Morning Wire: September 7, 2026 — Five Dead in Miami Cargo-Jet Overrun as U.S.–Iran Strikes Escalate
Monday's briefing: a fatal cargo-jet overrun in Miami, U.S. strikes on Iranian tankers, the mail-voting fight reaching the Supreme Court, and a record AfD result in Germany.
Afternoon Wire: September 6, 2026 — U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes in the Strait of Hormuz
U.S.–Iran strikes in the Strait of Hormuz, a 162,000-job August payrolls beat, the mail-ballot rule at the Supreme Court, and the week ahead in Washington.
Week in Review: As Congress Cleared the Calendar, the Emergency Docket Took Over
TIJ analysis: the week's binding deadlines came from courts, comment dockets, and auditors — not Congress, which punted funding to December 11 and trimmed its own calendar.
Afternoon Wire: September 4, 2026 — Mail-Ballot Fight Reaches Supreme Court as August Jobs Data Lands
The Sept. 4 briefing: the USPS mail-ballot rule reaches the Supreme Court, August jobs data lands after a soft summer, funding runs to Dec. 11, and peace-talk signals emerge from…
EPA Watch: Week of September 4, 2026 — Domtar’s $1.5 Million Clean Air Act Decree Heads to Court
Domtar’s $1.5M Clean Air Act consent decree awaits court entry, an unusual $20,000 Superfund deal opens for comment in Oklahoma, and EPA Region 10 posts two Clean Water Act penalties…
Investigative Monitor: Week of August 31 — ICIJ Ties Tether’s Early Buyers to Illicit Finance
This week's roundup: ICIJ's Tether customer records, ProPublica's USPS mail-ballot reporting, the Post's Pentagon orders-book story, a defense-tech boom in Southern California, and more.
Regulatory Roundup: Week of August 31, 2026 — KKR’s $250 Million Merger-Filing Penalty Opens for Public Comment
DOJ's $250 million KKR settlement, DHS's $103,265 H-1B fee and EPA's biofuel deadline extension lead this week's federal regulatory actions.
Capitol Watch: September 4, 2026 — Shutdown Averted as Stopgap Becomes Law, House Trims Fall Calendar
President Trump signs H.R. 6500, funding the government through Dec. 11; the House cancels two session weeks; the NDAA stalls in the Senate; CBO clears five estimates.
DOJ Watch: September 4, 2026 — Seven Charged in $57M Tax Refund Scheme; Hamas Crypto Network Disrupted
TIJ’s daily DOJ enforcement digest: a $57M multistate tax refund fraud indictment, $560K in Hamas-bound cryptocurrency seized, an MSS agent sentenced, Honeywell’s cybersecurity FCA settlement, and more.
Federal Register Watch: September 3, 2026 — White House Orders Blueprint for a U.S. Space Academy
The September 3 Federal Register in brief: EO 14423's Space Academy commission, MSPB's break with the Douglas factors after 45 years, a fourth Form PF delay, and comment windows closing…