Finance
Private Equity's Growing Role in U.S. Insurance Industry
The rapid growth of private equity (PE) involvement in the U.S. insurance industry and the financial stability risks it may pose to policyholders,...
MAHA PAC Spends $1 Million Against Cassidy in Louisiana Senate Race
MAHA PAC, the political action committee associated with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement,...
Top 10 Lobbying Disclosures: Week Ending September 25
- 1 — VerdeGo Aero Inc. / Jackson Group LLC — $200,000 reported (second quarter of 2026) - 2 — Consejo Coordinador Empresarial / IQOM Strategic Advisors LLC...
Elect Democratic Women PAC Spent $1.4M Backing House Candidates
Elect Democratic Women has spent over one million dollars on House elections this cycle, mainly supporting Democratic women and spending hundreds of...
Federal Courts Received 97% of 2026 Budget Request
The judiciary's budget priorities shifted markedly in the final appropriation. Defender Services saw the largest dollar increase, rising 21.7 percent from...
Petfive Brands Hires Monument Advocacy for Lobbying
Pet food manufacturer Petfive Brands Global Holding Inc. has entered the lobbying arena for the first time, engaging Monument Advocacy to represent its...
Cooley LLP Ends Lobbying Relationship With Strategic Education
Cooley LLP has terminated its lobbying representation of Strategic Education Inc., effective September 21, with the termination filing signed September 22....
Alliance for Quality Improvement hires Monument Advocacy
The Alliance for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (AQIPS) hired Monument Advocacy to represent its interests in healthcare policy. Monument Advocacy...
Agility Robotics Lobbies on Manufacturing, Robotics Issues
Agility Robotics is stepping up its Washington presence. The company now lobbies across manufacturing, computer industry, defense, labor, and science and...
Military Readiness Funding Proposal Lacks Statutory Basis
CRS Finds Tension Between Readiness Now and Future
Tax Court Upholds Income Tax on Cryptocurrency Rewards
The tax code treats virtual currency as property, not currency, triggering income recognition events that many taxpayers never anticipated, according to a...
Congress Funds China Human Rights Programs as Administration Cuts Them
The scope of repression facing religious minorities, ethnic groups, and dissidents as the Trump administration curtails funding for programs designed to...
Fiber Broadband Association Lobbies on Broadband Program
The Fiber Broadband Association is pushing Congress to protect fiber's competitive position in federal broadband programs. The group filed a third-quarter...
House Considers Economy Act as Spending Tool With Less Oversight
Congress scrutinized how the Trump administration is using a 94-year-old law to shuffle federal spending with minimal oversight. The House Appropriations...
DREAM NYC spent $2.5 million supporting Alexander Bores in NY-12
DREAM NYC, a self described grassroots funded organization was formed to influence the New York 12th Congressional District race and get Alexander Bores...
Kokorich Hires Bellementis for Defense, Finance Lobbying
Mikhail Valeryevich Kokorich, a Russian physicist and entrepreneur, has hired Bellementis PLLC to lobby on his behalf, with the firm registering him as a...
Cleary University Hires Firm for Education Lobbying
Cleary University, a private nonprofit business-focused university located in Howell/Ann Arbor, Michigan, was represented by Washington Strategies LLC from...
Federal Fishery Disaster Aid Lacks Permanent Funding
The federal government has appropriated nearly $2.1 billion for fishery disaster relief since 1994, according to files.gao.gov, yet Congress must approve...