Elections
And the Winner is....
With less than a month to go before the midterms, the SuperPAC spigots are flowing.
Federal Agencies Lack Data to Track Small Business Research Awards
Federal agencies issued $4.4 billion in small-business research awards in fiscal 2024, but incomplete data leave them unable to fully assess whether those...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...