JEFF MILLER

The mushroom-like padding players are wearing on their helmets during training camps this summer are called Guardian Caps.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy headlined the fundraiser for Harriet Hageman, Cheney's challenger in Wyoming.

The 32 NFL team owners will deal with some significant issues at their meetings this week in Florida.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league is not going to issue a report on its 10-month investigation into allegations the Washington Football Team engaged in harassment and abuse.

WASHINGTON — A prominent Washington lobbyist close to Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, is warning Republican political consultants that they must choose between working for Rep. Liz Cheney or McCarthy, an ultimatum that marks the full rupture between the two House Republicans. Jeff Miller, the lobbyist and a confidant of McCarthy’s dating to their youthful days in California politics, has conveyed this us-or-her message to Republican strategists in recent weeks, prompting one fund

Halliburton reported on Tuesday quarterly results that topped analysts' expectations amid strong revenue from its North America business. The oilfield services company posted a profit of 18 cents per share on revenue of $3.24 billion for the fourth quarter. The company's North America revenue grew by 26% to $1.4 billion when compared with the previous quarter due to increased drilling activity in the region. CEO Jeff Miller said in a statement he was "optimistic about the activity momentum" in North America, adding he expects international drilling to recover later this year. However, the company's adjusted operating income for 2020 fell to $1.4 billion from $2.1 billion a year earlier.

Jeff Ricchetti, the brother of Biden's White House counselor Steve Ricchetti, recently secured a lobbying contract with Amazon, according to a new lobbying disclosure report. Ethics attorneys have previously told CNBC that Steve Ricchetti, who was also once a lobbyist over a decade ago, may have to recuse himself from matters that could impact his brother's clients. A person familiar with the brothers' relationship said they keep their professional lives entirely separate and that Jeff Ricchetti would never lobby Steve Ricchetti. The disclosure report shows that Jeff Ricchetti will be lobbying Amazon on issues pertaining to the coronavirus pandemic and the implementation of the CARES Act. Amazon and Jeff Ricchetti did not return CNBC's requests for comment.

The NFL is placing all teams in intensive protocol starting Saturday to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 as the number of cases rises around the country. “These sustained reductions and the resulting health and safety benefits make it appropriate to implement the intensive protocols on a mandatory, league-wide basis,” Goodell said in the memo. So far, 28 teams have entered intensive protocol at some point and 16 teams have done it more than once. "Recent experience has highlighted the importance of minimizing high-risk close contacts; on multiple occasions, we have seen individuals identified on that basis test positive within a short time. It feels like a lot when we talk to the clubs as a behavior change mechanism.”Teams previously in intensive protocols have been the Falcons, Cardinals, Ravens, Bears, Broncos, Lions, Packers, Texans, Colts, Chiefs, Dolphins, Saints, Steelers and 49ers.

Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., listens during an Economic Club of Washington discussion in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Amazon's cloud services business recently hired one of President Donald Trump's campaign bundlers, Jeff Miller, to lobby on its behalf, according to a recently posted disclosure form. Amazon Web Services hired Miller, who is CEO of Miller Strategies, to lobby on "issues related to cyber security and technology," according to a lobbying registration form. The document said Miller was registered to lobby for Amazon effectively on June 5. Miller, as CNBC reported, is one of more than 400 bundlers helping the Trump campaign raise funds for its reelection effort.

US President Donald Trump speaks at a "Make America Great Again" rally at Minges Coliseum in Greenville, North Carolina, on July 17, 2019. President Donald Trump's allies in the business world and an army of bundlers have been courting executives across the country in an effort to help raise millions of dollars for the 2020 reelection effort. The Trump bundler program was rolled out in May and is being advised by George W. Bush's former national finance director, Jack Oliver. "Friends are talking to friends and working together to help President Trump win reelection in 2020," the spokeswoman said. Democrats, meanwhile, are fighting among themselves to capture donors who will finance a formidable campaign versus Trump in the general election.

Jeff Miller, the NFL’s senior vice president for health and safety, talks helmet improvements.

GOP Rep. Jeff Miller: Do "whatever it takes" to fix VA health care House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., pitches several ideas to reform the troubled VA health care system.