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Crypto industry groups stepped up their lobbying to get major deregulatory bills into law, spending $18.4 million in the first half of this year. The industry spent hundreds of millions of dollars to help elect "the most pro-crypto Congress ever." readsludge.com/2025/07/23/cry…

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to repeal the “endangerment finding," a scientific determination that greenhouse gases harm public health through climate impacts. Our story earlier this year on Administrator Lee Zeldin's move: readsludge.com/2025/03/13/tru…

NEW: The crypto industry is on pace to spend a record amount on lobbying, as Coinbase, a16z, and others pushed for landmark legislative wins in Congress. See the full list of crypto lobbying groups: readsludge.com/2025/07/23/cry…

NEW: The crypto industry is on pace to spend a record amount on lobbying in D.C. as it bags major legislative wins, according to a Sludge analysis of disclosures through the first half of this year. readsludge.com/2025/07/23/cry…

The DCCC raised millions in the first half of the year from lobbyists for Trump-aligned firms including Palantir, Anduril, Andreessen Horowitz, and SpaceX. readsludge.com/2025/07/22/whi…

The DCCC set a record for fundraising from lobbyists in the first half of the year. Meanwhile, Democrats’ public approval stands at a historic low. readsludge.com/2025/07/22/whi…

New @Sludge: House Dems raked in a record amount of bundled donations from lobbyists for fossil fuels, Big Pharma, crypto, and Trump-tied defense contractors. readsludge.com/2025/07/22/whi…

NEW: With voter approval at historic lows, House Democrats pulled in a record haul from K Street lobbyists in the first half of 2025. readsludge.com/2025/07/22/whi…

Palantir gave $1.7 million to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation in March, according to a new disclosure. The Trump-tied tech firm is competing with legacy contractors for Pentagon deals worth billions of dollars. readsludge.com/2025/07/21/pal…

NEW: Palantir gave nearly $1.7 million in the first half of this year to the Reagan presidential library, a defense policy nonprofit led by the Republican establishment, according to a new disclosure. The Trump-tied firm's federal contracts are soaring. readsludge.com/2025/07/21/pal…

New: Ohio Republican Rep. Bob Latta, the chair of the Energy subcommittee, has selected a former lobbyist for natural gas and uranium as his new aide. readsludge.com/2025/07/19/ene…

NEW: Investors in Trump's WLFI crypto project have voted to unlock public trading, paving the way for Trump and his family to liquidates their multi-billion-token stakes. readsludge.com/2025/07/17/tru…

In a swing California district, GOP Rep. Ken Calvert is raking in campaign cash from Pentagon contractors whose funding he oversees as Defense subcommittee chair. readsludge.com/2025/07/16/def…

NEW: Defense hawk Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) ushered in a Pentagon budget increase that will top $1 trillion. This year in his #CA41 swing district, Calvert is getting a stream of donations from Pentagon contractors that stand to profit. readsludge.com/2025/07/16/def…

NEW: The controversial Pebble Mine, whose past lobbyists include Susie Wiles and Brian Ballard, looks to be on the verge of having its EPA veto lifted by the Trump administration. readsludge.com/2025/07/15/min…

NEW: Trump's EPA appears on the verge of handing a big win to a controversial mining project once represented by Susie Wiles and underwritten by Howard Lutnick’s investment firm. readsludge.com/2025/07/15/min…

NEW: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and other defense contractors are touting their product lines to be part of Trump's proposed "Golden Dome" project, cozying up to the Trump-tied firms like SpaceX considered the favorites. readsludge.com/2025/07/14/def…

The House will vote on three major bills that hand the crypto industry their preferred regulator and take up the Senate's stablecoin legislation, after a crypto lobbying blitz. Preview of "Crypto Week": readsludge.com/2025/07/11/hou…