Trump Administration
Trump Administration is named in 362 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 2017 to 2026.
Trump Administration on the timeline
360 events · 2016–2026 · click any marker
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-30 | Marshall Project: ICE Detention Conditions at NJ Facilities Coerce 'Voluntary' Departures — 7x National Surge
2 src GEO Group · ICE · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Trump administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-22 | Federal Judge in Nashville Dismisses Human-Smuggling Case Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Finding DOJ Reverse-Engineered Charges to Retroactively Justify Wrongful Deportation
7 src Kilmar Abrego Garcia · Judge Waverly Crenshaw · Todd Blanche · Aakash Singh · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-31 | Trump Signs Executive Order Directing Creation of National Verified Voter List and USPS Mail Ballot Control
6 src Donald Trump · DHS · Social Security Administration · USPS · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | 24 States and 15 Local Governments Sue EPA Over Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
4 src AG Letitia James · EPA · Trump administration | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-07 | DOJ Appeals Four Court Rulings Blocking Trump Executive Orders Targeting Political Opponent Law Firms
3 src U.S. Department of Justice · Jenner and Block · Perkins Coie · Susman Godfrey · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-07 | Trump Administration Escalates Campaign to Strip Federal Judges of Power to Block Presidential Orders
4 src Trump Administration · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Department of Justice · U.S. House of Representatives | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | 24 State Attorneys General Sue Trump Over New Tariffs After Supreme Court Struck Down Previous Ones
3 src New York Attorney General Letitia James · U.S. Court of International Trade · U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Environmental Groups Press Legal Challenge Against EPA's Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
4 src Earthjustice · Clean Air Task Force · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | DOJ Drops Then Rapidly Reverses Course on Law Firm Retaliation Cases in Chaotic 24-Hour Reversal
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Jenner and Block · Perkins Coie · WilmerHale · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | 400 Christian Leaders Issue Ash Wednesday Letter Condemning Trump Administration as "Cruel and Oppressive," Calling White Christian Nationalism a Heresy
3 src Cardinal Blase Cupich · Interfaith clergy coalition · Trump Administration · Pete Hegseth | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Trump Education Department Issues Guidance Allowing Teachers to Pray Visibly With Students During School Day
3 src Linda McMahon · U.S. Department of Education · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Federal Courts Issue Multiple Permanent Injunctions Blocking Trump's Anti-Voting Executive Order
5 src U.S. District Court · American Civil Liberties Union · Brennan Center for Justice · Democracy Docket · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-21 | CBS News Editor Bari Weiss Pulls 60 Minutes CECOT Prison Abuse Segment Hours Before Broadcast
5 src Bari Weiss · CBS News · 60 Minutes · Sharyn Alfonsi · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-06 | National Weather Service Enters Winter With Critical Staffing Crisis After DOGE Purge
5 src National Weather Service · NOAA · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-06 | Trump DOT waives $11 million Southwest Airlines fine, dismantling corporate accountability
6 src Trump Administration · Sean Duffy · Department of Transportation · Southwest Airlines · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | NPR First Amendment Lawsuit Against Trump Reaches Pivotal Court Hearing on Retaliatory Funding Cuts
5 src NPR · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss · +11 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | DOJ Orders Prison Auditors to Eliminate PREA Rape Protections for Transgender Inmates
5 src Department of Justice · Bureau of Justice Assistance · Bureau of Prisons · American Civil Liberties Union · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-01 | Trump Administration Drops 100+ Corporate Enforcement Actions, Penalties Fall 97 Percent
9 src Trump Administration · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Trade Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-20 | 7th Circuit Blocks Release of 615 Immigrants One Day Before Court-Ordered Deadline
5 src 7th Circuit Court of Appeals · Judge Jeffrey Cummings · Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-10 | First Circuit Court Unanimously Rules Trump Administration Must Pay Full SNAP Benefits, Citing 'Immense Harm' to 40 Million Recipients
3 src First Circuit Court of Appeals · Julie Rikelman · Trump Administration · USDA | reported | |
| 2025-11-07 | Cornell University Agrees to Pay $60 Million and Accept Federal Oversight to Restore Research Funding
3 src Cornell University · Michael Kotlikoff · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-11-07 | Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Full SNAP Payments to 42 Million Americans
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Ketanji Brown Jackson · John McConnell Jr. · U.S. Department of Agriculture · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-11-04 | Pope Leo XIV Calls for ICE to Allow Clergy Access to Detained Migrants
