Afternoon Wire: August 30, 2026 — White House Touts Venezuela Oil Pact as Courts Weigh Citizenship, Mail-Voting Orders
Sunday's briefing: the U.S.-Venezuela oil agreement, birthright citizenship and mail-ballot rulings, Norway's royal succession, the Nepal-Tibet flood toll, and what to watch Monday.
Afternoon Wire: August 29, 2026 — Mail-Ballot Order Blocked Again as Himalayan Flood Toll Mounts
A federal judge again halts the mail-ballot executive order days before ballots go out; fired Stars and Stripes journalists sue the Pentagon; the Nepal-Tibet flood toll passes 500; Norway mourns…
Afternoon Wire: August 28, 2026 — CENTCOM Declares Hormuz Lanes Mine-Free as Warsh Debuts at Jackson Hole
CENTCOM declares the Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes mine-free, Fed Chair Kevin Warsh delivers his first Jackson Hole keynote, the last block on the mail-in voting order falls, and Nepal's…
EPA Watch: Week of August 28, 2026 — Water Enforcement Dominates as Oklahoma Superfund Claims Settle for $20,000
TIJ's weekly EPA enforcement digest: a $20,000 ability-to-pay Superfund settlement in Oklahoma, a repeat Clean Water Act offender in New Hampshire, a $132,500 Safe Drinking Water Act decree in New…
Investigative Monitor: Week of August 24, 2026 — Florida’s “72-Hour” ICE Jails
TIJ's weekly survey of major investigations: Florida jails re-booking ICE detainees past 72-hour limits, the Army's $533 million artillery plant failure, Idaho faith-healing deaths, flawed opioid-pregnancy research, and document-driven reporting…
Fact-Check: ‘We’ve Really Got Them Down’ — This Week’s Economic Claims vs. the Federal Data
TIJ tests five August 26 claims from President Trump, Rep. Jason Smith and the DNC against BLS, BEA and Federal Reserve data.
DOJ Watch: August 28, 2026 — Former DIA Insider-Threat Employee Pleads Guilty in Espionage Sting
TIJ's daily DOJ enforcement digest: a DIA insider's espionage plea, PRC hacking platform seizures, a $541.5M Medicare Advantage settlement, a record $250M KKR antitrust penalty, and cartel prosecutions from Puerto…
Federal Register Watch: August 28, 2026 — MARAD Rewrites Shipyard Financing Rules, Effective Today
Today's Federal Register: MARAD's Title XI shipyard financing overhaul takes effect immediately, State proposes overseas online passport renewal, the EEOC moves to restructure federal EEO complaints, and ten arms sales…
SEC Watch: August 28, 2026 — 38 Entities Charged Over False Adviser Filings
The Investigative Journal's daily SEC filings digest: a 38-defendant false-filings sweep, a negligence suit against crowdfunded GenesisAI, the Buyer insider-trading case winds down, two deregistration proceedings, Amrize's same-day CFO handoff,…
Think Tank Roundup: Week of August 24, 2026 — RAND on What AI Could Do to the Tax Base
This week's policy research: RAND models AI's threat to federal revenue, CFR presses a two-year munitions sprint, AEI audits $700 billion in pandemic unemployment funds, EPI updates the teacher pay…