<b> </b>The fallout from an illegal foreign lobbying probe into former U.S. officials continued over the weekend, with former Marine Gen. John Allen announcing his resignation as president of the Brookings Institution amid a federal investigation into whether he violated FARA.
“When Visa and Mastercard raise interchange fees, banks want to issue more cards because they make more on each swipe,” Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told the card executives.
Urban was one of the few lobbyists in town with a personal relationship with former President Donald Trump, and is credited with helping Trump win Pennsylvania in the 2016 election.