4 src Pope Leo XIV · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Cardinal Blase Cupich · Broadview ICE Processing Center · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-10-30 | DOJ Launches Criminal Investigation Into Black Lives Matter Foundation for Alleged Donor Fraud
3 src Department of Justice · Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation · U.S. Attorney's Office Central District of California · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-10-29 | DOJ Indicts Democratic Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh for ICE Facility Protest
3 src Kat Abughazaleh · Department of Justice · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Catherine Sharp · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-10-27 | Trump Terminates SNAP Benefits for 42 Million Americans Despite Available Funds
2 src Donald Trump · Mike Johnson · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-25 | ICE Deports Man to Laos Despite Federal Court Order Blocking Removal, Ignoring Torture and Persecution Risk
6 src Chanthila "Shawn" Souvannarath · Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick · ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) · ACLU of Louisiana · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-25 | MAGA-Aligned Lobbying Firms Quadruple Revenue Selling Trump Access
2 src Brian Ballard · Corporate clients · Pam Bondi · Susie Wiles · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-24 | Pentagon Awards Drone Contract to Company Where Trump Jr. Holds $4 Million Stake
2 src Donald Trump Jr. · Unusual Machines · Pentagon · U.S. Army · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | Trump Administration Prioritizes White South Africans in Refugee Admissions
2 src Trump Administration · State Department · pro-Afrikaner advocacy groups | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | Trump Administration Seeks Government Equity Stakes in Quantum Computing Firms
2 src Paul Dabbar · Howard Lutnick · Trump Administration · quantum computing companies | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | ICE Weapons Budget Surges 700% Including Guided Missiles and Explosives
2 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | Secret Interagency Working Group Coordinates Trump Retaliation Against Political Opponents
2 src Pam Bondi · Tulsi Gabbard · Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Justice · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-18 | DHS Purchases $172 Million in Luxury Jets for Kristi Noem During Shutdown
2 src Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-14 | Florida Officials Concealed $608 Million Federal Funding for Immigration Detention Facility
2 src DeSantis administration · Florida officials · Federal Courts · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-10 | Analysis Finds 40+ Trump Administration Appointees With Fossil Fuel Industry Ties
2 src Chris Wright · Doug Burgum · Trump Administration · Public Citizen · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | Dominion Voting Systems Sold to Former Republican Election Director
2 src Scott Leiendecker · Dominion Voting Systems · Liberty Vote · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | John Bolton Faces Imminent Federal Indictment on Classified Materials Charges
3 src John Bolton · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | Trump Administration Systematically Uses Mortgage Fraud Charges Against Political Adversaries
3 src Letitia James · Lisa Cook · Adam Schiff · William Pulte · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | Trump's Pharmaceutical Sales Overhaul Benefits Son's Company and Cabinet Member
3 src Donald Trump Jr. · Howard Lutnick · BlinkRx · Cantor Fitzgerald · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-09 | Crypto Investor 'Bitcoin Jesus' Reaches $48 Million Deal After Hiring Trump Associates
2 src Roger Ver · Roger Stone · David Schoen · Trump Administration · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-09 | NY Attorney General Letitia James Indicted on Questionable Mortgage Fraud Charges
2 src Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-09 | Trump Nominee to Lead Whistleblower Office Faces Sexual Harassment Allegations
2 src Paul Ingrassia · Office of Special Counsel · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | Palantir Senior Advisor Jacob Helberg Confirmed as Under Secretary of State (51-47)
5 src Jacob Helberg · Alex Karp · Palantir Technologies · Peter Thiel · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-05 | Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman Negotiates Harvard Research Funding Restoration
3 src Stephen Schwarzman · Blackstone · Harvard University · White House · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-05 | Private Prison Company CoreCivic Secures $300 Million in New ICE Contracts
2 src CoreCivic · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Trump Administration · U.S. Congress | reported | |
| 2025-10-05 | Trump Administration Cancels $500 Million in Food Aid, Affecting 94 Million Pounds
2 src Trump Administration · USDA · Food Banks | reported | |
| 2025-10-05 | Trump Administration Freezes $88 Million for Human Trafficking Survivors
2 src Trump Administration · Trafficking Survivor Organizations · U.S. Congress | reported | |
| 2025-10-05 | White House Blocks $2.1 Billion Chicago Transit Funding as Political Retaliation
3 src Trump Administration · White House · City of Chicago · City of Portland | reported | |
