Watchdog Roundup: Week of September 3, 2026 — Navy’s $3.4 Billion in Idle Submarines
GAO found the Navy lost more than 15,000 operational days and $3.4 billion sustaining attack submarines that provided no operational capability. Plus seven more watchdog findings from across the political…
Legislative Watch: Week of September 1, 2026 — Congress Averts Shutdown With December Stopgap
Congress enacts H.R. 6500, funding the government through Dec. 11, as CBO reprices tariff revenue by $0.9 trillion, scores a $275 billion battleship program, and a Russia-Iran sanctions bill stalls…
Capitol Watch: September 3, 2026 — Stopgap Signed Into Law as House Clears Fall Agenda Early
President Trump signs the stopgap funding bill through Dec. 11 as the House censures Rep. Chuck Edwards 413-2 and passes mining-permitting and lobster-industry bills. Today: an Israel boycott certification vote…
DOJ Watch: September 3, 2026 — FBI Seizes $560,000 in Hamas Crypto, Dismantles Terror Group’s Online Fundraising
TIJ's daily DOJ enforcement digest: a $560,000 Hamas cryptocurrency seizure, a Chinese intelligence agent sentenced, Honeywell's cybersecurity False Claims Act settlement, a nine-defendant RICO murder indictment, and more — all…
Federal Register Watch: September 3, 2026 — White House Orders Blueprint for a U.S. Space Academy
Today's Federal Register: EO 14423 orders plans for a U.S. Space Academy; SEC and CFTC delay Form PF again; DOT rewrites airline delay reporting; MSPB drops the Douglas factors.
SEC Watch: September 3, 2026 — $1 Billion Fake-Revenue Allegations Hit Compass Diversified’s Lugano; GoPro Strikes $285 Million Recapitalization
TIJ's daily EDGAR digest: SEC alleges $1B in fictitious revenue at Compass Diversified's Lugano Diamonds; an $80M fund scheme targeting retirees; GoPro's $285M recapitalization; FedEx Freight fires an EVP; SoundHound-LivePerson…
Morning Wire: September 3, 2026 — White House Touts Historic Venezuela Oil Deal; Google Avoids Ad-Tech Breakup
The White House announces majority U.S. control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves, a federal judge spares Google an ad-tech breakup, the administration's birthright citizenship order is blocked…
Afternoon Wire: September 2, 2026 — Iran Retaliates as Congress Averts a Shutdown
Iran fires missiles and drones at U.S. allies in defiance of President Trump's warning as the House passes a stopgap funding bill through December 11. Plus: Driscoll resigns, the mail-ballot…
Corporate Disclosure Watch: Week of September 1, 2026 — KKR’s $250 Million DOJ Settlement
KKR's $250 million DOJ antitrust settlement leads a heavy week of filings: Apple prices its CEO succession at $58 million, L3Harris's chairman-CEO exits with no severance, FedEx CEO pay more…
Global Corruption Watch: Week of September 1, 2026 — Treasury Moves to Sever Iran’s Gulf Banking Lifeline
Treasury proposes cutting Banque Misr UAE off from U.S. correspondent banking over alleged Iranian shadow banking flows; AUSTRAC investigates Western Union; Ukraine’s laundering probe reaches the presidential office; FinCEN sets…