Federal Register Watch: August 5, 2026 — Quartz Safeguard Tariff Takes Effect August 15
A four-year quartz tariff-rate quota starts Aug. 15, the FTC opens comment on its Caremark PBM consent order, and OFAC blocks 10 entities over Iranian petroleum shipping.
SEC Watch: August 5, 2026 — SpaceX’s First Earnings Report as a Public Company Shows 92% Revenue Growth
TIJ’s daily SEC filing digest: SpaceX’s first public earnings report shows 92% revenue growth ahead of Thursday’s lock-up window, AMD’s record $11.5 billion quarter, the Blazar Token settlement, the DreamFunded…
Morning Wire: August 5, 2026 — Primary Night Sets November Matchups as 25 States Renew Tariff Challenge
Michigan and Virginia set November matchups, 25 states take a new tariff challenge to the trade court, DOJ announces enforcement actions, and Russian missiles strike Kyiv overnight.
Capitol Watch: August 4, 2026 — Senate Advances Stopgap to Fund Government Through Dec. 11
The Senate voted 89-4 to advance a continuing resolution funding the government through Dec. 11, as the Judiciary Committee takes up the Blanche nomination and the CLARITY Act slips past…
DOJ Watch: August 4, 2026 — Record 25 Denaturalization Filings Lead a Heavy Enforcement Docket
DOJ files a record 25 denaturalization cases, settles a $14.1M Medicare Advantage upcoding claim, sues Montgomery County over carry restrictions, and unseals Hamas-financing charges — plus a $350M seven-state fraud…
Federal Register Watch: August 4, 2026 — Medicare Finalizes $2.9 Billion Hospital Payment Increase
Today's Federal Register: CMS's FY 2027 hospital payment final rule, NHTSA's child restraint proposal, three PHMSA deregulatory rules, and an SEC notice on an MSRB filing.
SEC Watch: August 4, 2026 — UBS to Pay $20 Million Over Delayed Suspicious Activity Reports
TIJ's daily SEC filing digest: a $20 million UBS settlement over late SARs, the $152 million RAD Diversified REIT fraud complaint, Gotbit's crypto wash-trading judgment, BMW's $16.1 million investor payout,…
Afternoon Wire: August 3, 2026 — Trump Halts Iran Strike as Talks Hang in the Balance
Trump calls off a planned strike on Iran as Tehran disputes that talks are set; Spokane fires destroy some 700 structures; Louisiana becomes the third state to open a Fauci…
Court Watch: Week of July 27, 2026 — Mail-In Voting Order Reaches the Supreme Court
The administration takes its mail-in voting order to the Supreme Court's emergency docket, two petitions target the $83.3 million Carroll verdict, beef price-fixing classes are certified in Minnesota, and Texas…
Capitol Watch: August 3, 2026 — Senate Moves to Head Off a Pre-Election Shutdown
The Senate opens its final pre-recess week with a stopgap funding test vote tonight, as the Russia-Iran sanctions package advances, a contempt vote looms over Dr. Fauci's Fifth Amendment stand,…