Defense

Tungsten Mining NL Hires Squire Patton Boggs

Tungsten Mining NL intensified its federal push in the second quarter, spending more on lobbying despite operating in an industry with no domestic...

Defense

Congress Wants to Rein in Hegseth's Authority Over Personnel

Congressional committees are moving to constrain Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's authority over military officer personnel decisions, responding to...

Defense

Palantir Boosts Defense Lobbying to $2 Million

Palantir Technologies is ramping up its government relations effort, spending $2.08 million on lobbying during the second quarter of 2026. The defense...

Defense

Defense Authorization Bill FY2027 Remains Deadlocked in Congress

Congress faces an unusually long delay in passing the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act, with both chambers deadlocked as of mid-July 2026. The...

Space

Senate Considers Schiess as Space Force Chief of Operations

Why it matters: The Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing on July 16, 2026, for Lieutenant General Douglas A. Schiess to become Chief...

Defense

Next Phase of Abraham Accords To Be Questioned At House Hearing

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa is convening a hearing on Abraham Accords expansion at a moment when the...

Defense

Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Authorization Bill Stalls in Senate

Senate Republicans suffered a setback in their push to dramatically expand defense spending, as a procedural vote on S. 4784 collapsed under partisan...

Defense

House Democrats Fail to Block $49.8B National Security Bill

The House approved a sweeping $49.8 billion national security and State Department spending bill on July 15, 2026, sending a signal about Congress's...

Defense

Ukrainian Defense Industries Group Lobbies With McKeon Group

The National Association of Ukrainian Defense Industries (NAUDI) has engaged McKeon Group Inc. to navigate Congress on issues surrounding Ukrainian defense...

Government Operations

Report Says Congress Needs More Cleanup Cost Data From Coast Guard

The service reported approximately $448 million in environmental liabilities in fiscal year 2025, representing decades of deferred environmental remediation...

Health

Defense Department Mandates Rules for Military Field Medicine

Across hospital ships, field hospitals, and aircraft carriers where combat medics and military physicians treat service members in the most austere...

Government Operations

Military Scrutinized Over Border Spending Controls

The Department of Defense has obligated nearly $2.64 billion for southern border security operations since the start of fiscal year 2025, according to a...

Government Operations

GAO Urges Space Force to Overhaul Workforce Planning

The Space Force is operating with a quarter of its authorized positions unfilled, and the military service has no clear system to determine how many...

Defense

House Passes Bill Linking Foreign Aid to Trump Policies

Republicans muscled through the National Security Appropriations Act 2027 on Thursday, securing passage of HR 8595 with virtually no Democratic support. The...

Defense

Galls LLC Hires Jones Walker for Lobbying

Galls LLC, a uniform supplier, added Jones Walker LLP to its lobbying roster through a registration amendment filed on July 13, 2026. The company now works...

Defense

Senate Panel to Review Trump's $87.6 Billion Iran War Funding Request

The Senate Appropriations Committee is holding a hearing this week on President Trump's supplemental funding request amid mounting concerns about Iranian...

Defense

ZeroEyes Ramps Up Federal Lobbying Push on Gun Detection Tech

ZeroEyes Government Solutions LLC, a Pennsylvania-based AI weapons detection firm, nearly tripled its quarterly lobbying spending in the second quarter of...