Government Operations

Jaizon Soehl-Zelaya Joins Rep. Spartz's Office

Jaizon Soehl-Zelaya has joined Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5) as a staff assistant in her personal office, a move that rounds out his early career navigating...

Government Operations

Global Kratom Coalition Ends BGR Government Affairs Contract

Global Kratom Coalition terminated its lobbying relationship with BGR Government Affairs LLC effective May 1, 2026, according to a Lobbying Disclosure Act...

Government Operations

Outdated Systems Delay Veteran Care Access

For more than six million veterans who depend on the Department of Veterans Affairs for their health care, getting a timely appointment can mean the...

Government Operations

Charles Murphy Takes on Role of Congressional Staff Assistant

Charles Murphy House staff movement marks another transition in the ongoing rotation of personnel within the U.S. House of Representatives. [1] Murphy, who...

Health

Amgen Ends Lobbying Relationship With Washington Advocacy Group

Amgen Inc., one of the world's largest biotechnology companies, terminated its lobbying relationship with Washington Advocacy Group LLP in the Second...

Government Operations

Emerson Lindgren Takes on Role of Staff Assistant

Emerson R. Lindgren has been hired as a Staff Assistant in the personal office of Rep. Gregorio Casar (D-TX-35), starting June 1, 2026. Lindgren's role...

Government Operations

Intelligence Chief Confirmed Amid Surveillance Authority Crisis

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is convening a closed session intelligence briefing on June 16, just days after a cascade of events shook the...

Government Operations

Scientist Joins Sen. Coons's Office as AAAS Congressional Fellow

Nikki Ritsch has joined the office of Sen. Christopher Coons (D-DE) as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Congressional Fellow,...

Government Operations

Trump Administration Reshapes Federal Transportation Grant Rules

A new Congressional Research Service report on the Local and Regional Project Assistance Program lands at a pivotal moment: the federal infrastructure...

Finance

Vulnerabilities Surface in Government System Managing Trillions

Every year, the federal government produces a consolidated financial report covering trillions of dollars in revenue, spending, and debt. That report, along...

Government Operations

Fish and Wildlife Service Faces 20% Budget Cut in Heated Hearing

The Trump administration's FY2027 budget request would slash the Fish and Wildlife Service budget by 20 percent, eliminating funding for critical...

Government Operations

U.S. Debt Hits WWII-Era Milestone

The United States is staring down a federal debt crisis that has been decades in the making, and the government's own nonpartisan watchdog is now saying, in...

Government Operations

Legacy Global Metals Lobbies for Manufacturing With New Hire

Legacy Global Metals and Mining LLC is a first-time entrant into federal lobbying, filing a new lobbying registration disclosure with Venn Strategies LLC on...

Government Operations

NORC Hires McGinley LLC on Budget Issues

NORC at the University of Chicago, one of the country's oldest independent research institutions, has filed a new lobbying registration with federal...

Health

VA Falls Short on Menopause Care for 300,000+ Female Veterans

More than 300,000 women veterans using VA health care are at the age when menopause is most likely to occur, and a new federal watchdog report finds the VA...

Government Operations

Congressional Watchdog Blocked in Special Operations Oversight

A civilian office created by Congress to watchdog how the U.S. military's elite special operations units spend money on weapons and equipment has been...

Government Operations

More Tracking Needed to Assess Human Trafficking Programs

Each year, tens of thousands of human trafficking survivors in the United States need access to behavioral health care, including trauma therapy and...