Charity to Counsel: The $8.4 Million Pipeline From Arabella’s New Venture Fund to a For-Profit Climate Law Firm
An IRS complaint, a Senate Commerce Committee report, and Form 990 disclosures together trace how a tax-exempt charity with nearly $900 million in 2023 receipts routed millions through a fiscally…
Morning Wire: April 28, 2026 — Pentagon Press Stay, Iran Peace Plan Under Review, SPLC Indicted
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 — Washington, D.C. A federal appeals court handed the Pentagon a procedural win on press access, the Justice Department locked in fresh charges against the alleged…
Afternoon Wire: April 27, 2026 — Iran Tables Hormuz Deal as Court Weighs Geofence Warrants
Tehran offers a new framework to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Supreme Court hears Chatrie v. United States, the House takes up the farm bill, and the IDF returns…
Court Watch: Week of April 20 — SCOTUS Narrows Contractor Immunity in Hencely v. Fluor
The Investigative Journal’s weekly survey of consequential rulings, cert grants, and pending motions across the federal and state judiciary. This week’s docket was dominated by a Supreme Court decision narrowing…
Public Records Roundup: Week of April 20 — Defense Contractors Logged 815 Classified-Data Violations, NC Auditor Refers University for Criminal Investigation
TIJ's weekly survey of consequential public records: GAO documents 815 classified-data violations at cleared defense contractors; North Carolina state auditor refers NC A&T to the State Bureau of Investigation over…
Qatar’s Campus Surge: New Federal Portal Reveals Doha Tripled U.S. University Funding to $1.2 Billion in 2025
A new Department of Education foreign-funding portal shows Qatar tripling its U.S. higher-education spending to $1.2 billion in 2025 — with contracts at Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown and Northwestern now…
Capitol Watch: April 27, 2026 — Senate ATF Vote, FISA Rewrite, Farm Bill Floor Action
Senate moves on ATF nominee Cekada; House takes up FISA Section 702 rewrite, the Farm Bill, and the FY26 budget resolution; King Charles III addresses Joint Meeting Tuesday.
DOJ Watch: April 27, 2026 — SPLC Indictment Anchors Week of Fraud, Espionage and Crypto Strikes
TIJ's daily roundup: SPLC indicted on wire fraud and money-laundering counts, a Special Forces sergeant charged in a first-of-its-kind prediction-market insider-trading case, an Iranian smuggling ring dismantled, and a sweeping…
Federal Register Watch: April 27, 2026 — OCC Moves to Strip CLO Carve-Out and Equity References Under DOGE Order
OCC opens DOGE-driven rewrite of bank rules, DOT reinstates rulemaking procedural reforms, FWS designates 3,814 river miles of critical habitat, FAA proposes 737 NG fuselage AD, NRC opens scoping for…
SEC Watch: April 27, 2026 — Apollo CRE Sells $9B Loan Book to Athene as La Rosa Restates Multiple Years
TIJ's daily SEC EDGAR digest: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance closes an $8.6 billion loan-portfolio sale to insurance affiliate Athene; La Rosa Holdings discloses non-reliance on multiple years of financial…