Defense

KBR Inc. Terminates In-House Lobbying Operations

KBR Inc. filed a lobbying termination on June 30, 2026, ending its active lobbying operations. The company, which had maintained a significant presence on...

Follow the Money

Watchdog Flags Accountability Gaps in Disaster Spending

The federal government spent more than $2.1 billion over a decade on disaster recovery projects, yet officials cannot tell whether any of it actually...

Social Welfare

Committee Probes Automatic Cuts to Early Childhood Program

The House Ways and Means Committee is examining a federal early childhood support program facing an existential threat from deficit-driven automatic...

Education

Art Academy of Cincinnati Hires Behrco for Appropriations

The Art Academy of Cincinnati has entered the federal lobbying arena, filing a lobbying registration disclosure on July 2, 2026, to pursue budget and...

Government Operations

California's Alameda County Hires Picard Group in Lobbying Push

Alameda County registered Picard Group LLC as its lobbying firm on July 1, 2026, according to a lobbying registration disclosure filed that day. The...

Defense

Genasys Ends Lobbying Relationship With ATS Communications

Genasys Inc., a maker of emergency warning systems, has terminated its lobbying contract with ATS Communications Inc., according to a disclosure filed in...

Defense

Bollinger Shipyards Ends American Defense International Lobbying

American Defense International Inc. terminated its lobbying engagement for Bollinger Shipyards LLC, with the LDA termination effective June 30, 2026. The...

Government Operations

Wikimedia Foundation Hires Holland & Knight for Lobbying

The Wikimedia Foundation, facing mounting criticism from Republican lawmakers over alleged bias and editorial control, has engaged Holland & Knight LLP for...

Politics

Colorado Democrats' Insurgent Wave Reshapes Party Politics

Colorado Newsline reported that the win represents the biggest success to date for a left-wing movement that has sought to reshape Colorado Democratic...

Health

ACMG Ends In-House Lobbying Registration

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics ended its in-house lobbying registration at the close of the second quarter, concluding what had been...

Legislation

House Committee Reviews TSA, Security, Trafficking, DHS Bills

Why it matters: The House Homeland Security Committee approved 19 bipartisan bills on June 24, 2026, marking its first legislative markup in nearly 300...

Congress

Senate Panel To Examine Record $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget Ask

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is convening a closed briefing on the Department of War's Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, which proposes...

Congress

Coast Guard Spending and Reform Execution Scrutinized

The Coast Guard received the largest single funding commitment in its history through the Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but a...

Government Operations

Asheboro Ends Lobbying Relationship With Cranfill Sumner

Cranfill Sumner LLP has terminated its federal lobbying registration for the City of Asheboro, North Carolina, according to filings with the federal...

Government Operations

House GOP Cuts $2.7B From Global Health, UN Programs

Why it matters: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs advanced a FY2027 appropriations bill...

Government Operations

Farm Safety Net Programs Face Service Delivery Challenges

The Trump administration defended its farm safety net investments and program modernization efforts at a House Agriculture Committee hearing on June 24,...

Ethics

House Unanimously Votes to Expose Sexual Harassment Settlements

The House passed H.Res. 1399 with a 420-0 vote on June 30, 2026, directing the House Ethics Committee to publicly release records relating to monetary...