Elections

Hispanic Caucus Campaign Arm Spends $2.5 Million in House Races

CHC BOLD PAC has reported spending more than $2 million this cycle to support four Democratic House candidates and oppose two Republicans, with its largest...

Politics

Trump Budget Proposes Deep Cuts to Global Conservation Programs

The administration's fiscal 2027 budget request proposes eliminating funding for a range of international conservation programs and does not specify funding...

Government Operations

Hidden Owners, Hidden Fraud: Federal Awards Lack Ownership Rules

Hundreds of billions of dollars in federal awards are vulnerable to fraud schemes that exploit the near-total absence of beneficial ownership disclosure...

Lobbying Activity

Election Infrastructure Group Reshuffles Federal Lobbying Team

Project for Election Infrastructure filed a new lobbying registration with Audax Strategies LLC on Sept. 25, focused on Government Issues. The registration...

Lobbying Activity

Gibson Dunn Ends Lobbying for Terrorism Victims Group

A lobbying termination amendment filed Sept. 25 by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP confirms the firm's registration on behalf of Victims of Terrorism ended April 9.

Lobbying Activity

Election Infrastructure Group Shifts Federal Lobbying Firms

An LDA filing summary shows Project for Election Infrastructure ended its lobbying engagement with Audax Strategies LLC effective Aug. 31, and the...

Lobbying

Disabled American Veterans Lobbies on Veteran Affairs Benefit

The disclosure covers a period when VA funding, staffing, and benefit structures were under simultaneous pressure. A 42-day lapse in VA appropriations ran...

Lobbying Activity

Pureline Enters Federal Lobbying With Chemicals, Emergency Focus

Pureline, an Illinois-based chemical manufacturer, filed a lobbying registration on Sept. 26 and engaged Foxhound Advisors LLC. No prior federal lobbying...

Lobbying Activity

TikTok Hires Akin Gump to Lobby on Trade, Export Controls

TikTok Inc. retained Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to lobby on trade and export control policies during the second quarter of 2026, according to a...

Lobbying Activity

National Grid Hires Invariant for Energy Lobbying

National Grid USA Service Co. Inc. is lobbying on Energy/Nuclear issues through a new lobbying registration with Invariant LLC. National Grid has reported...

Follow the Money

FEMA Faces $2B Backlog as Disaster Resilience Program Restarts

Hundreds of communities are waiting on more than $2 billion in disaster-resilience funding that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has yet to...

Elections

VoteVets Backs Democratic Candidates in Key Congressional Races

VoteVets directed millions of dollars in outside spending across candidates it both supported and opposed in the 2026 cycle, with the Iowa U.S. Senate race...

Elections

Senate Conservatives Fund Backs Republicans in Key Senate Races

The Senate Conservatives Fund has directed millions of dollars in political spending toward conservative Republican candidates in U.S. Senate races across...

Lobbying Activity

AIPAC Reported Lobbying on Iran and Israel Defense Policy

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) filed an amendment to its fourth-quarter 2025 lobbying disclosure on Sept. 25, covering activity from...

Follow the Money

Federal Audit Finds Gaps in Nuclear Security Contract Oversight

A recent report found that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is not consistently using a contracting tool that could improve...

Labor and Employment

Coordination Gaps in Disability Programs Leave Service Gaps

A new federal review finds that bureaucratic friction between two major funding programs is creating gaps in disability employment services for some of the...

Politics

State Department Lacks Anti-Terror Safeguards for West Bank Aid

The U.S. has poured more than $7.8 billion into the West Bank and Gaza since 1993, yet a new GAO report on anti-terrorism oversight of that assistance finds...