Jacob Wendler

With help from Daniel Barnes and Alex Gangitano Lobbying firms are ditching their contracts with some Chinese companies as a new ban takes effect today.

An Oval Office signing ceremony last week that devolved into a heated debate is just the latest example of the changing nature of lobbying in President

K Street is bracing for a possible avalanche of oversight if Democrats reclaim power in November. The latest signals came this week, when Democratic lawmakers ramped up their efforts to probe corporate donations to entities tied to President

Universities, sports leagues and labor unions are escalating a fierce lobbying fight over the Protect College Sports Act, a long-shot bill by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) that would overhaul federal regulation of college athletics.

Oil and gas executives are turning to the Trump administration for help lobbying the European Commission to delay the rollout of a new rule aimed

Law firm Squire Patton Boggs has hired Democratic Hill aide Giancarlo Pellegrini to lead the firm's congressional investigations group as K Street prepares for a wave of oversight if Democrats retake the House in November. Pellegrini, who was most recently senior counsel for the House Oversight Committee, will serve as a partner in Squire's government investigations and white collar practice.

The AI industry is scrambling to move past a major blow after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul enacted the country's first state-wide moratorium on large-scale data center construction today.

There's an increasingly organized group of companies trying to convince Washington to turn years of pilot projects into a steady stream of federal funding: the fire tech sector.

But others familiar with the state of negotiations say the legislation doesn't yet have support.

Billionaires and tech executives are continuing to pour tens of millions of dollars into the midterms — even as candidates across the country increasingly swear off corporate PAC money, Jacob reports.