Washington has launched a formal Section 301 probe targeting Germany's drug reimbursement system, warning the policies unfairly burden American pharmaceutical companies and could trigger punitive tariffs on German imports.
The federal whistleblower who first raised alarms about the Feeding Our Future pandemic fraud scheme is publicly calling for Rep. Ilhan Omar to testify before investigators — days after the scheme's ringleader was sentenced to 41 years in federal prison.
Thirteen DC Metropolitan Police Department officials were served with termination notices after an internal affairs investigation found that crime data was manipulated to make violent crime rates appear lower than they were.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation opened an inquiry into a New York Times journalist following her reporting on how FBI Director Kash Patel allegedly deployed federal agents to provide full-time protection and transportation services for his girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins. The Times reported the probe began in March 2026, prompting sharp condemnation from press freedom advocates and the newspaper's top editor, who called the investigation an unconstitutional attempt to silence the press.
Federal investigators are preparing to question approximately six former intelligence officials as part of a long-running criminal probe into ex-CIA Director John Brennan, focusing on his congressional testimony about the origins of the 2017 intelligence report that concluded Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to benefit Donald Trump. The investigation, run out of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami, marks one of the most significant prosecutorial efforts by the Trump administration to revisit the foundational events of what the president has long condemned as a politically motivated witch hunt.
Beijing's Ministry of Commerce launched two formal trade barrier investigations into United States commercial practices on March 27, 2026, in direct retaliation for a pair of Section 301 probes initiated by the Trump administration earlier that month. The Chinese inquiries — covering U.S. restrictions on Chinese goods, advanced technology exports, and green energy trade — are expected to conclude within six months, with findings that could serve as leverage in the escalating tariff confrontation between the world's two largest economies.
