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SteelShips LLC Terminates Conscience Point Consulting Representation

SteelShips LLC, a maritime industry client, terminated its lobbying registration with Conscience Point Consulting Inc. on June 26, 2026, with the engagement...

Transportation

As Big Four Airlines Dominate Market, Congress Raises Questions

The American airline industry faces a fundamental question about competition and consumer welfare that Congress is now investigating with urgency. [GAP] As...

Government Operations

Alibaba Ends Lobbying Relationship with Brownstein Hyatt

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has terminated its lobbying contract with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, according to a lobbying disclosure termination...

Macroeconomics

Small Business Central to American Prosperity Celebration

The House Small Business Committee is convening to spotlight small businesses as central to American prosperity on the eve of the nation's 250th...

Commerce

LVMH Lobbies Congress on Trade, Tariffs

Luxury goods giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc. filed its lobbying registration on June 23, 2026, marking its entry into congressional lobbying....

Commerce

Future of US-Mexico-Canada Agreement Uncertain After Hearing

The House Agriculture Committee convened a hearing on June 10, 2026, to discuss "Agricultural Perspectives On The Future Of The Usmca." This USMCA Hearing...

Congress

Committee Examines Airline Consolidation After Spirit's Collapse

Spirit Airlines' collapse in May removed 5 million seats from the summer travel market, stranded tens of thousands of customers, and left more than 90...

Commerce

Congress Confronts China's Critical Minerals Weaponization

China's systematic chokehold on critical minerals is forcing Congress to act. [GAP] Over the past 18 months, Beijing has weaponized its dominance of rare...

Government Operations

Senate Confirms Trade Commission Nominees to Restore Operations

The Senate Finance Committee is preparing to confirm five nominees to the International Trade Commission, a move that would restore the agency to full...

Defense

Committee Examines Critical Mineral Mapping Amid China Threats

The federal government is racing to map America's underground mineral wealth as China tightens its grip on critical mineral exports and the Pentagon backs...

Commerce

China Dominates Rare Earth Elements Supply Chain

The United States is structurally exposed on one of the most consequential material dependencies in modern defense and technology: the rare earth elements...

Government Operations

Legacy Global Metals Lobbies for Manufacturing With New Hire

Legacy Global Metals and Mining LLC is a first-time entrant into federal lobbying, filing a new lobbying registration disclosure with Venn Strategies LLC on...

Commerce

Platinum Group Metals Hires Brownstein for Palladium Lobbying

Platinum Group Metals Ltd. filed a new lobbying registration with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP on June 1, 2026, signed June 12. The registration...

Law and Order

Supreme Court Alters House Debate

Why it matters: The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held a pharmaceutical patent...

Government Operations

Small Business Defense Contracts Plummet

Why it matters: The House Committee on Small Business held a hearing on June 3 examining the role of small businesses in national security, and the central...

Politics

European Parliament Holds Hidden Veto Over U.S. Trade Deals

The European Parliament sits at the intersection of nearly every major policy friction point between Washington and Brussels — trade, digital regulation,...

Commerce

US Struggles to Secure Critical Minerals Domestically

The Congressional Research Service released a new resource guide on June 8 designed to help lawmakers navigate one of Washington's most contested policy...