Legislative Watch: Week of June 1, 2026 — Appropriations Sprint Opens as FY27 NDAA Hits Both Armed Services Committees
Senate Appropriations targets all 12 FY27 bills by end of June; House and Senate Armed Services mark up the FY27 NDAA; Reconciliation 2.0 negotiations continue; CBO projects $1.9T deficit. Ten…
Global Corruption Watch: Week of June 3, 2026 — Wise Probe Nears Conclusion, OFAC Targets Sham Trusts
Belgian prosecutors close in on Wise; OFAC formalizes sham-transaction guidance; SFO ends Ultra Electronics probe; FATF grey-lists Kuwait and PNG; Transparency International CPI shows democratic backsliding.
Nonprofit Watch: Week of June 3 — Treasury Rewrites Form 990 as SPLC Indictment Reshapes Sector
Treasury's Form 990 transparency push, the SPLC indictment fallout across donor-advised funds, AG enforcement in Minnesota and California, and a $170 million foundation surge into democracy infrastructure.
Sanctions Watch: Week of June 3, 2026 — Treasury Targets Iran’s Strait of Hormuz “Toll” Scheme
OFAC sanctions Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority, finalizes $275M Adani LPG settlement, fines FTI Consulting over VTB Bank dealings, and BIS continues a chip-export enforcement surge.
Spending Watch: Week of June 3 — Pentagon Books $11B in Single Week as DRF Slips Below Threshold
A $1.03B Fluor naval nuclear modification, a $9.69B Microsoft/Dell software consolidation, $2.7B for Leidos hypersonics, and $2B in equity-linked quantum grants headline the week — even as FEMA's Disaster Relief…
Court Watch: Week of June 1, 2026 — SCOTUS Narrows Compassionate Release, Expands Helms-Burton
The Supreme Court closed May with rulings limiting federal compassionate-release claims, reviving Helms-Burton damages against cruise lines, and reopening a Mississippi capital case on Batson grounds. Below, the D.C. Circuit…
Public Records Roundup: Week of June 1 — Pentagon Cut 78,000 Civilian Jobs Without Measuring Impact, GAO Finds
GAO finds the Pentagon eliminated 78,000 civilian jobs without consistent impact analysis, while auditors flag corporate-transparency gaps, $250M in BOP First Step Act spending, and municipal collapses in three states.
Capitol Watch: June 3, 2026 — House Cuts EPA 20% in FY27 Markup as Senate Teed Up on Clean Air Disapproval
House Appropriations advanced a FY27 Interior bill cutting EPA roughly 20%; Senate prepared a 2:15 p.m. vote on S.J. Res. 188; Oversight's Bondi contempt and prediction-markets tracks remain active.
DOJ Watch: June 3, 2026 — Aspiration Co-Founder Gets 14 Years, Citron’s Andrew Left Convicted, Chinese Container Cartel Indicted
Daily roundup of DOJ enforcement actions: Aspiration Partners co-founder sentenced to 14 years, short-seller Andrew Left convicted, a Chinese shipping-container cartel indictment, an IRGC-linked terror plot, and more.
Federal Register Watch: June 3, 2026 — Trump Realigns Childhood Vaccine Schedule; Rescinds Carter-Era Off-Road Vehicle Orders
Two new Trump executive orders top the Federal Register: realigning the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule with peer nations and rescinding 50-year-old off-road vehicle restrictions. The SEC moves to rescind climate…