Decade of record

2020s

The 2020s contain 3090 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.

3090 events From Jan 1, 2020 To Jul 28, 2026 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
2026-07-28Augusta Township, MI: Referendum on Thor Equities $1B Data Center Rezoning Hits August 4 Ballot 2 srcreported
2026-07-27Congress Quietly Eliminated ICE Biweekly Detention Data Mandate — New Analysis Finds 16% Undercount 1 src
ICE · CoreCivic
reported
2026-07-25EU AI Act Full Enforcement Begins August 2 — Facial Recognition Bans, High-Risk AI Rules Binding 3 src
European Union · Clearview AI
reported
2026-07-24Escambia County FL Commissioners Vote 5-0 That Data Centers 'Not Permitted' Under Land Code 1 srcreported
2026-07-24ICE Plans 1,400-Bed Detention Center at Shuttered Rivers Correctional in Hertford County, NC 3 src
ICE · GEO Group
reported
2026-07-24Nun Detained by ICE While Walking to Daily Mass in Texas — Speaks Out for First Time 1 src
ICE
reported
2026-07-24Police Experts Flag ICE Agent Vetting Failures as Agency Doubles Force Under OBBB Hiring Push 1 src
ICE
reported
2026-07-24The Intercept Documents Four ICE Deaths in One Week; Hearing Contradicts DHS Account of Salgado Araujo Shooting 3 src
ICE
reported
2026-07-23ACLU Data-Driven Report Finds ICE 'Too Broken to Be Fixed' Across Eight States in 2025 2 src
American Civil Liberties Union · ICE
reported
2026-07-23ICE Nears 600,000 Deportations as July Sets New Daily Arrest Record 3 src
ICE
reported
2026-07-23Seven Senate Democrats Kill CLARITY Act Over Trump Crypto Ethics Loopholes — August Recess Deadline Missed 3 src
Donald Trump · World Liberty Financial · Senate Democrats · John Thune
reported
2026-07-23Together Colorado Sues Town of Hudson Over GEO Group's Big Horn ICE Detention Facility Zoning 3 src
GEO Group
confirmed
2026-07-22Community Mobilizes Against GEO Group Plan to Reopen Rivers Correctional as 1,400-Bed ICE Detention Center in Hertford County, NC 3 src
GEO Group
reported
2026-07-22House Passes SAVE Act via Must-Pass NDAA 217-209 While the EAC That Would Administer It Is Headless 2 src
House Republicans · Election Assistance Commission
confirmed
2026-07-22Montgomery County MD: 18-Month Data Center Moratorium Advances to Full Council Vote 2 srcconfirmed
2026-07-22NW Ohio ICE Detention Facility Board Blocks Public Comment, Moves Meetings to Restrict Protesters 2 srcreported
2026-07-22Project Delta Hyperscale Campus Rezoning Refiled in Stokes County, NC After Legal Void — Hyperscaler Identity Still Withheld 2 srcreported
2026-07-22Residents Sue Guadalupe County, TX Over $500M Tax Abatement for CloudBurst AI Data Center Campus 2 srcreported
2026-07-22Shapiro Wins: ICE Withdraws Both Pennsylvania Warehouse Detention Plans — Berks and Schuylkill Counties 2 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2026-07-21Charles County, MD Commissioners Scrap Data Center Zoning Amendment After Year of Pushback 2 srcreported
2026-07-21ICE Arresting Relatives Who Come Forward to Sponsor Migrant Children in Federal Shelters 1 src
ICE
reported
2026-07-21ICE Has Stopped Publishing Detention and Deportation Data Since April 2026 3 src
ICE · Deportation Data Project
reported
2026-07-21Kent County, DE Levy Court Passes First Data Center Restrictions: Industrial Zones Only, 300-Foot Setbacks 2 srcreported
2026-07-21Livingston County, MI Sheriff Signs 287(g) Agreement With ICE Without Board Vote; Becomes State's 8th Active Jurisdiction 1 src
ICE
reported
2026-07-21Tulare County Fair Board Tables Global Stack Fairgrounds Data Center Lease After 3 Hours of Public Opposition 2 srcreported
2026-07-20Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers, The Intercept Reports 1 src
Google · ICE
reported
2026-07-17DOJ Ultimatum to Milwaukee on ICE Mask Ban Passes Without Resolution; Supremacy Clause Standoff Active 3 src
Department of Justice
reported
2026-07-17GEO Group Employee Arrested After Shooting Woman Protester Outside Aurora ICE Detention Center 1 src
