Labor and Employment
Unemployment Trust Fund Facing Almost $20B in State Loans
States are projected to carry $19.77 billion in outstanding federal loans against an unemployment trust fund account balance of $84.69 billion in fiscal...
Army Combat Vehicle Prototypes Arrive as Program Is Reevaluated
The Army's XM-30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle program has delivered first prototypes from both competing contractors, but its Milestone B decision has...
FTA's Proposed Transit Funding Formula Adds Demographic Bonuses
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has proposed adding birth and marriage rate bonuses to the formula that sets federal funding shares for transit...
Contested States — Oct. 15, 2:30 p.m. ET
The chart below shows where super PACs and party committees are investing their money to try to shore up wins for their parties. It is dynamic and changes...
SuperPAC Shuffle: Florida for the Win
In the money race in this year's midterms, Florida led the pack over the last 24 hours. The sunshine state received nearly $5 million dollars in...
A Democratic Super PAC Just Spent $148K Opposing Two Democrats
The American Democracy Project, a Democratic-aligned super PAC, says on its website that its mission is to “support Democrats who support our democracy.”...
Unum Group Lobbies McCarran-Ferguson Repeal Impact
Unum Group disclosed lobbying in the third quarter of 2026 on the implementation of the McCarran-Ferguson antitrust repeal for insurers, focusing on its...
SuperPAC Shuffle: GOP Groups Outspend Dems Nearly 5-to-1 on Ads
Republican-aligned outside groups are buying airtime at close to five times the Democratic rate with both sides heating up in Michigan.
Mars Hires Squire Patton Boggs on Farm Bill Trade
Squire Patton Boggs filed a third-quarter 2026 lobbying disclosure for Mars Inc., a company in the food and beverage and chocolate/confectionery industries,...
Ascension Adds Mason Street Consulting to Lobby on Medicare
Ascension filed a new client registration with Mason Street Consulting LLC on Oct. 9, covering Medicare/Medicaid. Ascension has lobbied in-house...
No Going Back PAC tops $159M in outside spending
No Going Back has become one of the cycle’s biggest outside spenders, mostly by attacking Democrats. Its money reportedly traces back to Trump’s main super PAC.
Abortion Access Now Enters Federal Lobbying on Abortion Access
Abortion Access Now filed a new client registration with Singiser Solutions LLC, signed Oct. 8, covering family issues/abortion/adoption. The client has no...
Binance.US Registers Cabranes to Lobby on Finance Issues
Binance.US filed a new client lobbying registration with Cabranes, Alejo R.S. on Oct. 9, covering Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities (FIN),...
Honeywell Aerospace Adds Innovative Federal Strategies for Defense
Honeywell Aerospace US LLC filed a new client registration with Innovative Federal Strategies LLC, signed Oct. 9, covering defense and...
GOP outspends Dems as super PAC filings shift across battleground states
When it comes to spending money to support its candidates, the GOP is trouncing the Democrats by more than two to one.Filings sponsored by Republicans total...
National Chicken Council Lobbies on Animal Welfare And Worker Safety
The National Chicken Council filed a third-quarter 2026 lobbying report listing four issues, including the Market Access Program, animal welfare,...
Secure AI Project Files New In-House Lobbying Registration
According to this new client registration, signed Oct. 9, Secure AI Project Inc. filed as an in-house registrant under the Science/Technology (SCI) issue...
GOP super PACs push in, Dems pull back as ad money reshuffles
Republican-aligned super PACs posted a net increase of $2.09 million across 64 filings, while Democratic-aligned groups recorded a net decrease of $1.85...
