Decade of record

2010s

The 2010s contain 832 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.

832 events From Jan 1, 2010 To Dec 23, 2019 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
2019-04-18Mueller Report Released - 448 Pages Documenting Russian Interference and Obstruction Episodes
Robert Mueller · Donald Trump · William Barr · Russian Government
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2019-04-18Trump Administration Claims Absolute Immunity from Congressional Oversight, Systematically Accelerating WHIG Constitutional Crisis Precedent
Donald Trump · Pat Cipollone · Don McGahn · White House Counsel Office · +1
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2019-04-16Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Refuses Congressional Demand for Trump Tax Returns
Steven Mnuchin · U.S. Treasury Department · Richard Neal · House Ways and Means Committee · +2
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2019-04-16Trump Vetoes Bipartisan Resolution to End U.S. Support for Saudi War in Yemen, Protecting MBS After Khashoggi Murder
Donald Trump · Mohammed bin Salman · U.S. Congress · Saudi Arabia government
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2019-04-15Russian Oligarch-Linked Rusal Invests $200 Million in Kentucky Braidy Plant After McConnell Blocks Sanctions
Rusal · Oleg Deripaska · En+ Group · Braidy Industries · +3
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2019-04-11Interior Secretary David Bernhardt Confirmed Despite Extensive Conflicts from Oil and Gas Lobbying Career
David Bernhardt · Donald Trump
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2019-04-09HUD Inspector General Finds Ben Carson Violated Ethics Rules by Involving Son in Official Business
Ben Carson · Ben Carson Jr.
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2019-04-09Trump Claims Absolute Immunity from Congressional Oversight
Donald Trump · Pat Cipollone · Don McGahn · John Bolton · +2
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2019-03-24Attorney General Barr Releases Misleading 4-Page Summary of Mueller Report
William Barr · Robert Mueller · Donald Trump · Rod Rosenstein
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2019-03-15Christchurch Mosque Massacre: 8chan-Radicalized Terrorist Kills 51, Live-Streams Attack
Brenton Tarrant · 8chan
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2019-03-13FAA Finally Grounds 737 MAX After 51 Other Countries Act First, Exposing Regulatory Capture
Federal Aviation Administration · Boeing · Acting FAA Administrator Dan Elwell · European Union Aviation Safety Agency · +3
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2019-03-12Operation Varsity Blues indicts 50 in largest college admissions fraud scheme
Rick Singer · Lori Loughlin · Felicity Huffman · U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling · +1
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2019-03-10Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Crashes Due to MCAS Malfunction, Killing All 157 Aboard
Ethiopian Airlines · Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration · MCAS system · +2
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2019-03-07Paul Manafort Sentenced to Combined 7.5 Years in Federal Prison, Longest Mueller Investigation Sentence
Paul Manafort · Donald Trump · Judge T.S. Ellis III · Judge Amy Berman Jackson · +1
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2019-03-05During Sprint merger review, T-Mobile executives spent ~$195,000 at Trump's D.C. hotel
T-Mobile US · Sprint · Trump International Hotel Washington · Federal Communications Commission · +3
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2019-03-01McKinsey Managing Director Says Firm Would 'Walk' from Murderer Client, Then Increases Saudi Revenue
Kevin Sneader · McKinsey & Company · Saudi Arabia · Mohammed bin Salman · +1
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2019-02-27North Carolina Board Voids Election After Republican Operative's Ballot Harvesting Scheme
Mark Harris · McCrae Dowless · Dan McCready · North Carolina State Board of Elections
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2019-02-21Federal Judge Rules Epstein Plea Deal Violated Crime Victims' Rights Act
Kenneth Marra · Bradley Edwards · Paul Cassell · Alexander Acosta · +1
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2019-02-17YouTube Pedophile Ring Enabled by Recommendation Algorithm Exposed by Matt Watson
YouTube · Google · Matt Watson (investigative YouTuber) · Pedophile networks · +4
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2019-02-14Northrop Grumman Pays $5.2 Million for Fraudulent USPS Contract Labor Billing
Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · U.S. Postal Service · USPS Office of Inspector General
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2019-02-14William Barr Confirmation as Attorney General Enables Systematic DOJ Politicization Using WHIG Template for Crisis-Accelerated Institutional Capture
William Barr · Donald Trump · Senate Judiciary Committee · Department of Justice · +6
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2019-02-05Trump Overrides 25+ Security Clearance Denials for Family and Allies
Donald Trump · Jared Kushner · Ivanka Trump · John Kelly · +2
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2019-02-01Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group Announces Xinjiang Training Facility Amid Uyghur Detention Campaign
Erik Prince · Frontier Services Group · Chang Zhenming · CITIC Group
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2019-01-18Dream Center Education Holdings Enters Receivership, Art Institutes Collapse Leaves Thousands Stranded, $16 Million in Student Aid Disappeared
Dream Center Education Holdings · Art Institutes · Argosy University · South University · +5
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2019-01-17HHS Inspector General Reveals Thousands More Children Separated Than Disclosed
HHS Office of Inspector General · Donald Trump · Kirstjen Nielsen · Jeff Sessions · +2
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2019-01-15Pam Bondi Joins Ballard Partners as Lobbyist, Monetizing Government Connections
Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Susie Wiles
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2019-01-10The Intercept reveals Ring employees in Ukraine had unfettered access to customer video feeds
Ring · Amazon · Jeff Bezos
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2019-01-01Ginni Thomas Joins CNP Action Board - Supreme Court Spouse in Conservative Coordination Hub
Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Council for National Policy · CNP Action
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2019-01-01ICE uses 230+ contracted detention facilities (2019); public lists undercount due to varied custody arrangements
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Vera Institute · Government investigators
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2019-01-01Intellexa Alliance Forms as "Star Alliance of Spyware" to Compete with NSO
Tal Dilian · Intellexa · Nexa Technologies · WiSpear · +5
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2019-01-01NBER Study: Private Equity-Owned Nursing Homes Have 10% Higher Death Rates Due to Cost-Cutting
Private equity firms · Nursing home residents · Healthcare workers
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2019-01-01Noem uses state aircraft for political events violating state law
Kristi Noem · National Rifle Association · Republican Jewish Coalition
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2019-01-01Peter Thiel Backs J.D. Vance's $93 Million Narya Capital Venture Fund
J.D. Vance · Peter Thiel · narya-capital · Marc Andreessen · +1
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2019-01-01State Corporate Tax Rates Decline 33% Over Three Decades - ALEC's Interstate Race-to-Bottom Costs States $43-57 Billion Annually in Lost Revenue
American Legislative Exchange Council · State Legislatures · Corporate Lobby · Good Jobs First · +2
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2019-01-01Vance Returns to Ohio, Launches Narya Capital
J.D. Vance · Peter Thiel · Eric Schmidt · Marc Andreessen · +2
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2018-12-18Judge Sullivan's Harsh Questioning of Flynn at Sentencing - "Arguably You Sold Your Country Out"
Michael Flynn · Judge Emmet Sullivan · Robert Mueller · Donald Trump
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2018-12-18New York Judge Orders Trump Foundation Dissolved, Assets Distributed to Charities
Saliann Scarpulla · Donald Trump · Trump Foundation · Barbara Underwood
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2018-12-18Trump Foundation Admits to Misusing Charity Funds, Agrees to Dissolve Under Court Supervision
Donald Trump · Trump Foundation · Barbara Underwood · New York Attorney General
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2018-12-15Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Resigns Facing 18 Federal Investigations
Ryan Zinke · Donald Trump · Department of Interior · David Bernhardt
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2018-12-15New York Times Investigation Exposes McKinsey's Work Raising Stature of Authoritarian Governments
