Daniel Barnes

Directing teams of agents and composing across systems only works if there's an open ecosystem to build on. The final post in this series explores what that requires and what it actually costs.

The documents from three companies mark the first time any of the more than 20 corporate sponsors that backed Freedom 250 have disclosed the extent of their contributions.

Chevron United Airlines and defense contractor RTX contributed a total of $9 million to Freedom , the group President Donald Trump created to plan celebrations of the nation's 250th birthday this year, in the first half of 2026. More than half of that total came from a single donation from Chevron, according to lobbying contribution reports filed yesterday.

With help from Daniel Lippman FIRST IN PI: Two members of the Boundary Stone Partners leadership team have decamped for Holland & Knight , along with a third member of the firm.

Lee Lonsberry , who spent the last three years as chief of staff to retiring Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah) and previously led comms for Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), has joined the Direct Selling Association as the trade group's new senior director of government relations.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is being advised by BGR Group co-founder Ed Rogers amid swirling questions about her role in the future of the South American country.

Jennifer Mascott’s tenure at public affairs firm Adfero sparked questions around conflicts of interest and partisanship.

A Trump-appointed federal appeals judge spent months running a Washington public affairs firm after being appointed to the bench last year, an

A Trump-appointed federal appeals judge spent months running a Washington public affairs firm after being appointed to the bench last year, an arrangement that contributed to an exodus among the firm’s staff and clients and only ended when the firm went out of business at the end of June.

Fantasy Premier League is so very nearly back in our lives. In two weeks’ time, as the 2026-27 Premier League season kicks off, the world’s favourite fantasy football game gets under way in earnest with the Gameweek One deadline (6.30pm UK time/1.30pm ET). Perhaps you’re a hardcore FPL veteran who has spent the summer curating draft line-ups and poring over projected defensive contribution numbers, or you’re a rookie who wants to put their knowledge and instinct to the test as you try your hand at besting your friends and family over the next nine months or so. However you categorise...