Afternoon Wire: June 3, 2026 — AI Order, Pulte Tapped as Acting DNI, Iran Strikes Kuwait Airport
Trump signs frontier-AI executive order centering NSA review; Bill Pulte named acting DNI as Gabbard departs; Iranian missiles and drones strike Kuwait's main airport, killing one; Gulf states call for…
Think Tank Roundup: Week of May 11, 2026 — RAND Maps the U.S.-China Military Gap
This week's policy research from RAND, Brookings, the Tax Foundation, AEI, the Center for American Progress, and the Cato Institute — on the U.S.-China military balance, open-weight AI, balanced budgets,…
DOJ Watch: May 14, 2026 — Comey Indictment Headlines a Week of Federal Enforcement
Daily federal enforcement digest: former FBI Director James Comey indicted; NIAID official charged; $46.6M Medicare wound-care seizure; $600M ERC scheme sentencing; Latvian ransomware operator gets 102 months.
Federal Register Watch: May 14, 2026 — Pentagon Notifies Congress of Multi-Billion Arms Sales to NATO, Israel
The Defense Department transmitted ten arms-sales notifications to Congress, the CFTC issued a substituted-compliance order for Goldman Sachs Paris, and OFAC added counterterrorism designations — a snapshot of the May…
SEC Watch: May 14, 2026 — Musk Trust Settles $1.5M Twitter Disclosure Case
The SEC's first half of May 2026 produced a $1.5M Musk Trust settlement over Twitter disclosure, charges against 21 alleged insider traders, a $26M HYIP receivership, and a proposal to…
Morning Wire: May 14, 2026 — Warsh confirmed, Pentagon pegs Iran war at $29B, Russia hurls 800+ drones at Ukraine
Compiled before sunrise on Thursday, May 14, 2026 by The Investigative Journal. All items are sourced to public records, official statements, or wire reporting. Times are Eastern unless noted. Overnight,…
Afternoon Wire: May 13, 2026 — Warsh Nears Fed Chair, Trump Lands in Beijing, SCOTUS Vacates Alabama Map
Senate moves on Warsh as Fed chair, Trump opens Xi summit, Supreme Court clears Alabama's redrawn congressional map, and EU sanctions land on Israeli settlers and Hamas leaders.
Corporate Disclosure Watch: Week of May 13, 2026 — West Pharmaceutical Discloses Material Ransomware Attack
Seven SEC disclosures from May 6-13, 2026 — including West Pharmaceutical's material ransomware filing, Goldman Sachs's $80M retention bonuses, and Micron's $21.5M CEO stock sale — reveal where governance and…
Global Corruption Watch: Week of May 13 — Kyiv Charges Yermak in $11M Laundering Probe
Ukraine's anti-graft prosecutors charge Zelensky's former chief of staff in a $11M money-laundering probe. Plus: FCPA jury verdict, FATF grey list updates, OFAC sanctions advisory, Maduro asset freezes, and the…
Nonprofit Watch: Week of May 13, 2026 — SPLC Indictment Reverberates as Minnesota AG Sues Over $2M Misuse
The Investigative Journal’s weekly accountability scan of the tax-exempt sector — drawing from IRS Form 990 filings, ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer, state attorney general charity divisions, and federal court records. A…