Satellite Company Backed by a JD Vance Fund Wins Pentagon Award
Vance holds a stake worth up to $1 million in the fund and could collect millions more if its investments pay off.
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Jake Sullivan Cashes In on the Corporate Speaking Circuit After Defending U.S. Support for Israel’s Gaza Assault
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.
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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.
One of Elon Musk’s Loudest Online Boosters Is on His Super PAC’s Payroll
America PAC is paying right-wing influencer ALX for “social media consulting” as he amplifies Musk’s politics, companies and personal brand.
Democrat-Aligned ‘Dark Money’ Group Hires Crypto Lobbyist
The lobbying registration by Contours Inc. comes amid multiple unreported ties to crypto billionaire Mike Novogratz and his company Galaxy Digital.
Private Equity Execs Bankroll Super PAC Backing Moulton vs. Markey
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.
AIPAC-Linked PAC Boosts Nguyen Despite Her Gaza Stance
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.
Dark Money Group Sends Staffers to Tech and Pharma HQs to Kick Off August Recess
Center Forward, funded in part by the companies it sent congressional staffers to visit, paired the tours with policy briefings for aides who sit on the committees the companies lobby.
Lobbying Filings Reveal What Companies Paid for Trump's Freedom 250
Freedom 250 isn't required to disclose what its corporate sponsors paid, but new lobbying filings reveal the first documented contribution amounts for some of its biggest backers.
Cleta Mitchell's Voter Suppression Charity Tripled Its Spending Ahead of the Midterms
The FAIR Elections Fund's latest tax filing shows the charity bankrolled ads warning Latino voters that casting a ballot could get them deported, and paid the consulting firm of an ally who now oversees election policy at the Department of Homeland Security.