McKinsey & Company · Walt Bogdanich · Michael Forsythe · The New York Times · +5
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2018-12-13Maria Butina Pleads Guilty to Conspiring as Russian Agent, Admits Years-Long Clandestine Influence Scheme
Maria Butina · Alexander Torshin · Department of Justice · Paul Erickson · +1
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2018-12-10University of Phoenix Enrollment Collapses 80% After Fraud Investigations - $191M FTC Settlement
University of Phoenix · Apollo Education Group · Federal Trade Commission
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2018-12-06NYPD Begins Secret Trial of Clearview AI Facial Recognition Technology
NYPD · Clearview AI · Hoan Ton-That
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2018-12-01Investigation Reveals McKinsey Advised Both Puerto Rico Fiscal Board and Hedge Fund Creditors Through Whitebox Advisors Holding $140 Million in Bonds
McKinsey & Company · MIO Partners · Whitebox Advisors · Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico · +1
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2018-11-29Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress About Trump Tower Moscow Timeline
Michael Cohen · Donald Trump · Dmitry Peskov · Robert Mueller
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2018-11-27Georgia Purges 1.4 Million Voters Under Exact Match System
Brian Kemp · Stacey Abrams · Georgia Secretary of State Office · Common Cause Georgia · +2
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2018-11-20Trump Defends Saudi Arabia Despite CIA High-Confidence Finding MBS Ordered Khashoggi Murder - "Maybe He Did, Maybe He Didn't"
Donald Trump · Mohammed bin Salman · Central Intelligence Agency · King Salman · +1
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2018-11-15Mexican Journalists Targeted with Pegasus Days After Colleague's Assassination
Javier Valdez Cárdenas · Andrés Villarreal · Ismael Bojórquez · Citizen Lab · +2
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2018-11-13Amazon Selects NYC and Arlington for HQ2—Extracting at Least $4.6 Billion in Subsidies
Amazon · Jeff Bezos · Andrew Cuomo · Bill de Blasio · +1
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2018-11-06Facebook Admits Platform Used to "Incite Offline Violence" in Myanmar Genocide, Implements No Systemic Changes
Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · United Nations · Rohingya Muslims · +1
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2018-11-06Florida Voters Approve Amendment 4 Restoring Voting Rights to 1.4 Million with Felony Convictions
Florida voters · Desmond Meade · Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
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2018-11-06Michigan Voters Approve Independent Redistricting Commission, Ending Partisan Gerrymandering
Voters Not Politicians · Michigan voters
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2018-11-01Northrop Grumman Pays $31.65 Million for Fraudulent Overbilling of Air Force Contracts
Northrop Grumman · Department of Justice · U.S. Air Force · Defense Criminal Investigative Service · +2
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2018-10-29Lion Air Flight 610 Crashes Due to Boeing 737 MAX MCAS System Malfunction
Lion Air · Boeing · MCAS system · 189 victims · +2
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2018-10-27Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre: Gab-Radicalized Gunman Kills 11 in Deadliest Antisemitic Attack in US History
Robert Bowers · HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) · Tree of Life Congregation
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2018-10-23Trump Calls Saudi Khashoggi Explanation "Worst Cover-Up Ever" But Signals He Won't Hold MBS Accountable
Donald Trump · Mohammed bin Salman · Mike Pompeo · Saudi Arabia government
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2018-10-22Trump Adopts 'Invasion' Rhetoric Mainstreaming Great Replacement Theory Before Midterms
Donald Trump · Republican Party
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2018-10-21McKinsey Claims It's 'Horrified' After Saudi Dissident Report Made Public
McKinsey & Company · The New York Times · Saudi Arabia · Omar Abdulaziz · +1
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2018-10-16AbbVie Humira Patent Thicket Delays US Biosimilars Until 2023 Despite 2016 Patent Expiration and European Competition
AbbVie · Amgen · Samsung Bioepis · Mylan · +4
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2018-10-16China Approves 16 Trademarks for Ivanka Trump During Trade War
