This year the U.S. House has continued on its path toward greater transparency, and this week in particular two developments are worth noting: The House’s committee on House Administration held […] More

Political Leanings: Republican Spending target: Unknown The Crossroads “twins” are affiliated conservative advocacy groups that rank among the biggest outside players influencing national and state elections. Ed Gillespie, a former […] More

Remember when Senator Baucus, a Democrat, said Obamacare was going to be a “giant train wreck”? Well… The warning to consumers from Tavenner, the former administration official who headed the […] More

Now come the second thoughts on globalization. Never before have world markets been so integrated. And yesterday’s concerted interest rate cuts by central banks in the United States and […] More

James Clapper (far left) Martin Dempsey (3rd from left) at Defense Intelligence Agency ceremony. Photo: D. Myles Cullen for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Used under […] More

Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock October 22, 2015 — On October 20th, filings on federal lobbying expenditures made between July 1, 2015 and September 30, 2015 were due to the Clerk of […] More

Kashagan oil complex. Photo: kapital.kz. Used under Creative Commons license Unaoil, a lobbying firm based in Monaco, is being investigated by authorities in Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. […] More

Blackwater protest. Photo by rjosef. Under under Creative Commons license. When Blackwater offered Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan, a package of military aid, they arranged a delivery […] More