new Ukraine push. Thursday's briefing.
Oversight Watch: Week of August 13, 2026 — Interior Watchdog Fight and a Record Sunshine Act Recovery
This week in oversight: independence questions at Interior's OIG, Veloxis' record $46M Sunshine Act resolution, an $11.8M PPP recovery from an AVIC-linked firm, shrinking SEC whistleblower awards, and a bipartisan…
Watchdog Roundup: Week of August 10, 2026 — GAO Audits the DOGE ‘Wall of Receipts’
This week's watchdog reports: GAO finds DOGE's $110 billion savings ledger lacks support, HHS OIG continues home health audits, CRS examines OPM's health-claims data demand, plus new releases from POGO,…
Legislative Watch: Week of August 10, 2026 — Senate’s 90-6 Stopgap Tees Up September Funding Fight
The Senate’s 90-6 stopgap through Dec. 11, a farm bill stalled over SNAP error rates, NDAA limbo, and CBO’s $2.1 trillion deficit projection — this week’s legislative tracker.
Capitol Watch: August 13, 2026 — CBO Flags $1.8 Trillion Deficit as Congress Runs Out the Recess Clock
CBO pegs the 10-month deficit at $1.8 trillion as Congress leaves a Dec. 11 stopgap, the Graham Russia-Iran sanctions bill and the FY27 NDAA unfinished. TIJ's daily congressional digest.
DOJ Watch: August 13, 2026 — 11 Charged in Decade-Long Nationwide Marriage-Fraud Network
TIJ's daily DOJ enforcement digest: a nationwide sham-marriage indictment, a $46M Veloxis kickback resolution, a Chinese state-linked firm's $11.8M PPP settlement, and more.
Federal Register Watch: August 13, 2026 — CMS Cuts Federal Medicaid, CHIP Funding for Youth Gender-Transition Procedures
A 212-page CMS final rule anchors today's Federal Register, alongside an FCC broadband-label rollback, HUD's disaster-recovery formula comment period, a Gulf seismic-survey authorization, and a Copyright Office win for specialized…
SEC Watch: August 13, 2026 — Home Depot CEO’s Medical Leave and Cisco’s Record Year Lead a Dense Filing Day
Wednesday's filings: Cisco's record fiscal 2026 and $9.3 billion in AI orders, Home Depot's CEO medical leave, Cerebras' post-IPO loss, Trian's 13-F trims, and SEC fraud charges against Netcapital and…
Morning Wire: Aug. 13, 2026 — Iraq Pullout on Track, Mail-Voting Order Blocked Again, Leavitt to Depart
Today's Wire: the U.S. exit from Iraq holds to a Sept. 30 timeline, a Boston judge again blocks mail-voting changes inside the 90-day election window, Karoline Leavitt announces her departure,…
Afternoon Wire: August 12, 2026 — Inflation Report Day, Iran Blockade Enforcement, and a Freed Marine’s Homecoming
The day's briefing: July CPI lands with a September Fed decision in the balance; U.S. forces disable a blockade runner near Hormuz; Robert Gilman comes home; courts move on citizenship,…