GEO Group
reported
2026-07-17ICE Illegally Shared Medicaid Data on Millions With Palantir ELITE Deportation App 2 src
ICE · Palantir
reported
2026-07-16OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic CEOs Converge on Mandatory Pre-Release Scrutiny and US-Led Global AI Governance Body 3 src
Sam Altman · Dario Amodei · OpenAI · Anthropic
reported
2026-07-16Paramount-WBD Antitrust Hearing Scheduled July 16 in Faust Subscriber Suit; Bonta-Led State-AG Coalition Complaint Drafting Concurrent 7 src
Rob Bonta · David Ellison · Paramount Skydance · Warner Bros. Discovery
reported
2026-07-16Trump Primetime Address Pushes SAVE America Act on Unsupported Claims; DC Circuit Reinstates USPS Ballot Barcode Rule 4 src
Donald Trump
reported
2026-07-16Venezuelan Man Dies on ICE Transport Bus From Irwin County, GA — 22nd In-Custody Death of 2026 3 src
ICE
reported
2026-07-15ACLU Sues to Block Completed DOJ National Voter Database as August 5 Purge Blackout Looms 3 src
Department of Justice · American Civil Liberties Union · Protect Democracy
confirmed
2026-07-15DHS Halts Most ICE Traffic-Stop Arrests After Three Deaths in a Week; Trump Reverses the Halt Within 24 Hours 3 src
Markwayne Mullin · Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement
confirmed
2026-07-15Emails Show Entergy Arkansas Co-Drafted Pulaski County Moratorium That Exempts Its Own $6B Prospective Customer 2 srcconfirmed
2026-07-15Hamilton County, TN Commissioners Vote Unanimously for One-Year Data Center Moratorium 2 srcreported
2026-07-15Hochul Signs EO 62 — First Statewide Hyperscale Data Center Moratorium as 20+ Localities Move in One Week 3 src
Kathy Hochul
confirmed
2026-07-15ICE Agents Carry Real-Time Facial Recognition Smartphones for Street Biometric Checks 2 src
ICE
reported
2026-07-15Palm Beach County Rejects 'Project Tango' Hyperscale AI Campus 5-1 After 12-Hour Hearing 2 srcreported
2026-07-15Saline Township MI Caps Oracle/OpenAI Tax Abatement 9x, Then Reverses Under 'Shall Approve' Legal Threat 72 Hours Later 4 src
Oracle · OpenAI
confirmed
2026-07-15Todd Blanche, Trump's Former Personal Defense Lawyer, Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing for Permanent Attorney General 1 src
Todd Blanche · Donald Trump · Senate Judiciary Committee
reported
2026-07-14Federal Judge Orders Wilmington, OH to Redo Three Ordinances for Amazon's $4B Data Center — Open Meetings Violation 2 src
Amazon Web Services
reported
2026-07-14Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds Pour Record $53.9B into US Tech and AI in H1 2026 2 src
Mubadala · Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed · Donald Trump
reported
2026-07-14ICE/CBP Surveillance Tech Spending Hits $513M in 2026; Palantir Named 'Backbone' With $1B Follow-On Agreement 2 src
Palantir · ICE · Customs and Border Protection
reported
2026-07-14Justices Barrett and Kagan Testify to Congress on Ethics; Kagan Backs Independent Enforcement Panel 3 src
Amy Coney Barrett · Elena Kagan · United States Congress
reported
2026-07-14Leon County, TX Commissioners Reject Crusoe Technologies' $34B Tax Abatement Application — 200+ Residents Oppose 1 srcreported
2026-07-14Merrillville, IN Council Unanimously Tables Rescission of Anti-ICE-Detention Resolution, Defying AG Rokita's $10K Threat 2 srcreported
2026-07-14Orange County, NY Town Board Votes to Oppose $35.5M ICE Warehouse Lease; Governor Demands Disclosure 2 src
Kathy Hochul
reported
2026-07-14Raskin to Acting AG Blanche: DOJ Pattern of Defying Court Orders 'Strongly Suggests' Prosecutors Ordered to Violate the Law 2 src
Jamie Raskin · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice
reported
2026-07-14Trump Personal Attorney Schwartz Confirmed to Second Circuit 50-45; Total Reaches 281 Article III Judges 2 src
United States Senate
reported
2026-07-13Federal Judge Voids Trump's $1.8B IRS Settlement, Finds Bad Faith, Refers Attorney to Bar 2 src
