Global Corruption Watch: Week of August 24, 2026 — Kyiv Laundering Probe Reaches Zelenskyy’s Inner Circle
Ukraine’s “Operation Forest Gump” reaches the Presidential Office, FinCEN fines UBS a record $125 million, Lebanon indicts ex-central bank chief Riad Salameh a third time, and DOJ sentences a “concierge…
Nonprofit Watch: Week of August 26, 2026 — Veterans Charity Suit Caps Record Year for State Charity Enforcement
State attorneys general in New York, California and Alaska have filed charity enforcement actions in 2026 while Treasury moves to overhaul the Form 990.
Capitol Watch: August 26, 2026 — Dueling Stopgaps Frame a September Funding Showdown
The House and Senate left for recess having passed competing continuing resolutions, a DHS watchdog found a FEMA crew unlawfully skipped homes with Trump signs, and the Epstein records subpoena…
DOJ Watch: August 26, 2026 — Chicago Jury Convicts Ex-Philips Engineer of Stealing X-Ray Secrets for Chinese Rival
Daily enforcement digest: a trade-secret conviction with a China nexus, $82.7M in False Claims Act recoveries, a cartel money-laundering indictment, and DOJ's new courthouse-arrest lawsuit in Ohio.
Federal Register Watch: August 26, 2026 — Postal Service Finalizes Ballot Mail Rule Ahead of Midterms
USPS finalizes its Federal Ballot Mail rule with implementation paused by court injunctions; OFAC suspends five Iran general licenses; DEA schedules three kratom-related compounds; CBP mandates rail export manifests. Comment…
SEC Watch: August 26, 2026 — Ex-Bankers Charged in $18.5 Million Insider-Trading Case as Subprime Auto Fallout Widens
Two insider-trading complaints, Tricolor fraud fallout, a $600 million subprime auto financing, and the crypto rulemaking clock — the filings that mattered this week.
Afternoon Wire: August 25, 2026 — Mail-Ballot Fight Comes to a Head as Washington Widens Iran Sanctions
Today’s digest: the Supreme Court’s mail-voting stay and an 8 a.m. showdown in Boston, Treasury’s expanded Iran sanctions, the U.S.–Canada tariff rupture, Congo’s record Ebola toll, and what to watch…
Sanctions Watch: Week of August 18, 2026 — Treasury Launches ‘Economic D-Day’ Against Iran
Operation Economic Outcast opens against Iran, Syria comes off the terror-sponsor list, and OFAC targets Hizballah cash couriers, Ecuadorian cocaine logistics, Cuban state firms, and ICC officials — TIJ's weekly…
Spending Watch: Week of August 25, 2026 — Pentagon Locks In $5.7 Billion Delivery Deal as Deficit Tops $1.8 Trillion
TRANSCOM's $5.7 billion FedEx-UPS delivery deal leads a week of federal spending records as CBO pegs the FY2026 deficit near $2.1 trillion.
Capitol Watch: August 25, 2026 — House Poised for Early Return as Rival Funding Bills Set Up September Showdown
The House is expected back August 31 to confront a Senate-passed stopgap running through December 11, after the Senate cleared a Russia-Iran sanctions package 86-11 and CBO pegged the ten-month…