Government Operations

House Resolution Backs Charleston for 2027 European Security Meeting

South Carolina's entire House delegation has united behind a single goal: keeping the 2027 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary...

Public Lands

GAO Report Highlights Liability Concerns in Army Corps Water Partnerships

A newly released Government Accountability Office report has exposed a fundamental tension in how the federal government partners with states, local...

Government Operations

Report Documents Declining Human Rights Sanctions Under Trump

A newly updated Congressional Research Service report reveals a dramatic shift in how the Trump administration is wielding one of the government's most...

Health

Oversight Panel Advances Bill Targeting PBM Practices

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted July 23 on final passage of H.R. 6610, the Pharmacists Fight Back in FEHB Plans Act, a bill...

Government Operations

GAO: NASA Major Projects On Track Despite Workforce Cuts

A new Government Accountability Office assessment of the space agency's major projects reveals a portfolio under strain, even as the agency simultaneously...

Follow the Money

Bench in a Box Terminates Lobbying Firm After Less Than 30 Days

Bench in a Box Technologies, a Michigan-based diagnostics company, terminated its federal lobbying registration with Tenagrity Solutions LLC just one day...

Defense

Airbus Group Spends $1.24 Million In Lobbying

Airbus Group Inc. disclosed $1,240,000 in lobbying expenditures for the second quarter of 2026, according to a filing submitted on July 21, 2026. The...

Congress

Cautions Remain Over Permanent Daylight Saving Time Legislation

The House passed legislation on July 14, 2026 that would make daylight saving time permanent year-round for most of the country, marking the closest the...

Follow the Money

Technology Modernization Fund Delivers Small Savings So Far

The systems that manage everything from veterans' benefits to Social Security run on infrastructure so ancient that maintaining them costs billions...

Education

Baylor College Of Medicine Lobbies On Caps For Indirect Costs

Baylor College of Medicine is pushing back against federal efforts to restrict how much universities can charge taxpayers for overhead on research grants....

Government Operations

Federal Appeals Courts Show 97 Unresolved Circuit Splits

A Congressional Research Service report published on July 23, 2026, reveals a judiciary increasingly at odds with itself. The CRS documented 97 circuit...

Public Lands

Senate Committee Considers Conservation Bills Amid Workforce Cuts

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is moving forward with a sweeping package of 22 conservation and public lands bills at a moment when the...

Government Operations

Federal Research Security Gutted as China Threat Looms

Why it matters: The Trump administration's mass firings of research security personnel have gutted the federal agencies tasked with preventing Chinese...

Government Operations

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Ends Spinnaker Government Relations Engagement

The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival terminated its lobbying representation with Spinnaker Government Relations effective April 1, 2026, according to a...

Agriculture

Agricultural Retailers Association Lobbying Addressing Chemicals

The Agricultural Retailers Association submitted its second quarter 2026 lobbying disclosure with an unusual gap: the filing contained no specific issues,...

Government Operations

U.S. Airport Privatization Program Produces Minimal Results

A new Congressional Research Service report reveals that U.S. airport privatization, once positioned as a path to private capital and operational...

Government Operations

Forest Service Defends Reorganization Amid Staffing Concerns

The big picture: The reorganization follows an executive order signed in March 2025 directing expanded timber production and streamlined environmental reviews.