Federal Register Watch: April 27, 2026 — OCC Moves to Strip CLO Carve-Out and Equity References Under DOGE Order
OCC opens DOGE-driven rewrite of bank rules, DOT reinstates rulemaking procedural reforms, FWS designates 3,814 river miles of critical habitat, FAA proposes 737 NG fuselage AD, NRC opens scoping for…
SEC Watch: April 27, 2026 — Apollo CRE Sells $9B Loan Book to Athene as La Rosa Restates Multiple Years
TIJ's daily SEC EDGAR digest: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance closes an $8.6 billion loan-portfolio sale to insurance affiliate Athene; La Rosa Holdings discloses non-reliance on multiple years of financial…
Morning Wire: April 27, 2026 — Iran FM Heads to Moscow as Correspondents’ Dinner Suspect Faces Federal Charges
Daily digest: Correspondents’ Dinner shooting case moves to federal court; DOJ ends Powell probe; SCOTUS hears Monsanto and Chatrie; Iranian FM meets Putin in Moscow; Mali defense minister killed in…
Afternoon Wire: April 26, 2026 — Senate Clears $70B ICE Funding, DOJ Restores Firing Squads, Royal Visit Begins Monday
Senate adopts $70 billion immigration-enforcement reconciliation blueprint, DOJ restores firing squad and pentobarbital, D.C. Circuit blocks asylum suspension, and Trump cancels Iran envoys' Pakistan trip. King Charles begins state visit…
Operation Absolute Resolve: How Classified Maduro Intel Became a $409,881 Polymarket Payday — And the First Insider-Trading Indictment of the Prediction-Market Era
An active-duty Special Forces master sergeant placed 13 wagers totaling $33,034 on a Polymarket contract called "Maduro Out by January 31, 2026" — and walked away with $409,881. The CFTC…
Tehran’s Fortune 500 Customer: How Hengli Petrochemical Became the Centerpiece of Iran’s Shadow Oil Trade
Treasury's April 24 designation of Hengli Petrochemical, China's second-largest 'teapot' refinery, exposes a Fortune 500 conglomerate at the heart of Iran's military oil revenue and signals a strategic shift toward…
Morning Wire: April 26, 2026 — Trump Unhurt After WHCD Shooting; Fifth Circuit Revives Texas SB4; Russia Pounds Dnipro
The Investigative Journal’s daily digest of overnight developments across government, courts, and international affairs. Items below are sourced to public records and primary documents wherever possible. Pending cases are flagged;…
Afternoon Wire: April 25, 2026 — Witkoff and Kushner head to Pakistan as appeals court strikes asylum ban
U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner head to Islamabad for direct talks with Iran as the D.C. Circuit strikes down the administration's border asylum ban, the Justice Department adopts firing squad…
Week in Review: The $521 Billion Backdrop — How One Week’s Fraud Cases Stress-Tested the GAO’s New Estimate
TIJ counted at least $2.4 billion in newly alleged or recently adjudicated fraud this week — consistent with the upper bound of the GAO's $233-$521 billion federal fraud range. Patterns…
Pill Mill, Inc.: How Done Global Turned a Pandemic Telehealth Loophole Into a $100 Million Adderall Subscription
A federal jury just convicted the founders of Done Global of running a $100 million Adderall pipeline through a pandemic-era telehealth loophole. The case is a template for prosecuting venture-backed…