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
2026-01-06Denmark Announces $13.8 Billion Defense Spending to Rearm Greenland in Response to US Threats 2 src
Mette Frederiksen · Denmark · Greenland
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2026-01-06DHS Announces "Largest Immigration Operation Ever" Deploying 2,000 Agents to Minneapolis 3 src
Kristi Noem · Todd Lyons · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1
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2026-01-06DHS Deploys 2,000 Federal Agents to Minneapolis in 'Largest Immigration Operation Ever' 3 src
Kristi Noem · Stephen Miller · Todd Lyons · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +2
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2026-01-06DOJ Admits Less Than 1% of Epstein Files Released, 48 Days After Law's Deadline 2 src
Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Chuck Schumer
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2026-01-06Massie and Khanna Ask Federal Judge to Appoint Special Master Over Epstein File Release 2 src
Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Paul Engelmayer · Pam Bondi · +1
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2026-01-06Seven NATO Allies Issue Joint Statement Defending Greenland's Sovereignty Against US Threats 4 src
North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Mette Frederiksen · Emmanuel Macron · France · +3
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2026-01-06White House Declares Military Force 'Always an Option' to Acquire Greenland 4 src
Donald Trump · Stephen Miller · Karoline Leavitt · Mette Frederiksen · +3
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2026-01-05CDC Slashes Childhood Vaccine Schedule from 17 to 11 Diseases, Bypassing Advisory Committee 3 src
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Jim O'Neill · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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2026-01-05Danish PM Frederiksen Warns US Attack on Greenland Would Mean 'End of Everything' 2 src
Mette Frederiksen · Donald Trump · North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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2026-01-05Defense Secretary Hegseth Moves to Cut Senator Mark Kelly's Military Rank and Retirement Pay 3 src
Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-01-05Israeli Security Cabinet Approves 'Operation Iron Strike' Against Iran 2 src
Benjamin Netanyahu · Donald Trump
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2026-01-05Judge Emma Kelly Dismisses BB v Doha Bank UK Terrorism-Financing Suit on Procedural Grounds (Failure to Prosecute) 2 src
Doha Bank Ltd · Moutaz Al-Khayyat · Ramez Al-Khayyat
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2026-01-04Trump Declares US Will 'Run' Venezuela After Military Invasion 3 src
Donald Trump · Stephen Miller · J.D. Vance · Nicolas Maduro
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2026-01-04Worldwide Protests Condemn U.S. Invasion of Venezuela, Over 100 U.S. Cities Plan Demonstrations 2 src
Donald Trump
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2026-01-03DOJ Misses 15-Day Deadline to Explain Redactions, Provide List of Named Officials 3 src
Chuck Schumer · Thomas Massie · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi
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2026-01-03ICE Announces 120% Workforce Increase to 22,000 After Recruiting 12,000 Agents in Under a Year
2026-01-03ICE Announces Workforce Doubled to 22,000 Agents Through "Defend Your Culture" Recruitment Campaign 2 src
Kristi Noem · ICE · Department of Homeland Security
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2026-01-03US Military Invades Venezuela, Captures President Maduro in Predawn Raid 4 src
Donald Trump · Nicolas Maduro · Pete Hegseth · Stephen Miller · +1
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2026-01-02DOJ Demands Minnesota Voter Registration Records in Attack on Same-Day Registration 6 src
Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice
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2026-01-02Trump Threatens Military Intervention in Iran Protests, Says US 'Locked and Loaded' 2 src
Donald Trump
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2026-01-01ACA Enhanced Subsidies Expire, Premiums Double for 22 Million Americans 3 src
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · U.S. Congress · Donald Trump
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2026-01-01Medicaid Expansion Funding Cuts Take Effect, Threatening 1.3 Million 6 src
Donald Trump
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2026-01-01Trump Administration Sets Quota to Strip Citizenship from Over 1,000 Naturalized Americans in 2026 2 src
Stephen Miller · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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2025-12-31DOJ Expands Epstein Document Review to 5.2 Million Pages, Enlisted 400 Attorneys 2 src
Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna
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2025-12-31Ninth Circuit Forces Trump to Return California National Guard Control to State 4 src
Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Charles Breyer
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2025-12-31Off-Duty ICE Officer Shoots and Kills Keith Porter in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · LAPD
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2025-12-31US Press Freedom Tracker Documents 170 Assaults on Journalists in 2025, 160 by Law Enforcement 6 src
Freedom of the Press Foundation · Federal Law Enforcement · ICE · Department of Homeland Security
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2025-12-30Bannon Reveals He Is Organizing 'Irish National Party,' Promises 'Irish Trump' 2 src
Steve Bannon
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2025-12-30DHS Announces Record Immigration Enforcement Numbers, Promotes Self-Deportation Incentive 4 src
U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Kristi Noem
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2025-12-30US Military Strikes Three-Vessel Convoy in Pacific, 11 Killed as Survivors Left in Deadly Seas 3 src
U.S. Military · U.S. Coast Guard
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2025-12-29Bannon Turns Against Vice President JD Vance Amid Escalating MAGA Civil War 2 src
Steve Bannon · J.D. Vance
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2025-12-29Trump Administration Replaces H-1B Visa Lottery with Wage-Based Selection 2 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2025-12-28ICE Agents Enter Minneapolis Hospital Without Warrant, Handcuff Patient to Bed for 24 Hours 2 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2025-12-28Mass Protests Erupt Across Iran as Economic Collapse Triggers Largest Uprising Since 1979 2 src
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps · Ali Khamenei
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2025-12-28Washington Post Analysis Reveals ICE Shift from Jail Arrests to Community Raids 8 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem
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2025-12-27Russia Launches Massive Attack on Kyiv with 500 Drones and 40 Missiles 2 src
Vladimir Putin · Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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2025-12-26China Sanctions Epirus and Palmer Luckey (Anduril) Over Taiwan Arms Sales — Third 8VC-Network Entity Hit in 12 Months After Saronic (Dec 2024) 8 src
Palmer Luckey · Anduril Industries · Joe Lonsdale · Northrop Grumman · +1
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2025-12-26DHS Implements Mandatory Biometric Collection for All Non-Citizens at U.S. Borders 5 src
U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Kristi Noem
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2025-12-25US Launches Christmas Day Strikes on Nigerian Villages, ISIS Claims Questioned by Residents and Analysts 2 src
Donald Trump
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2025-12-2412 Bipartisan Senators Demand Inspector General Audit of DOJ Epstein Files Compliance 6 src
Richard Blumenthal · Lisa Murkowski · Jeff Merkley · Chuck Schumer · +4
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2025-12-24CIA Conducts First Land Strike in Venezuela, Destroying Drug Boat Loading Facility 2 src
Central Intelligence Agency · Venezuela
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2025-12-24DOJ Announces Discovery of Over 1 Million Additional Epstein Documents on Christmas Eve 2 src
Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna
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2025-12-24Trump Declares Support for Rate Cuts 'Litmus Test' for Fed Chair Nominees 2 src
Donald Trump · Jerome Powell · Kevin Warsh
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2025-12-23Botched DOJ Redactions Allow Public to Copy-Paste Hidden Epstein File Text 2 src
Department of Justice · Jeffrey Epstein
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2025-12-23SCOTUS (6-3, Trump v. Illinois) Blocks Chicago National Guard Federalization; Trump Stands Down From Chicago/LA/Portland, Vows to 'Come Back Stronger' 5 src
U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Amy Coney Barrett · Brett Kavanaugh · +2
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2025-12-23Supreme Court Blocks Trump National Guard Deployment to Chicago, Ruling 'Regular Forces' Means Military 14 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · John Roberts · Brett Kavanaugh · +8
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2025-12-22State Dept OIG Refers Witkoff/Sacks UAE Ethics Probe Request to Office of Investigations; Senators Press for Full Investigation 3 src
Elizabeth Warren · Elissa Slotkin · Steve Witkoff · David Sacks
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2025-12-22Trump Appoints Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as Special Envoy to Greenland 2 src
Donald Trump · Jeff Landry
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2025-12-22Venezuela Naval Blockade Kills 105 in 29 Strikes as Trump Refuses to Rule Out War 12 src
Donald Trump · Nicolas Maduro · Stephen Miller · Pete Hegseth · +3
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2025-12-21Bannon Declares Conservative Movement Civil War at AmericaFest, Attacks Ben Shapiro as 'Cancer' 2 src
