DOJ Watch: May 12, 2026 — Cherfilus-McCormick Disaster-Fund Indictment, $1B Fraud Sweep, and a Multi-District Denaturalization Push
TIJ's daily DOJ enforcement digest: a former congresswoman suspended by DHS over a $5.7M disaster-fund indictment, a 16-year Medicare-fraud sentence for ex-NFL player Joel Rufus French, a 12.5-year sentence for…
Federal Register Watch: May 12, 2026 — BLM Repeals Conservation and Landscape Health Rule
BLM rescinds Biden-era public-lands conservation rule, HHS rolls back child-care and Head Start mandates, CFTC updates swap-clearing rules for the CAD/MXN benchmark transition, FDA opens a drug-repurposing docket, and PBGC…
Phantom Rooms, Federal Indictments: Inside New York’s $5.7 Billion Migrant Shelter Procurement
Federal indictments in Brooklyn, an HHS Inspector General audit, and NYC Comptroller findings now describe the same procurement failure: more than $9 billion spent on asylum-seeker services, 340 no-bid contracts,…
SEC Watch: May 12, 2026 — 21 Charged in Law-Firm M&A Leak Ring as Commission Proposes Semiannual Reporting
TIJ's daily SEC scan: 21 charged in a decade-long M&A insider trading ring tied to law firm leaks; the Commission proposes optional semiannual reporting in place of 10-Qs; the Musk…
Afternoon Wire: May 12, 2026 — Iran Ceasefire on “Life Support,” DOJ Escalates Denaturalization, Federal Court Strikes Section 122 Tariffs
Today's wire: Trump declares the Iran ceasefire on "massive life support" as Brent moves above 00; DOJ files denaturalization actions against twelve naturalized citizens; a federal court strikes down Section…
Morning Wire: May 12, 2026 — Iran Ceasefire on “Life Support” as DOJ, Pentagon, and Courts Move
Trump declared the Iran ceasefire on life support overnight as Treasury added sanctions, DOJ moved to denaturalize 12, and a second appeals court widened the no-bond detention split.
Federal Register Watch: May 6, 2026 — ATF Files Sweeping Firearms Rulemaking Package; FDA Moves to Strike “Gender” From Title 21
ATF files a final rule and 14+ proposed rules in a single day, FDA proposes stripping 'gender' from Title 21 under EO 14168, Treasury issues a direct final deregulatory rule,…
Afternoon Wire: May 6, 2026 — Hormuz Standoff, Voting Rights Quake, Indiana Reckoning
Afternoon Wire: Pentagon insists Iran ceasefire holds, SCOTUS accelerates Louisiana redistricting, Trump-backed challengers sweep Indiana, and Ukraine reports Russian violations of Kyiv's truce.
Morning Wire: May 6, 2026 — U.S.-Iran Memo Inches Toward Ceasefire as State Department Finalizes Foreign Service Cuts
A 14-point U.S.-Iran ceasefire memo, the State Department's separation of nearly 250 Foreign Service officers, an EEOC suit against The New York Times, and Russian strikes that killed 22 in…
Morning Wire: May 4, 2026 — Navy Begins Hormuz Escorts as Iran Talks Deadlock
Morning Wire is The Investigative Journal’s daily early-edition digest of overnight breaking news and developments shaping the day’s agenda in Washington, the federal courts, and around the world. All items…