Donald Trump
confirmed
2026-07-13ICE Agents Fatally Shoot 26-Year-Old Colombian Man in Biddeford, Maine — No Body Cameras Worn 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Angus King · Markwayne Mullin
reported
2026-07-13ICE Arrests 30+ Kansas City Residents During World Cup Matches, Including Warehouse Raid 2 src
ICE
reported
2026-07-13Indianapolis Council Committee Advances Data Center Moratorium Through 2027, 10-3 2 srcreported
2026-07-13Santa Clara County + California Sue ICE Over Gilroy Detention Facility; Court Approves Construction Halt Through Sept. 9 3 src
Santa Clara County · State of California · ICE
reported
2026-07-12GENIUS Act's July 18 Deadline Looms: Banks Poised to Enter Stablecoin Market as Trump's WLFI Conflict Intensifies 2 src
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · World Liberty Financial
confirmed
2026-07-12McConnell Discloses Mid-June Fall Caused Weeks-Long Hospitalization, Cites Post-Polio Condition 3 src
Mitch McConnell
confirmed
2026-07-11Missoula County, MT Adopts Temporary Moratorium on New or Expanding Data Centers 2 srcreported
2026-07-11OSINT Investigation Documents ICE Using Vehicle-Containment Tactics Designed for Violent Felons in Routine Civil Stops 2 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Renee Nicole Good
reported
2026-07-11Senator Lindsey Graham Dies at 71; SC Governor to Appoint Graham's Sister to Hold Seat 3 src
Lindsey Graham
confirmed
2026-07-105th Circuit En Banc Vacates Panel Ruling, Reinstates Mandatory No-Bond Detention 3 src
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · ICE
reported
2026-07-10Commerce Eases UAE MGX Export Controls Weeks After Tahnoon's $500M World Liberty Financial Stake Disclosed 3 src
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed · MGX · Donald Trump · Elizabeth Warren
reported
2026-07-10Federal Judge Orders Washington State Health Inspectors Into Tacoma GEO Group ICE Facility 1 src
GEO Group
confirmed
2026-07-10Nevada Federal Judge Rules ICE Is 'Rebelling' Against Court Order, Forces Release of 17 Detainees 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2026-07-10Retired Federal Judges Launch 'Justice in Motion' Bus Tour, Drawing Comparison to Post-PiS Poland 2 srcreported
2026-07-10Trump Fires Remaining Election Assistance Commission Members Nine Days After Humphrey's Executor Overturned 2 src
Donald Trump · Election Assistance Commission
confirmed
2026-07-09Bipartisan Congress Investigates FBI Director Kash Patel Over Jet Junkets, BMW Fleet, and Undisclosed Stock 2 src
Kash Patel · Chuck Grassley · Jamie Raskin · Dick Durbin
confirmed
2026-07-09DOJ Sues Maryland Over Community Trust Act, Extending Federal Anti-Sanctuary Campaign to 21 States 3 src
Department of Justice · Anthony Brown · Maryland
reported
2026-07-09Fed Chair Warsh Appoints a16z's Marc Andreessen to Co-Lead AI Productivity Task Force 2 src
Kevin Warsh · Marc Andreessen · Federal Reserve
confirmed
2026-07-09GEO Group Wins $528.6M ICE Contract to Reopen Shuttered Hudson, CO Prison as Big Horn Detention Facility 3 src
GEO Group · Immigration and Customs Enforcement
confirmed
2026-07-09ICE Builds New Hard-Sided Facility at Batavia, NY After State Bans County Jail Detentions 2 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2026-07-09Trenton, OH City Council Approves 15-Year 75% Tax Abatement for Prologis 250 MW Data Center Campus 3 srcreported
2026-07-09Trump Fires Top Election Assistance Commission Staff as SAVE Act 'Backdoor' Implementation Advances 1 src
Donald Trump · Election Assistance Commission
reported
2026-07-09US Government's Pre-Release Authority Over Frontier AI Becomes Operational; OpenAI's Equity-Stake Proposal Advances in Parallel 1 src
OpenAI · Anthropic · Trump Administration
confirmed
2026-07-08Clearview AI Pursues FedRAMP Clearance as CBP Expands Facial Recognition to All Non-US Travelers 2 src
Clearview AI · U.S. Customs and Border Protection
