Fact-Check: ‘Best Economy Ever,’ Soaring ACA Premiums, and the Border
TIJ tests four recent claims — on jobs, ACA premiums, the border, and coverage losses — against BLS, CBO, CMS, CBP, KFF and Pew data.
Regulatory Roundup: Week of July 6, 2026 — PHMSA Proposes First Major Pipeline Repair Overhaul in Two Decades
A deregulatory-heavy week: PHMSA's ~$390M pipeline repair overhaul leads, alongside Medicare home health, DOE energy procedure, EPA and NRC environmental review, CFPB mortgage credit, and Federal Reserve AML rules.
DOJ Watch: July 10, 2026 — Ransomware Insider Who Betrayed Victims Gets 70 Months
A ransomware negotiator sentenced for selling out his own clients leads today's federal enforcement digest, alongside Alibaba's $600M settlement, a $90M Adderall telehealth scheme, a $45M investor fraud, two national…
Federal Register Watch: July 10, 2026 — FCC Adopts Nationwide Next Generation 911 Reliability Rules
The July 10, 2026 Federal Register: the FCC’s Next Generation 911 reliability rules, HUD’s proposed floodplain rollback, 2028–2032 music royalty rates, a VA emergency-care rule, and a Tennessee capital-counsel certification.
SEC Watch: July 10, 2026 — Executive Exits Hit Fiserv, EchoStar and Align as Court Dismisses SEC’s FirstEnergy Case
TIJ's daily SEC digest: C-suite exits at Fiserv, EchoStar and Align, a settled AstraZeneca insider-trading case, Cable One's leveraged MBI buyout, and the dismissal of the SEC's case against FirstEnergy's…
Afternoon Wire: July 9, 2026 — U.S. Strikes Iran After Hormuz Tanker Attacks; Trump Says Truce ‘Over’
U.S. forces struck more than 80 Iranian targets after tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, the oil waiver was revoked, and NATO pledged $80B to Ukraine — the Afternoon…
Think Tank Roundup: Week of July 6, 2026 — Who Really Pays for Tariffs
TIJ's weekly survey of notable think-tank research across the spectrum: Cato on tariff incidence, the Tax Foundation on sales taxes, AEI on zoning, Brookings on school spending, CAP on grocery…
Oversight Watch: Week of July 6, 2026 — GAO Faults the Watchdog of the Watchdogs
GAO finds the federal body that polices inspectors general missed deadlines and discarded complaints, as a $6.5B fraud takedown and new SEC and CFTC whistleblower awards land.
Watchdog Roundup: Week of July 6 — GAO Finds Inspector General System Failing to Police Itself
This week's watchdog roundup: GAO faults the inspectors general's own oversight body, $186B in improper payments, $13.5B in FEMA COVID fraud, the $1.5T Pentagon budget, and money-in-influence findings from the…
Legislative Watch: Week of July 7, 2026 — House Teed Up for $1.1 Trillion Defense Authorization
Congress's week of July 7: the House FY2027 NDAA would authorize $1.1 trillion (+28% for defense), FY2027 appropriations stall, and TRIA reauthorization clears the House 373–15.