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...

Transportation

China Certifies Air Taxis While US Struggles

A new Congressional Research Service report lays out the full complexity of AAM aircraft certification, arriving as the Trump administration accelerates its...

Transportation

Colombian Airport Operator Enters Washington Lobbying

A Colombian airport operator has made its first move into Washington, registering to lobby on aviation issues through a firm with deep roots in...

Transportation

Bohr Electronics Hires Lobbying Firm for Infrastructure Policy

Bohr Electronics has filed a new lobbying registration with Venn Strategies LLC, tapping a firm whose lobbyists specialize in critical infrastructure. The...

Transportation

Waymo Hires Greenberg Traurig for Autonomous Vehicle Lobbying

Waymo LLC has retained Greenberg Traurig LLP as an outside lobbying firm, filing a new client registration on May 1, 2026, signed June 10. The move brings a...

Government Operations

Union Pacific Railroad Merger Could Reshape U.S. Freight Network

A proposed railroad merger and acquisitions deal announced last summer could reshape how goods move across the United States for decades. Union Pacific...

Congress

Federal Transit Funding Crisis Looms Before 2026 Deadline

Congress faces a hard deadline. The federal public transportation program, funded at $21.4 billion annually under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs...

Congress

Crisis Leadership: Fixing FEMA and TSA Dysfunction

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's upcoming HSGAC hearing nominations on June 17 put a spotlight on two agencies that have...

Congress

General Services Administration Renovation Budget Approved

Why it matters: The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee convened June 4 for a markup that advanced its fiscal year 2027 budget priorities and...

Government Operations

Lee County Hires Capitol Counsel For Federal Lobbying

Lee County, Florida is making its first federal lobbying registration disclosure, hiring Capitol Counsel LLC to represent it in Washington. The county is...

Congress

Senate Grills Highway Funding Delays Over EV Grants

Why it matters: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's highway funding hearing on June 3 exposed a sharp divide over whether the Trump...

Transportation

Committee Examines Maritime Budget, Efficiency Contradictions

The U.S. maritime sector is navigating a collision of competing pressures: an ambitious FY2027 budget proposal seeking to expand shipbuilding capacity, an...

Government Operations

FAA Scrambles to Regulate Electric Aircraft as Manufacturers Race Ahead

The Federal Aviation Administration has not certified a single manned electric aircraft for commercial operations — and a new government watchdog report...

Transportation

Congressional Oversight of Autonomous Vehicle Safety Gaps

A Reuters investigation published May 28 — finding that Tesla's Full Self-Driving safety statistics rely on flawed methodology and that the company's own...

Defense

USA Shipbuilding Coalition Hires Wessel Group for Lobbying

A new lobbying registration disclosure signals the U.S. shipbuilding industry is mobilizing on Capitol Hill.

Congress

House Committee Debates Federal Real Estate Crisis Management

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee convenes Thursday for a markup that touches on how the federal government manages billions of dollars...

Congress

Congress Votes on Federal Highway Funding

A new CRS report on surface transportation authorization history lands at a critical moment — with billions in federal highway and transit funding set to...