Steve Bannon · Ben Shapiro · Turning Point USA
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2025-12-21CBS News Editor Bari Weiss Pulls 60 Minutes CECOT Prison Abuse Segment Hours Before Broadcast 5 src
Bari Weiss · CBS News · 60 Minutes · Sharyn Alfonsi · +3
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2025-12-21DOJ Exposes Epstein Victims' Names While Over-Redacting Perpetrator Information 2 src
Department of Justice · Brad Edwards · Brittany Henderson
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2025-12-21Vance Delivers 'Christian Nation' Declaration at AmericaFest — NAR-Track Standalone Event 6 src
J.D. Vance · Erika Kirk · Turning Point USA · TPUSA Faith
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2025-12-20Defense Secretary Hegseth Orders 'Operation Hawkeye Strike': Massive Retaliatory Strikes Against ISIS in Syria 3 src
Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump
reported
2025-12-20DOJ Removes 15+ Epstein Files After Release, Including Trump-Maxwell Photo 4 src
Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Ghislaine Maxwell · Jeffrey Epstein · +1
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2025-12-20Marjorie Taylor Greene Explores Motion to Vacate Johnson Over ACA Dispute and Leadership Failures 6 src
Marjorie Taylor Greene · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump · Hakeem Jeffries
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2025-12-19Bipartisan Lawmakers Accuse DOJ of Violating Epstein Files Transparency Act 5 src
Ro Khanna · Thomas Massie · Chuck Schumer · Marjorie Taylor Greene · +3
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2025-12-19DHS Releases Year-End Report Claiming 'Most Secure Border in History' While Touting 2.5 Million Departures and Record Drug Seizures 3 src
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) · Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +3
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2025-12-19DHS Secretary Noem Suspends Diversity Visa Lottery Program Following Brown University Mass Shooting 3 src
Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · Marco Rubio
reported
2025-12-19DOJ Releases Heavily Redacted Epstein Files, 550+ Pages Completely Blacked Out 5 src
Department of Justice · Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein · +1
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2025-12-19Epstein Victims' Attorneys Confirm DOJ Released Zero Financial Documents 2 src
Brad Edwards · Brittany Henderson · Department of Justice · Jeffrey Epstein
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2025-12-19Noem Increases Self-Deportation Incentive to $3,000, Promotes 'Home for the Holidays' 2 src
Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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2025-12-19Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration Emergency Request to Silence Immigration Judges, First Major Loss on Shadow Docket 4 src
Supreme Court of the United States · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Leonie Brinkema · +1
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2025-12-18Border Patrol Academy Reaches Highest Enrollment Since 2009 With 1,100 Trainees as Trump Administration Militarizes Enforcement Training 3 src
U.S. Border Patrol · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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2025-12-18DOJ's Secret "Confidential MOUs" for Voter Purges Exposed by States and Journalists 4 src
Department of Justice · Tennessee · Brennan Center for Justice
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2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Repeals 1991 and 2002 Iraq AUMFs — First War-Authorization Repeal Since 1971 Serves as Cover for Capture-Relevant Bundle 4 src
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Tim Kaine · Donald Trump · +2
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2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Section 1085 Eliminates Congressional Notification for AUKUS Defense Trade, DDTC Final Rule Effective December 30 4 src
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +3
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2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Section 8335 Codifies EO 14033 Western Balkans Sanctions, Creates Regulatory Frame Around Kushner Belgrade/Sazan Architecture 12 src
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jeanne Shaheen · +6
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2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Section 8366 Establishes Nuclear Export Working Group, Builds Bureaucratic Infrastructure for U.S.-Saudi Civil Nuclear Agreement 4 src
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +5
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2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Sections 1651-1652 Codify Trump Golden Dome Missile Defense Policy, Lock In 2,440-Vendor Ecosystem Including SpaceX $2B Satellite Constellation 4 src
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +7
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2025-12-18Johnson Sends House Home for Recess, Delays ACA Subsidy Vote Despite Democratic Demands 7 src
