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How DOT fared in Trump’s ‘skinny’ budget request
05 May 2025 18:05 GMT
With help from Chris Marquette
Quick fix
— President Donald Trump’s “skinny” budget request seeks an increase in funding for aviation system infrastructure upgrades, but also cuts to the Essential Air Service.
— A mass layoff is coming at DOT, but it won’t …
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Trump-linked firms cash in
22 Apr 2025 23:18 GMT
By CAITLIN OPRYSKO
04/22/2025 07:18 PM EDT
Updated 04/23/2025 12:32 PM EDT
2025-04-23T12:32-0400
With Daniel Lippman
Here are your Lobbying Disclosure Act revenue rankings for the first quarter of 2025.
TOP FIRMS:
Brownstein Hyatt Farber …
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Ballard’s big Q1 haul
21 Apr 2025 22:07 GMT
With Daniel Lippman, Josh Gerstein
RAKING IT IN: Numbers are still rolling in ahead of tonight’s filing deadline for first quarter lobbying reports, but there’s one eye-popping number that demonstrates where the power lies on K Street in Donald Trump’s …
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More new tariff lobbying
17 Apr 2025 22:09 GMT
With Daniel Lippman, Grace Yarrow
EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to a publishing error, yesterday’s POLITICO Influence was published this morning. We apologize for the inconvenience. You can read yesterday’s edition here.
ROUNDING UP RECENT TRADE HIRES: Golf equipment …
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How K Street is schooling universities on Trump
15 Apr 2025 22:11 GMT
With help from Daniel Lippman
GETTING SCHOOLED: President Donald Trump swept into power earlier this year and almost immediately began using his bully pulpit — and the federal government’s leverage, in the form of massive amounts of funding for contracts …
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K Street scours for silver lining amid Trump's trade chaos
12 Apr 2025 00:00 GMT
With Daniel Lippman
CHAOS RULES THE DAY: Wednesday’s remarkable reversal by President Donald Trump in his trade war set off another yet another scramble on K Street to digest the 90-day pause on Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs and chart the best path …
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Ford seeks help to save IRA tax credits
27 Mar 2025 00:05 GMT
With Daniel Lippman
NEW BUSINESS: Ford Motor Co. has enlisted the help of former Rep. Ryan Costello (R-Pa.) in lobbying his former colleagues to keep a key tax break to incentivize clean energy manufacturing from the chopping block in Republicans’ …
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Energy lobbyist eyes run for Turner’s seat
21 Mar 2025 23:33 GMT
With Daniel Payne
FIRST IN PI — ENERGY LOBBYIST CONSIDERS CONGRESSIONAL RUN: Zoe Cadore, a director of federal and regulatory affairs for energy company Calpine, is considering running for the Houston-area congressional seat that has come open after the …
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Revival Gold Advances Mercur for Potential Re-Development
11 Feb 2025 12:30 GMT
TORONTO, Feb. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Revival Gold Inc. (TSXV: RVG, OTCQX: RVLGF) (“Revival Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on progress with the Company’s Mercur gold project (“Mercur”) located in Utah, U.S.A. Highlights …
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Juul turns to Trump alum to lead DC office
19 Jan 2025 21:21 GMT
With Daniel Lippman
FIRST IN PI: E-cigarette maker Juul is bringing on a veteran of Donald Trump’s first administration to lead the company’s federal lobbying operation as Trump prepares to be sworn in for his second term after pledging to “save Vaping.”
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