Ivanka Trump · Chinese Government · China National Intellectual Property Administration · White House · +1
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2018-10-11Trump Vows to Continue Raytheon, Lockheed Arms Sales Despite Khashoggi Murder and Yemen Atrocities
Donald Trump · Raytheon · Lockheed Martin · Boeing · +2
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2018-10-06Senate Confirms Kavanaugh 50-48 Despite Sexual Assault Allegations and Severely Limited FBI Investigation
Brett Kavanaugh · Susan Collins · Joe Manchin · Lisa Murkowski · +2
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2018-10-02Amazon Raises Minimum Wage to $15 But Eliminates Bonuses and Stock Options
Jeff Bezos · Amazon
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2018-10-02Jamal Khashoggi Murdered Inside Saudi Consulate in Istanbul by 15-Member Hit Squad Sent by Crown Prince MBS
Jamal Khashoggi · Mohammed bin Salman · Saudi Arabia government · Turkish intelligence · +1
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2018-10-02Saudi Crown Prince's Entourage Books Trump Hotel During Khashoggi Crisis
Mohammed bin Salman · Saudi Arabia government · Trump International Hotel New York · Donald Trump · +1
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2018-10-01Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp Refuses to Recuse From Overseeing His Own Governor Election
Brian Kemp · Stacey Abrams · Brad Raffensperger
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2018-10-01Operation Faithful Patriot deploys 5,200 active-duty troops to border
101st Airborne Division · Military police battalions · Combat engineers · Pentagon · +3
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2018-09-27Christine Blasey Ford Delivers Credible, Emotional Testimony Alleging Kavanaugh Sexual Assault, He Responds with Partisan Rant
Christine Blasey Ford · Brett Kavanaugh · Lindsey Graham · Chuck Grassley · +1
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2018-09-26Amazon's Anti-Union Training Video Leaked - Exposes Systematic Union Suppression Program
Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Whole Foods
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2018-09-17Cigna-Express Scripts $52 Billion Merger Approved: DOJ Greenlights PBM Oligopoly
Cigna · Express Scripts · Department of Justice · Makan Delrahim · +1
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2018-09-12CMS Administrator Seema Verma Spent $5 Million in Taxpayer Funds on GOP Consultants to Boost Personal Profile
Seema Verma · Frank Pallone
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2018-09-06McKinsey Holds Lavish Corporate Retreat in Kashgar Four Miles from Uyghur Concentration Camps
McKinsey & Company · China · Xinjiang · Uyghurs
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2018-09-05Bernie Sanders Introduces "Stop BEZOS Act" Targeting Amazon Wages
Bernie Sanders · Jeff Bezos · Amazon · Ro Khanna
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2018-08-21Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Campaign Finance Violations, Implicates Trump as "Individual-1"
Michael Cohen · Donald Trump · Stormy Daniels · Karen McDougal
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2018-08-21Rep. Duncan Hunter and Wife Indicted for $250,000 Campaign Finance Fraud
Duncan Hunter · Margaret Hunter
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2018-08-14Peter Thiel's Founders Fund Invests $15M in Carbyne, Connecting Epstein-Barak Surveillance Network to Erik Prince Operations
Peter Thiel · Erik Prince · Lital Leshem · Jeffrey Epstein · +7
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2018-08-09US-Made Bomb Kills 40 Children on School Bus in Yemen, Triggering International Outrage
Lockheed Martin · Raytheon · General Dynamics · Saudi Arabia · +3
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2018-08-08Rep. Chris Collins Indicted for Insider Trading
Chris Collins · Cameron Collins · Stephen Zarsky · Innate Immunotherapeutics
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2018-08-03Kushner Receives $1.28B Qatar Bailout After Blockade Reversal
Jared Kushner · Qatar Investment Authority · Brookfield Property Partners · Charles Kushner · +2
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2018-08-03Qatar-Linked Brookfield Bails Out Kushner's 666 Fifth Avenue for $1.28 Billion
Jared Kushner · Kushner Companies · Brookfield Asset Management · Qatar Investment Authority · +1
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2018-08-02SEC Drops ExxonMobil Climate Investigation Under Trump Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission · ExxonMobil · Donald Trump · Rex Tillerson
