The Democratic Party’s Pollsters Are Also Working for AIPAC’s Super PAC
Democrat-aligned firms have been paid more than $7 million by AIPAC's super PAC and its ally DMFI since 2021.
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Trump's CFTC Is Suing States for Kalshi and Polymarket, Backed by Trump Jr.
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.
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Here Are the Members of Congress Invested in the AI Industry
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.
AI Money Floods State Fights Over Data Centers
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.
Lonsdale Nonprofit Lobbies on Defense Policy Tied to His Investments
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.
Here Is How Much AIPAC Has Given to Every Member of Congress This Cycle
The pro-Israel group’s enormous conduit operation has routed millions to lawmakers, with giving focused on key defense and spending committees.
Trump Convenes White House Crypto Meeting With His Own Business Partners
Many of the companies at today’s White House meeting are in business with the president's or his son's crypto ventures, and have donated millions to Trump’s political committees.
Health Insurers Are Paying Third Way as It Targets the Left
A health insurance industry group run by Republican consultants made its only disclosed 2024 donation to the centrist Third Way, according to a tax filing by the group.
AIPAC Tops $100 Million in Election Spending for Second Straight Cycle
The pro-Israel group's PAC and super PAC have poured $104.3 million into the midterms, including more than $30.6 million in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, the most it has ever spent on a single race.
Carville's War on the Democratic Left Is Funded by Centrist Billionaires
James Carville's firm has been paid by American Bridge, a super PAC funded by billionaires who also bankroll groups fighting progressives in primaries—and he advised a lobbying shop the crypto industry paid more than half a million dollars.