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The Freedom of the Press Foundation has retained Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies to advocate in favor of The PRESS Act.
Passed unanimously in the Republican-controlled House, The Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act is opposed by incoming president Donald Trump. He has urged Republican Senators to “kill” the bill, which has been stalled in the Judiciary Committee.
The Foundation calls The PRESS Act the most important press freedom bill in modern history.
It would protect journalists from being forced to reveal confidential sources in federal courts, and extend the definition of “journalist” to include reporters from alternative outlets and freelancers.
Cozen O’Connor’s Madison Smith, a former aide to Texas Senator John Cornyn, is leading the campaign for The PRESS Act.
The Brooklyn-based Foundation was co-founded by Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times, and John Perry Barlow, a one-time Grateful Dead lyricist and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company banned by Defense Secretary Hegseth, has hired Ballard Partners for DC representation.
The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development enrolls Venable for government relations services.
Coinbase has hired Checkmate Government Relations, which has close ties to the Trump administration, to handle matters related to digital assets as the Senate works on the Clarity Act.
Peter Thiel-backed Palantir Technologies has added Democratic firm Ferox Strategies to its DC lobbying line-up to handle data analytics and technology issues.
Former congressmen Joe Crowley (D-NY) and Jeff Denham (R-CA) have signed on to handle the “new” TikTok on issues related to internet technology and learning-enabled platforms.
