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New data from 2025-2026 shows sustained high lobbying by Meta ($26.29M in 2025, $7.1M Q1 2026), Alphabet ($13.1M in 2025, $4.1M Q1 2026) and Amazon ($17.89M in 2025) coinciding with partial antitrust wins for tech firms, ongoing appeals, and scheduled trials. FTC appealed Meta's November 2025 monopoly case dismissal in January 2026; Google received behavioral remedies in search case September 2025 with adtech ruling pending; Amazon trial set for October 2026. Lobbying focuses on AI regulation, privacy and antitrust delays, with Trump administration shifts leading to some enforcement pullbacks but continued court battles.

Extensive searches of GAO, OIG sites, news, and X yield no new reports, findings, terminations, or updates on systemic fraud, waste, or improper payments in no-bid contracts or grants since April 22, 2026. VP JD Vance's GSA task force, DHS OIG Noem probe, SBA 8(a) actions under Loeffler, and DoD sole-source reviews remain without public progress or resolutions. Recent X posts recirculate April announcements on $6.3B suspect contracts and healthcare suspensions, but no evidence of enforcement actions or recoveries; historical estimates of $233-521B annual losses persist amid GAO's focus on AI fraud prevention and isolated cases like NIAID indictment.