By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Global tobacco use has tumbled in a generation with one in five people smoking versus one in three in 2000, the World Health Organization …
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EXCLUSIVE: Teachers Unions Shelled Out Millions Of Members’ Dues On Political Initiatives, Lobbying Reagan Reese on August 24, 2023 The nation’s two largest teachers unions shelled out millions of their …
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By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shein, an online discount clothing retailer whose labor practices in China are being questioned by U.S. lawmakers, spent $600,000 in the second quarter …
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US Chip Makers Quietly Lobbying Biden Admin Against Imposing More Restrictions On Exports To China Will Kessler on July 17, 2023 Three top U.S. semiconductor manufacturers are quietly meeting with …
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Exec Who Led Disney’s Push Against DeSantis’ Parental Rights Bill Now Lobbying For Country That Executes Gays Laurel Duggan on June 22, 2023 Geoff Morrell, who was Disney’s chief corporate …
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Former Top House Dem Made $70K Lobbying For TikTok Arjun Singh on April 20, 2023 A former high-ranking House Democrat helped make $70,000 lobbying for TikTok in the first quarter …
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(Reuters) – Moscow will ignore a letter from media groups urging the release of a U.S. reporter accused of spying because they have not shown the same regard for a …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal prosecutor on Thursday accused Grammy Award-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of The Fugees hip hop group of illegally taking tens of …
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Top Biden Adviser Anita Dunn Promoted TikTok After It Hired Her Old Lobbying Firm: REPORT Jason Cohen on March 30, 2023 Anita Dunn, White House senior adviser and founding partner …
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Green Tech Firms Launch Lobbying Group To Push For Govt Subsidies To Suck CO2 Out Of The Air John Hugh DeMastri on February 23, 2023 A coalition of more than …
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Pentagon Lobbying Congress To Reactivate Special Ops Programs In Ukraine: REPORT Micaela Burrow on February 10, 2023 The Department of Defense (DOD) wants to restart special operations programs in Ukraine …
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Tucker Carlson Says Big Pharma’s Lobbying Of ‘Politicians’ Has ‘Paid Off’ Harold Hutchison on January 26, 2023 Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Thursday that Big Pharma’s lobbying of “politicians” …
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Dem Megadonor Under Federal Investigation Bankrolled Lawmakers Overseeing The Agency He Was Lobbying
Dem Megadonor Under Federal Investigation Bankrolled Lawmakers Overseeing The Agency He Was Lobbying Ailan Evans on November 12, 2022 Cryptocurrency CEO and Democratic donor Sam Bankman-Fried funded the campaigns of …
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Democratic PAC Founder Charged With Fraud, Embarks On New Lobbying Venture Kathryn Watson on August 24, 2016 CORRECTION: This story’s headline was changed to reflect that Cary Lee Peterson was involved in lobbying …
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Harvard Is Lobbying For A Special Tax Cut—Republicans Respond By Proposing Just The Opposite Reagan Reese on July 18, 2022 Harvard University is encouraging Congress to lower the endowment tax …
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NEW YORK – A billionaire fundraiser for former U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday lost a bid to dismiss criminal charges he lobbied the U.S. government on behalf of the …
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Former General Resigns From Liberal Think Tank As FBI Probes Foreign Lobbying Micaela Burrow on June 13, 2022 Retired Gen. John R. Allen announced his resignation as president of the …
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NEW YORK – A billionaire fundraiser for former U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges in a new indictment claiming he illegally lobbied U.S. officials …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK – A billionaire fundraiser for former U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign sought investment from two United Arab Emirates sovereign wealth funds at the same time …
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Obama Ambassador Charged With Illegal Lobbying For Middle East Country Laurel Duggan on April 27, 2022 Richard Olson, a former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan under the Obama administration, was hit …
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BERLIN – Volkswagen has rejected a shareholder proposal for it to explain how its lobbying activities align with its climate goals – something two of the carmaker’s leading competitors have …
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LONDON – Thirty of the world’s largest financial institutions are undermining their commitment to cutting carbon emissions by lobbying against climate regulation and by funding new fossil fuel projects, according …
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By Simon Jessop LONDON – Investors stepped up pressure on corporate climate lobbying on Monday, launching a new 14-point action plan for companies to stick to or risk having their …
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Amazon and Facebook parent company Meta spent more money in 2021 lobbying lawmakers and officials than any year before, according to lobbying disclosure filings. Amazon spent $20.3 million on lobbying …
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Tony Podesta Has Now Earned $1 Million Lobbying Biden White House For Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giant
Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta has earned at least $1 million to lobby the White House on behalf of Huawei, a Chinese technology and telecommunications company blacklisted under the Trump administration. …