Legislative Watch: Week of August 3 — Senate Advances Stopgap to Push Funding Fight Past the Midterms
The Senate moves a bipartisan stopgap through Dec. 11, CBO prices the Navy's battleship program at $275 billion, and a bankruptcy fix passes by unanimous consent — this week's tracked…
Capitol Watch: August 6, 2026 — Senate Pushes December Funding Bill Toward Passage Before Recess
The Senate races to clear a Dec. 11 stopgap, advances the Graham Russia-Iran sanctions act 86-12, confirms a CDC director, and moves a 74-nomination bloc — while the attorney general…
DOJ Watch: August 6, 2026 — U.S. Puts More Than $100 Million in Bounties on CJNG Cartel Leadership
DOJ unseals charges against senior CJNG cartel leaders with $100M+ in rewards, plus a $95M Medicare fraud indictment, a major cloud-hacking guilty plea, a Medicaid takedown in Philadelphia, and an…
Federal Register Watch: August 6, 2026 — Commerce Blocks Exports of Battery ‘Black Mass’ and Tungsten Scrap Under Defense Production Act
Commerce invokes the Defense Production Act to keep battery scrap and tungsten at home, Interior moves to revise the 2016 Arctic drilling rule, the FDIC proposes quadrupling insider-lending thresholds, and…
SEC Watch: August 6, 2026 — SEC Launches Accounting-Fraud Unit as Fresh Judgments Land
The Investigative Journal’s daily review of notable filings on the SEC’s EDGAR system and enforcement actions announced by the Commission. Every item below is drawn directly from public records, with…
Afternoon Wire: August 5, 2026 — Kyiv Barrage Kills 17 as Blanche Nomination Advances and Michigan Hangs in the Balance
Russia's deadliest Kyiv barrage in months, Blanche's committee vote, Michigan's razor-thin Senate primary, and a split week in the federal courts — your afternoon briefing.
Corporate Disclosure Watch: Week of August 3, 2026 — Strategy Sells Bitcoin Below Cost to Fund Preferred Dividends
SEC filings show Strategy sold bitcoin below cost to fund dividends, Apple tariff refund windfall, a $29M Micron insider sale, and more.
Global Corruption Watch: Week of August 3, 2026 — FinCEN Hits UBS With Record $125 Million Money Laundering Penalty
The first week of August delivered one of the most consequential stretches of financial-crime enforcement this year. The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network imposed the largest anti-money laundering penalty…
Capitol Watch: August 5, 2026 — Senate Advances Stopgap Funding Deal as Blanche Nomination Heads to Floor
The Senate advances a continuing resolution through Dec. 11 by 89-4, the Judiciary Committee sends Todd Blanche's AG nomination to the floor 12-10, Jack Smith is invited to testify Sept.…
DOJ Watch: August 5, 2026 — Fraud Division Charges 19 in Philadelphia Medicaid Takedown
DOJ charges 19 in a Philadelphia Medicaid fraud takedown, OpenAI pays $3.2M over hiring bias, and a record 25 denaturalization cases lead today's digest.