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The prediction market companies have been loading up on revolving-door lobbyists from both the Democratic and Republican sides, while ramping up their influence spending amid legal battles with state gambling regulators.
Vance holds a stake worth up to $1 million in the fund and could collect millions more if its investments pay off.
Biden’s former national security adviser collected $560,000 in speaking fees from private equity firms, corporations, and exclusive gatherings for investors and executives in 2025. He now backs withholding weapons from Israel, a position he opposed while in office.
One in five members of Congress reports household investments in AI developers, chipmakers, cloud infrastructure providers, data center companies, or private AI startups, a Sludge analysis finds.
America PAC is paying right-wing influencer ALX for “social media consulting” as he amplifies Musk’s politics, companies and personal brand.
A dark money group backed by Marc Andreessen and OpenAI's president says it has $50 million for pro-data-center campaigns, starting in three battleground states.
The lobbying registration by Contours Inc. comes amid multiple unreported ties to crypto billionaire Mike Novogratz and his company Galaxy Digital.
The Cicero Institute, a Joe Lonsdale-founded nonprofit shaping policy on homelessness, lobbies Congress and the Pentagon on defense procurement through an alternate name—aligned with the billionaire's investments in defense companies like Palantir and Anduril.
Partners at major private equity and venture capital firms wrote the largest checks to Advance Progress, which is working to unseat Sen. Ed Markey in the Sept. 1 primary. The industry accounts for more than 40% of the super PAC’s receipts.
A pro-choice super PAC, largely funded by a group whose biggest outside donor is AIPAC’s United Democracy Project, has spent at least $450,000 on ads backing state Rep. Tram Nguyen in the MA-06 primary, despite her calls to cut off U.S. military aid to Israel.
