Congress Examines Holds On Financial Institution Transactions
Financial fraud losses reached an estimated $262 billion in 2025, and Congress is weighing whether to require or protect transaction holds at financial...
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Financial fraud losses reached an estimated $262 billion in 2025, and Congress is weighing whether to require or protect transaction holds at financial...
Federal crop insurance premium subsidies reached approximately $15 billion in 2026, equal to about 66% of total premiums on average, with no statutory caps...
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) may use findings from two Section 301 investigations it opened after the Supreme Court invalidated tariffs based on the...
The Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs issued 27.3 million passports in fiscal 2025, a new annual record, as the agency expands online renewal...
The Trump administration has imposed 50% tariffs on certain Canadian goods under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, the first time a president has...
Worker classification, meaning whether a worker counts as an employee or an independent contractor, is the subject of a Department of Labor proposed rule...
Iron Shield Systems Inc., a Canadian defense-technology company developing autonomous drone interceptors, filed its first federal lobbying registration on...
The Mendocino County (Calif.) Inland Water and Power Commission entered federal lobbying for the first time, filing a new client registration signed Oct. 23...
The PGA Tour Inc. lists gaming, sports, and tax as the issues it lobbied on in its amended first-quarter 2026 filing, which describes its advocacy as...
Elevate Government Affairs LLC filed a Registration Amendment for Pyrotecnico Fireworks Inc. on Oct. 24, covering Defense and Budget/Appropriations, four...
Mercury Public Affairs LLC filed a Registration Amendment for World Dog Alliance Ltd. on Oct. 24, covering Animals, Foreign Relations, and Food Industry...
Congress approved $877.9 million in federal payments for the District of Columbia under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (P.L. 119-75), signed Feb....
Slowing U.S. labor force growth could constrain economic expansion and complicate federal budget decisions as an aging population and declining immigration...
Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing bloc nor the opposition secured a majority in Israel's Oct. 27 parliamentary elections, leaving...
The National Electrical Contractors Association Inc. (NECA) lists lobbying on the Davis-Bacon Act in its 2026 third-quarter report, and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)...
Ecuador faces compounding crises of organized crime, economic instability and political uncertainty that are reshaping U.S. policy priorities in the Andes,...
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) has replaced the 12-factor Douglas test with a "totality of the circumstances" reasonableness standard for...
A pending permitting-reform bill would substantially rewrite Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), narrowing which projects face...
Voter registration sits at the intersection of federal law and state administration, a division that has generated recurring friction over which level of...
U.S. primary aluminum production in 2025 fell to its lowest level since 1950, leaving the country outside the top 10 global producers and accounting for...
Infant formula makers would face new nutrient floors and ceilings and mandatory relabeling under a Food and Drug Administration proposal published November...
Republican-side groups booked $226,000 in airtime against $31,000 for Democratic-side groups, a 7.2-to-1 ratio, reversing the prior day, when...
Strategic Majority PAC, a Republican-aligned super PAC, has concentrated its independent expenditures on opposing Democrats Bob Harvie in Pennsylvania's 1st...
TD PAC, a Chicago-based super PAC, has concentrated nearly all its reported spending on supporting Democrat Angela "Angie" Nixon in Florida's U.S. Senate...
