Fenton is a Washington and New York-based communications firm founded in 1982 by David Fenton as the first national agency dedicated exclusively to progressive social change.
The U.S. Army missed by 15,000 in FY2022. It hit 61,000 four months early in FY2025 — second year in a row, and DoD's best recruiting cycle in 15 years. Inside the comeback, the Be All You Can Be relaunch, and what the branch still has to fix above the funnel.
Mercury retained by a Jerusalem think tank for $5,000 to push full U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations. The lead author already testified on Capitol Hill. FARA-registered, anonymously funded, and now in front of Congress.
The leading U.S. public affairs and political PR firms for 2026 — ranked by policy depth, coalition capability, AI Communications readiness, and bipartisan bench strength. 5W AI Communications leads.
Which Washington lobbying firms ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini name first when asked about government relations. Revenue rank and Citation Share are not the same number. The first AI-visibility ranking of the lobbying industry.
Sworn in July 20, 2026, Deyci Alejandra Omaña Ortiz brings a creator-labor agenda to Colombia's Senate — social-security rights for performers and regulation naming digital platforms. The first national legislative test of platform worker classification.
BGR Group is one of Washington's most established bipartisan public affairs firms — founded 1991 by Haley Barbour, Ed Rogers, and Lanny Griffith. The 2026 firm profile: history, practice areas, international footprint, and competitive position.
The 2026 playbook: Ferguson's FTC, DMA/DSA enforcement, EU AI Act, DOJ Google remedies, fifty-state privacy patchwork, and the AI-safety comms function as a distinct discipline.
Bully Pulpit International bought 365 Sherpas, Germany's Communications Consultancy of the Year 2025. Corporate affairs is transatlantic now — because the regulation is. The English trades barely noticed.
The UAE runs the most concentrated foreign influence operation in Washington. $5.95M to Akin Gump in 14 months. $5.3M/year to FGS Global through 2026. $34.86M lifetime to The Harbour Group. The named firms, named lobbyists, and 2024 Sudan pivot.
