Jan 23, 2025 · The new chief of staff for Trump’s USDA, which oversees federal nutrition guidelines, has a lobbying background that may conflict with the mission to “Make America …

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Jan 20, 2025 · One of the names being floated for the Trump administration’s next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Melissa Holyoak, a commissioner of the …

Oct 24, 2024 · There have been a lot of important money-in-politics stories this year that Sludge was the first, or only, newsroom to cover. We were… The first to list all of AIPAC’s …

Aug 21, 2024 · Yesterday was filing day at the FEC, and the highest-spending super PACs in the presidential contest, as well as groups that are spending millions to influence voters on down …

Jan 9, 2025 · Update: The bill covered below, H.R. 23, passed the U.S. House this afternoon by a vote of 243-140, with 45 House Democrats voting with Republicans.. On Monday, I wrote …

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Jan 7, 2025 · The members of the new Congress, sworn in last Friday, were elected in November with an unprecedented amount of campaign contributions from the pro-Israel lobbying group …

Aug 16, 2024 · The federal lawmakers who Sludge found have revealed violating the STOCK Act so far this month are senators John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), plus …

Dec 11, 2024 · A Sludge data analysis shows how much money the six largest American oil companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron spent on federal politics during 2023-24. …