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A Sludge review of Q2 lobbying disclosures found multiple revolving-door hires from the Trump White House are already lobbying the very agencies they just left, after President Trump declined to issue an ethics pledge.
A new FEC filing show nearly all of the $13 million spent so far by the pro-Haley Stevens super PAC A Stronger Michigan came from Center Forward, a dark money group led by lobbyists for Northrop Grumman and funded in part by PhRMA.
OpenAI, Google, Meta, and others sent a wave of donations to both parties’ attorney general groups as AGs move to regulate the AI industry. Elon Musk's xAI contributed as well.
The House Democratic leader's campaign operation recently took in AIPAC PAC's largest earmarked donation ever, from a billionaire hedge fund investor.
New tax filings reveal $173 million that flowed into the Future Forward dark money group from obscure nonprofits tied to powerful Democratic operatives.
The EPA has approved new PFAS pesticides for nationwide use after its pesticide office adopted industry-friendly language excluding certain fluorinated chemicals from the agency’s PFAS designation, internal records show.
Promise to America won't disclose who is funding its new anti-socialist pledge. But the group is closely tied to the Welcome Party, whose affiliated PAC has raised most of its individual donor dollars from billionaires and wealthy finance executives.
The trades weren't made public until yesterday, more than a year later than required by law.
The Financial Services Forum's new dark money arm has quietly pumped nearly $6 million into super PACs backing the party's most Wall Street-friendly Democrats.
Lockheed Martin, RTX, and other Freedom 250 sponsors stand to profit from the skyrocketing Pentagon budget and replenishing of missiles fired on Iran.
