Corporate lobbying is the invisible hand that shapes American policy far more than any election. Every year, corporations and trade associations spend billions on lobbying, campaign contributions, and the revolving door between industry and government — and most of it happens outside the spotlight of mainstream media coverage.
Gen Us covers corporate influence because it is the connective tissue between nearly every other issue we track: healthcare costs are driven by pharma lobbying, climate inaction by fossil fuel money, surveillance expansion by defense contractor interests, and housing policy by real estate industry influence.
We trace specific lobbying expenditures to specific policy outcomes, document the revolving door between regulatory agencies and the industries they oversee, and analyze how no-bid government contracts channel taxpayer money to politically connected firms.
The reporting trail
New evidence joins the permanent record here, so each investigation remains connected to the larger system.
The Navy reportedly awarded Boeing a contract worth more than $20 billion to develop the F/A-XX, a sixth-generation aircraft. The preserved coverage describes the aircraft’s promised capabilities and broad testing scope but does not establish its cost exposure, schedule, competition, or oversight protections.
The Intercept reported that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand urged Democrats to advance a Trump-backed crypto bill before voting against the motion herself. The 49-50 defeat stopped the Senate before debate or amendments, leaving the proposed regulatory framework and the chamber’s broader policy position unresolved.
The White House announced bans on Canadian dairy, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles, alongside a 50% surcharge on other goods and restrictions on Canadian products in federal contracts. The measures extend the dispute beyond tariffs into consumer markets and procurement, but the supplied reporting does not establish resulting price or job losses.
Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez supplied the decisive Democratic votes for a 210-208 House rule advancing an Israel-specific college funding penalty. The bill's Democratic co-sponsor also reported AIPAC PAC-bundled campaign contributions, while AIPAC disclosed lobbying on parallel anti-boycott legislation.
AIPAC celebrated 21 Florida primary winners and said 254 backed candidates advanced nationwide. Gen Us matched every name, finding 16 Republicans, 5 Democrats, and $7.43 million in combined tracked pro-Israel lobby funding.
A South China Morning Post report dated August 19, 2026, says a former Tin Shui Wai branch manager, his wife and six other defendants face charges over alleged false attendance and employment records. The report links the alleged conduct to about HK$680,000 in wages and about HK$740,000 in wages and MPF contributions, but does not establish the precise control failure or broader corporate involvement.
A February 27, 2026 SEC-filed guarantee names Lawrence J. Ellison and his revocable trust as guarantors of $45.72 billion in merger consideration for Warner Bros. Discovery. A June 12 Justice Department statement said its investigation had closed and that the proposed transaction was not likely to harm competition or consumers in three specified areas, while the filings describe a possible future common parent for CBS News and CNN if the merger closes.
WIRED reported that the Department of Homeland Security entered a five-year blanket purchase agreement with Palantir for software and services, with a potential ceiling of up to $1 billion. The supplied evidence does not establish that DHS spent the full ceiling or that the agreement formed part of a broader sole-source network involving MITRE and IBM.
The Trump administration blamed 'radical lunatics' for damaging the Lincoln Memorial, but engineering reports prove it was just a botched $20M no-bid construction job. Now, the U.S. Attorney is quietly dropping the charges.