| 2025-10-04 | Pirro's DC Office Dismisses 21% of Cases in 8 Weeks vs 0.5% Over Previous Decade
8 src Jeanine Pirro · Zia Faruqui · Department of Justice · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-04 | Trump Targets Corporate Deals Across 30+ Industries Before Midterm Elections
2 src Trump Administration · Pfizer · Eli Lilly · AstraZeneca · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-03 | OMB Director Russ Vought Uses Shutdown to Execute Mass Federal Purges
3 src Russ Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Trump Administration · U.S. Congress | reported | |
| 2025-10-03 | Supreme Court Uses Emergency Docket to Expand Presidential Power
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · Conservative Supreme Court Majority | reported | |
| 2025-10-01 | DOJ Fires Top National Security Prosecutor Michael Ben'Ary Based on False Social Media Post
3 src Michael Ben'Ary · Department of Justice · Julie Kelly · U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Virginia · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-01 | Pope Leo XIV: Inhuman Treatment of Immigrants 'Not Pro-Life'
3 src Pope Leo XIV · Trump Administration · White House · Senator Dick Durbin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-01 | ProPublica: Trump Ambassador Ronald Johnson Shielded El Salvador's Bukele From Law Enforcement
2 src Ronald Johnson · Nayib Bukele · State Department · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey for Disclosure of Sensitive Information
2 src James Comey · Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-17 | DOJ and FTC Identify 125+ Federal Regulations for Elimination as "Anticompetitive"
4 src Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-16 | Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Warns Rule of Law 'Under Attack Like Never Before'
2 src Jack Smith · Department of Justice · George Mason University · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-09-10 | Commerce Secretary Lutnick Forces Corporations to Provide Government Equity Stakes
2 src Howard Lutnick · U.S. Department of Commerce · Intel · Lockheed Martin · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | ICE Awards $9.2 Million Facial Recognition Contract to Clearview AI
2 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Clearview AI · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-08 | Missouri GOP Passes Mid-Decade Gerrymander to Eliminate Democratic Congressional Seat
3 src Missouri GOP legislature · Representative Emmanuel Cleaver · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-08-08 | Democracy Forward Files First FOIA Lawsuit Against Trump Administration
3 src Democracy Forward · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-08 | EPA Terminates Union Contracts Following Appellate Stays
3 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · AFGE Council 238 (8,000+ EPA workers) · Justin Chen (AFGE Council 238 President) · Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-08 | White House announces increased federal law-enforcement presence in Washington, D.C.
3 src Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Marshals Service · Federal Protective Service | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-07 | Trump delayed a Medicare change after health company donations
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-05 | How Donald Trump’s spending bill will boost Silicon Valley’s defence companies
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-02 | Donor list suggests scale of Trump’s pay-for-access operation
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Administration deliberately evades court order on Venezuelan gang deportations
3 src U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · Trump Administration · Emil Bove (DOJ official) · Venezuelan deportees · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Pfizer CEO attending $25 million fundraiser at Trump's golf club after president demands drug price cuts, sources say
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Trump administration defies court orders in 57 of 165 cases (35%)
3 src Trump Administration · Federal Judiciary · U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · U.S. District Judge John McConnell · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-31 | Elon Musk Continues $277 Million Donation Spree Supporting Trump and Republican Candidates
3 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · MAGA Inc. · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-28 | SEC chair attended Don Jr.'s party before SEC granted Don Jr.-backed gun company approval to go public
4 src Donald Trump Jr. · Paul Atkins · Trump Administration · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-28 | Trump’s budget bill benefits private immigration detention companies that donated to Trump
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-26 | DOGE Uses AI to Target Elimination of 50% of Federal Regulations
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-26 | Trump Appoints Nicholas Kent, For-Profit College Insider, as Education Under Secretary
4 src Donald Trump · Nicholas Kent · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-25 | Trump Leverages Golf Properties for Diplomatic Negotiations and Trade Deal in Scotland
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Keir Starmer · Ursula von der Leyen · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-23 | Columbia agrees to $200 million fine to settle fight with Trump