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2018-08-01200+ Palantir Employees Sign Letter Protesting Company's ICE Contracts; External Protesters Demonstrate
Palantir Technologies · Alex Karp · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Tech Workers Coalition · +1
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2018-08-01Guo Wengui Begins Funding Steve Bannon Operations
Guo Wengui · Miles Guo · Steve Bannon · Guo Media · +1
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2018-08-01Trump Administration Expands 'Junk Insurance' Short-Term Plans to Undermine ACA
Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · U.S. Department of Labor · Department of the Treasury · +3
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2018-07-26ACLU test reveals Amazon Rekognition misidentified 28 Congress members as criminals, showing racial bias
American Civil Liberties Union · Amazon · AWS · John Lewis · +1
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2018-07-20Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak Charged in 1MDB Scandal
Najib Razak · Jho Low · Rosmah Mansor · Tim Leissner · +5
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2018-07-19Senate Votes 98-0 to Reject Putin's Request to Interrogate U.S. Officials in Bipartisan Rebuke of Trump
Vladimir Putin · Donald Trump · Chuck Schumer · Michael McFaul · +1
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2018-07-18EU Fines Google Record €4.34B for Android Monopoly Abuse Through Bundling
Google · European Commission · Margrethe Vestager · Sundar Pichai · +3
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2018-07-17Trump Claims He Misspoke "Would" Instead of "Wouldn't" in Implausible Helsinki Walkback Attempt
Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin
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2018-07-16FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Refers Sinclair-Tribune Merger to Hearing Over "Serious Concerns" About Sham Divestitures and Misrepresentation
Federal Communications Commission · Ajit Pai · Sinclair Broadcast Group · Tribune Media · +2
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2018-07-16Trump Sides with Putin Over U.S. Intelligence at Helsinki Summit, Attacks Own Agencies
Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin · Dan Coats · John Brennan · +1
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2018-07-15FBI Arrests Maria Butina for Conspiring to Act as Russian Agent to Infiltrate Conservative Organizations
Maria Butina · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Alexander Torshin · Department of Justice · +1
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2018-07-13HHS Inspector General Finds Tom Price Violated Federal Travel Rules, Wasted $341,000 on Private Jets
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General · Tom Price · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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2018-07-13Mueller Indicts 12 GRU Officers for Hacking DNC and Democratic Campaign Infrastructure
Robert Mueller · Russian Intelligence (GRU) · Russian Military Intelligence · Democratic National Committee · +1
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2018-07-12Tech Workers Coalition: Establishing Digital Resistance Infrastructure
Tech Workers Coalition · Silicon Valley Employees · Digital Rights Advocates · Rachel Melendes · +2
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2018-07-09Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler Becomes Acting EPA Administrator After Pruitt Resignation
Andrew Wheeler · Donald Trump · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Faegre Baker Daniels · +2
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2018-07-06McKinsey Agrees to Repay $74 Million to South Africa's Eskom After State Capture Scandal
McKinsey & Company · Eskom · South Africa · Gupta Family · +5
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2018-07-05EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Resigns Amid 14 Federal Investigations
Scott Pruitt · Donald Trump · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Andrew Wheeler
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2018-07-01IRS Launches Virtual Currency Compliance Campaign Using Chainalysis
Internal Revenue Service · Chainalysis · IRS Criminal Investigation
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2018-06-27Janus v. AFSCME - Supreme Court Strikes Down Public Sector Union Fees, Targeting Teachers' Unions
Justice Samuel Alito · Justice Neil Gorsuch · National Right to Work Foundation · State Policy Network · +4
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