From Arabella to ‘Contours’: Former Dark-Money Operative Builds a New Pipeline Funneling Millions Into 2026 Senate Races
A Delaware 501(c)(4) recognized by the IRS in October 2025 — led by a former Arabella Advisors fiscal-sponsorship chief — has channeled at least $3.85 million into Democratic-aligned PACs supporting…
Morning Wire: May 2, 2026 — War Powers Showdown, DHS Shutdown Ends, Whistleblowers at Justice
Trump tells Congress War Powers clock is suspended; Senate rejects Iran resolution; record 76-day DHS shutdown ends; whistleblowers allege DOJ rushed SPLC indictment; SCOTUS signals it will side with Trump…
EPA Watch: Week of May 1, 2026 — California Landfills Settle Clean Air Act Cases for $411,936
EPA Region 9 closed the week with paired Clean Air Act settlements at two California municipal landfills, while a $7.275 million Pennsylvania oil-and-gas package and a $700,000 BASF TSCA settlement…
Afternoon Wire: May 1, 2026 — Voting Rights Ruling Reshapes 2026 Map as Pentagon Unveils $1.5T Budget
TIJ's afternoon wire: Supreme Court's Voting Rights ruling, Pentagon's $1.5T request, the Comey indictment, the Sinaloa governor case, and the 60-day mark on Operation Epic Fury.
Investigative Monitor: Week of May 1 — Federal Force, Drug Pricing, and Procurement Integrity
Today’s Federal Register docket: CFPB Regulation B small-business lending, a final Education Department rule overhauling the Federal Student Loan Program, EPA reconsideration of ethylene oxide sterilization standards, and an NRC…
Fact-Check: Five Claims From Washington This Week, Examined Against the Record
TIJ tests five public claims from politicians and advocacy groups against the underlying federal record — from Trump's 'roaring economy' to Sanders's 15 million figure.
Campaign Finance Watch: May — Trump-Aligned PACs Hold $400M as Industry Super PACs Reroute the 2026 Midterms
By Eduardo Bacci, The Investigative Journal The first wave of 2026 first-quarter Federal Election Commission filings has confirmed what political operatives in both parties have whispered for months: the money…
Regulatory Roundup: Week of April 27, 2026 — DOT Locks In Department-Wide Rulemaking Reset
The Investigative Journal’s weekly survey of final rules, proposed rulemakings, and agency guidance affecting industry, the workforce, and the federal balance of power. This week’s docket was unusually consequential: the…
Cooking the Climate Books: How the C-Quest Carbon Credit Fraud Exposed a $1.4 Billion Offset Industry Built on Inflated Math
Federal prosecutors, the Verra registry, and the ICVCM have now disqualified the methodologies behind nearly two-thirds of cookstove offsets — yet corporate ESG buyers continue retiring credits the science says…
Capitol Watch: May 1, 2026 — Senate Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution as Farm Bill Clears House
Capitol Hill closes April with a defeated Iran war powers resolution (47-50), passage of the 2026 Farm Bill (224-200), a unanimous Senate ban on prediction-market trading, a 45-day FISA 702…