6 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-21 | Trump Administration Defying 35% of Court Orders in Unprecedented Constitutional Crisis
4 src Trump Administration · Federal Courts · Department of Justice · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-21 | Trump Media buys $2 billion in bitcoin for crypto Treasury plan
6 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-18 | Trump signs landmark GENIUS Act, establishing first federal stablecoin regulatory framework
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · World Liberty Financial | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-17 | Mass Firing of Inspectors General Signals Systematic Government Oversight Erosion
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Paul Martin · Michael Missal | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-14 | Supreme Court 6-3 Stay Authorizes Mass Federal Workforce Reductions at 22 Agencies
8 src U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · American Federation of Government Employees | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-10 | DOGE 2.0: Institutional Capture Continues After Musk's Direct Involvement
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · DOGE Operatives | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-10 | Trump Foreign Aid Policy Sparks Global Lobbying Surge
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Marco Rubio · US Lobbying Firms | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-10 | Trump's Inaugural Fund Received $19M from Fossil Fuel Industry
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Chevron · ExxonMobil · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-04 | 2.4 million Americans projected to lose SNAP benefits from expanded work requirements
4 src Trump Administration · USDA · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-02 | Trump’s finances were shaky. Then he began to capitalize on his comeback
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-01 | DOGE Pushes SEC to Loosen Wall Street Regulations on SPACs and Reporting
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-27 | Supreme Court Restricts Nationwide Injunctions in Trump v. CASA, Expanding Executive Power
9 src U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · CASA de Maryland | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-26 | Brookings warns on legal limits of putting soldiers on Los Angeles streets
4 src Brookings Institution · Legal scholars · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-21 | ‘This presidency is a brand-franchise’: Trump has taken the commercialization of politics to a new level
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-21 | Trump systematically dismantles post-Watergate institutional safeguards
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-20 | Trump Family Launches World Liberty Financial Cryptocurrency Venture
3 src Donald Trump · Barron Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-18 | State Department orders expanded visa screening protocols at all consulates
2 src Department of State · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-16 | Trump Media seeks SEC approval for bitcoin and ethereum ETF
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Crypto.com · Yorkville America Digital | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-15 | 128,709 federal workers laid off or targeted for layoffs
4 src Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-13 | Trump Discloses $57 Million in Crypto Earnings from World Liberty Financial
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · World Liberty Financial | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-12 | Ex-Congressman Billy Long Confirmed as IRS Commissioner Despite Controversy
3 src Donald Trump · Billy Long · Ron Wyden · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-12 | Federal judge says Los Angeles Guard/Marine deployment likely unlawful
4 src U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) · State of California · Governor Gavin Newsom · U.S. Department of Defense · +3 | confirmed |
Appears in curated timelines
2017–2026
The crypto cascade
How a sitting president pumped his own token
1998–2026The detention industrial complex
Private prisons, ICE contracts, and the architecture of mass deportation
1992–2026The Epstein network's institutional reach
Decades of access, granted by elites, protected by prosecutors
2018–2026The Project 2025 architects
How a Heritage Foundation document became an operating system
2014–2026Russian interference, 2014–2026
The Kremlin's twelve-year project to corrode the American electorate
2010–2026The surveillance state, Snowden to today
Twelve years after the disclosures, the architecture has only grown
2017–2026Trump 1.0 vs Trump 2.0
The same person, restaffed for velocity
Network neighbors
Donald Trump
226× shared
Elon Musk
43× shared
Department of Justice
20× shared
Pam Bondi
15× shared
U.S. Supreme Court
12× shared
Office of Personnel Management
10× shared
Russell Vought
10× shared
Department of Government Efficiency
9× shared
Elizabeth Warren
9× shared
Donald Trump Jr.
8× shared
Howard Lutnick
8× shared
Justin Sun
8× shared
Securities and Exchange Commission
8× shared
U.S. Department of Justice
8× shared
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
7× shared
Peter Thiel
7× shared
SpaceX
6× shared
U.S. Department of Labor
6× shared
Adam Schiff
5× shared
Federal Agencies
5× shared
Kash Patel
5× shared
Federal Bureau of Investigation
4× shared
Mark Zuckerberg
4× shared
Office of Management and Budget
4× shared
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