A ban on hemp-derived products with THC was added to the bill reopening the government, pitting Sen. Mitch McConnell against fellow Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a hemp industry supporter.
Lobbyists in Trump’s fundraising circle are surging in a record-breaking year for influence spending, as companies like Pfizer cut deals with the White House.
House and Senate staffers were given sponsored trips over their August recess to attend conferences and company tours with Google, Meta, Palantir, and SpaceX.
The firm, which employed Attorney General Pam Bondi and other Trump administration officials as lobbyists, saw its lobbying revenue skyrocket by 300% year-over-year.
Senate Democrats’ campaign arm quietly received donations in the first half of this year from lobbyists for Palantir, Andreessen Horowitz, and SpaceX, according to a new disclosure.
Senate Democrats who signed a letter calling for urgent delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza voted last week for the sale of offensive bombs to Israel’s military and assault rifles for Israel's police force.
The lobbying group’s PAC donated six-figure sums to dozens of lawmakers in the first half of this year, as it pushes for billions of dollars in military aid for Israel.
Eyeing major legislative wins, the cryptocurrency industry is on pace to spend a record amount on federal lobbying, according to a Sludge analysis of disclosures covering the first half of 2025.
Bipartisan representatives including Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse were gifted a luxe trip to England last month by a business-funded centrist group as the GOP advanced its budget reconciliation bill.
New York City’s anti-corruption rules bar people who do business with the city from donating more than $400 to mayoral campaigns, but Andrew Cuomo is using several such restricted donors to help him raise big campaign checks.
