The Washington Inquisitor
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Lobbying firm reports $200,000 from Panama’s ship registry as U.S. sanctions hit Panama-flagged vessels
Checkmate Government Relations registered to lobby for the Panama Maritime Authority on “flag vessels” and reported $200,000 in third-quarter income, days after Treasury sanctioned seven Panama-flagged ships. A 2025 FARA contract sets…
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Trump waives the Graham Act’s Russia tariffs and most of its new sanctions, citing Ukraine peace talks
An Oct. 16 executive order waives the Russia tariffs and most of the new sanctions in the law named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, with no end date. The White House…
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Nine months in, the Treasury account holding Venezuela’s oil money has no public accounting
An executive order put Venezuelan oil royalties in Treasury custody, with the secretary of state directing payouts. Congressional Democrats say they still cannot learn how much is there or where it has…
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Venezuela’s reopening brings a new wave of clients to Ballard Partners, Washington’s top-earning lobby firm
A Caracas oil-services firm, an Argentine contractor and the owners of an agribusiness Chávez seized have hired Ballard Partners as Treasury licenses Venezuela business one company at a time.