Environmental Watch: June 2026 — Chemours’ $450M PFAS Settlement Leads the Month
A $450M Chemours PFAS deal headlines June, but EPA's record FY2025 case count rests on a single $1.6B outlier as federal ESG oversight keeps receding.
Skin Substitutes: How a Medicare Pricing Loophole Drove a $10 Billion Wound-Care Boom
Federal records show Medicare spending on skin substitutes climbed nearly fortyfold to over $10 billion as a pricing formula let relabeled placental tissue be billed at up to $1,450 per…
Afternoon Wire: June 27, 2026 — U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes as Hormuz Truce Frays
U.S. and Iranian forces traded strikes around the Strait of Hormuz as a fragile truce frayed, while Washington's housing standoff and the Supreme Court's end-of-term rulings reshaped the week.
Week in Review: Record Penalties, Receding Rules
A record $6.5 billion fraud takedown and a $450 million PFAS settlement landed the same week regulators moved to scrap disclosure rules and rewrite federal procurement — a deliberate shift…
EPA Watch: Week of June 22, 2026 — Chemours Hit With $450 Million PFAS Settlement
Chemours’ $450M PFAS settlement leads our weekly EPA enforcement digest, with a Superfund decree, a $500K asbestos fine, and Clean Water Act criminal pleas.
Investigative Monitor: Week of June 22, 2026 — WSJ Exposes Polymarket Fake-Winnings Campaign
Weekly watchdog roundup: the WSJ Polymarket probe, a Gabon official's secret Dubai empire, Albania's resort scandal and an EPA methane rollback.
Fact-Check: Did Black Unemployment Hit a Record Low? Plus Three More Claims
A TIJ fact-check of four recent claims — on Black unemployment, the border, tariffs and health coverage — tested against BLS, CBP and CBO data.
Regulatory Roundup: Week of June 22 — Federal Procurement Faces a Total Rewrite
A deregulatory surge dominated the week: a top-to-bottom rewrite of the federal procurement rulebook, the end of 'reputation risk' in bank supervision, new stablecoin AML rules, and more.
DOJ Watch: June 26, 2026 — Record $6.5B Health Care Fraud Takedown Charges 455
The Justice Department closed the week with a record $6.5 billion health care fraud takedown, a landmark $450 million Chemours PFAS settlement, and an expected national security plea — TIJ's…
Federal Register Watch: June 26, 2026 — Quantum Orders Lead a Dense Regulatory Docket
The latest Federal Register is led by two Trump executive orders on quantum computing and post-quantum cryptography, alongside a new NCUA banking rule, an EPA NEPA-procedures rewrite, a Medicare dialysis…