confirmed
2026-07-08Lakeland FL 'Project Swan' AI Data Center Draws Bipartisan Opposition, Ratepayer Concerns 1 srcconfirmed
2026-07-08Trump Financial Disclosure Shows $1.4B in Crypto Gains; House Judiciary Democrats Document Foreign Pay-to-Play Pipeline 3 src
Donald Trump · World Liberty Financial · House Judiciary Committee Democrats
reported
2026-07-07Bell County, TX Residents Demand End to Meta Data Center Tax Abatements 1 src
Meta
confirmed
2026-07-07DeKalb County GA Extends Data Center Moratorium Through March 2027 After Rejecting Industry-Backed Regulations 2 srcconfirmed
2026-07-07DOJ Threatens Criminal Prosecution of Election Officials in All 50 States, Deploys Monitors to Democratic Jurisdictions 2 src
Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice
confirmed
2026-07-07Douglas County GA Votes 4-1 to Block EdgeConneX's 700-Acre Data Center Campus — Second Denial in Seven Months 2 srcconfirmed
2026-07-07ICE Kills Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston; Agency's Self-Defense Account Collapses Under Witness and Medical Evidence 4 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
confirmed
2026-07-07NSPM-7 Operationalized: Local Police Build Antifa Files via Fusion Centers as FBI Offers $200K to Informant-ize Texas Activist 1 src
Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2026-07-06Nashville Mayor Files Eminent Domain to Block DC Blox Data Center Next to City Zoo 2 srcconfirmed
2026-07-06Prince George's County MD Council Passes 2-Year Data Center Moratorium 1 srcconfirmed
2026-07-06ProPublica: Deportations of Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors Have Tripled Under Trump 1 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2026-07-04DHS Marks OBBB Year One: $165B Doubled ICE's Force and Added 80,000 Beds; Oversight Has Not Scaled to Match 2 src
Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement
confirmed
2026-07-04No Kings Stages Nationwide July 4 Demonstrations Linking ICE Enforcement, Court Rulings, and Democratic Erosion 3 src
No Kings Coalition · Women's March
confirmed
2026-07-03AI Governance Fractures: EU AI Act Enforceable Aug 2 as 19 US State Laws Pass in Two Weeks and Trump EO Guts Federal Oversight 2 src
European Commission · Donald Trump
confirmed
2026-07-03ProPublica: Camp East Montana Repeatedly Failed Detainee in Mental Health Crisis Before His Death 2 src
ICE
confirmed
2026-07-03The Intercept Documents Trump DOJ's Pattern of Charging Protesters as Terrorists 2 src
Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation
confirmed
2026-07-025th Circuit Rules Due Process Requires Bond Hearings After 90 Days in ICE Detention, Deepening Circuit Split 3 src
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · Immigration and Customs Enforcement
confirmed
2026-07-02DHS Buys CoreCivic's Two Largest CA Detention Centers for $1.5B, Keeps CoreCivic as Operator, Sidesteps Federal Oversight 3 src
Department of Homeland Security · CoreCivic
confirmed
2026-07-02Federal Judge Hears Arguments on Howard County MD's Permit Revocation for Elkridge ICE Warehouse Conversion 2 src
Department of Justice
confirmed
2026-07-02OpenAI Proposes 5% U.S. Government Equity Stake (~$42.6B) as Sovereign-Wealth Vehicle 3 src
OpenAI · Donald Trump
reported
2026-07-02ProPublica: Supreme Court's October 2025 Term First to Decide More Cases by Shadow Docket Than Argued Opinion 2 src
Supreme Court of the United States · ProPublica
confirmed
2026-07-02Santa Fe County NM Passes Unanimous 18-Month Data Center Moratorium at 1 MW Threshold 1 srcconfirmed
2026-07-02Washington County MD Votes 4-1 for 12-Month Data Center Moratorium Over Infrastructure Cost-Shift Concerns 1 srcconfirmed
2026-07-01Arizona AG Wins Binding Pause on Surprise, AZ Warehouse-to-ICE-Detention Conversion Pending Environmental Review 2 src
Kris Mayes · Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · GardaWorld Federal Services
confirmed