Capitol Watch: September 7, 2026 — Stopgap Signed Through Dec. 11 as House Cuts September Short
Congress averts an October shutdown as the president signs H.R. 6500 through Dec. 11; the House passes mining-permitting and Israel-boycott bills, a nine-justice amendment falls short, and Leon Black sues…
DOJ Watch: September 7, 2026 — $1.3 Billion Medicare Fraud Indictment Leads the Holiday Docket
This week's DOJ docket: a $1.3B Medicare fraud indictment tied to a Russia-based network, Pinnacle's rent-algorithm consent decree, election-fraud charges in three states, and a corporate guilty plea in a…
Federal Register Watch: September 7, 2026 — DOJ’s $250 Million KKR Settlement Opens for Comment
With no Federal Register issue on Labor Day, TIJ digests Friday’s 83-document edition: a $250 million KKR premerger settlement out for comment, the SEC’s transfer agent overhaul, FinCEN’s renewed border…
SEC Watch: Sept. 7, 2026 — SEC Moves to Scrap Pay-to-Play Rule
SEC proposes rescinding the adviser pay-to-play rule, charges an $80M Ponzi-like scheme, and SoundHound closes its LivePerson deal. The week in EDGAR.
Morning Wire: September 7, 2026 — Five Dead in Miami Cargo-Jet Overrun as U.S.–Iran Strikes Escalate
Monday's briefing: a fatal cargo-jet overrun in Miami, U.S. strikes on Iranian tankers, the mail-voting fight reaching the Supreme Court, and a record AfD result in Germany.
Afternoon Wire: September 6, 2026 — U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes in the Strait of Hormuz
U.S.–Iran strikes in the Strait of Hormuz, a 162,000-job August payrolls beat, the mail-ballot rule at the Supreme Court, and the week ahead in Washington.
Week in Review: As Congress Cleared the Calendar, the Emergency Docket Took Over
TIJ analysis: the week's binding deadlines came from courts, comment dockets, and auditors — not Congress, which punted funding to December 11 and trimmed its own calendar.
Afternoon Wire: September 4, 2026 — Mail-Ballot Fight Reaches Supreme Court as August Jobs Data Lands
The Sept. 4 briefing: the USPS mail-ballot rule reaches the Supreme Court, August jobs data lands after a soft summer, funding runs to Dec. 11, and peace-talk signals emerge from…
EPA Watch: Week of September 4, 2026 — Domtar’s $1.5 Million Clean Air Act Decree Heads to Court
Domtar’s $1.5M Clean Air Act consent decree awaits court entry, an unusual $20,000 Superfund deal opens for comment in Oklahoma, and EPA Region 10 posts two Clean Water Act penalties…
Investigative Monitor: Week of August 31 — ICIJ Ties Tether’s Early Buyers to Illicit Finance
This week's roundup: ICIJ's Tether customer records, ProPublica's USPS mail-ballot reporting, the Post's Pentagon orders-book story, a defense-tech boom in Southern California, and more.