Mike Johnson · Hakeem Jeffries · House Republicans · House Democrats
reported
2025-12-17ACA Subsidies Discharge Petition Reaches 218 Signatures as Four Republicans Defy Leadership 7 src
Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Lawler · Mike Johnson · Hakeem Jeffries · +2
reported
2025-12-17Senate Passes $901 Billion Defense Bill with Unprecedented Oversight Provisions Targeting Hegseth 3 src
Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Tim Kaine · United States Senate · +2
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2025-12-17Trump Announces Naval 'Blockade' of Venezuelan Oil Tankers, Designates Government as Terrorist Organization 3 src
Donald Trump · Marco Rubio · Venezuela · U.S. Navy
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2025-12-16Border Patrol Chief Bovino Returns to Chicago, Promises Federal Agents 'For Years' 2 src
Gregory Bovino · U.S. Border Patrol · DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
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2025-12-16California Governor Newsom Launches Official State Website Tracking Trump's "Top 10 Criminal Cronies" as Direct Political Confrontation Escalates 4 src
Gavin Newsom · Donald Trump · Changpeng Zhao · Juan Orlando Hernández · +3
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2025-12-16House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing Exposes How Trump Administration Corrupted DOJ Antitrust Enforcement Through Pay-to-Play Schemes and Political Interference 3 src
Jamie Raskin · Pam Bondi · Chad Mizelle · Jim Jordan · +8
reported
2025-12-16ICE Launches Operation Buckeye in Ohio, Targeting Afghan Refugees Who Fled Taliban and Entered Through Legal CBP One Program 4 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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2025-12-15Congress Repeals Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act via FY 2026 NDAA Language After Al-Khayyat Brothers' Trump-Adjacent Lobbying Campaign 4 src
Moutaz Al-Khayyat · Ramez Al-Khayyat · Mohamad Al-Khayyat · U.S. Congress · +6
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2025-12-15Federal Workers Collective Bargaining Bill Passes via Discharge Petition 231-195 2 src
Mike Johnson · Donald Trump
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2025-12-15Pentagon Reports 82 Killed in 21 Strikes During Operation Southern Spear 2 src
Pentagon · Human Rights Watch
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2025-12-15Seven Die in ICE Custody in December, Four Within Four Days, Deadliest Year Since 2004 6 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2025-12-14ICE Detention Population Hits All-Time Record of 68,400 -- 75% Increase Since January 5 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Department of Homeland Security · Donald Trump · Kristi Noem
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2025-12-13VA Plans to Eliminate 35,000 Healthcare Positions Despite Record Veteran Enrollment 3 src
Department of Veterans Affairs · Richard Blumenthal
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2025-12-12DOJ Expands Voter Data Seizure Campaign to 18 States, Demanding Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses 5 src
Department of Justice · Harmeet Dhillon · American Civil Liberties Union · League of Women Voters · +2
reported
2025-12-12House Committee Releases 100,000 Epstein Estate Photos Showing Trump, Bannon, Clinton, Gates 3 src
U.S. House Oversight Committee · Donald Trump · Steve Bannon · Bill Clinton · +4
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2025-12-12Thiel-Backed Quantum Systems Wins $246M German Army Contract for 520 Falke Surveillance Drones 4 src
Peter Thiel · Thiel Capital
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2025-12-11DHS Secretary Noem Confronted Over Veteran Deportations in Contentious Congressional Hearing 3 src
Kristi Noem
reported
2025-12-11EO 14365 'National Policy Framework for AI' — Preempts State AI Laws, Creates DOJ AI Litigation Task Force to Sue States, Conditions Federal Grants on Non-Regulation 5 src
Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Department of Commerce
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2025-12-11Federal Reserve Board Unanimously Reappoints Regional Bank Presidents in 'Trump-Proofing' Move 2 src
Federal Reserve Board · Jerome Powell · Stephen Miran
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2025-12-11Stephen Miller Attacks 1965 Civil Rights Immigration Law, Suggests America Better Off with 1920s Racial Quotas 2 src
Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2025-12-10Danish Intelligence Labels United States a Potential Security Threat for First Time 2 src
Donald Trump
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2025-12-10DOJ Leaders Attack Federal Judges for Disqualifying Lindsey Halligan as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney 4 src
Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Lindsey Halligan · Cameron McGowan Currie · +4
reported
2025-12-10Judge Berman Orders Release of Epstein 2019 Grand Jury Records, Reversing Earlier Decision 3 src
Department of Justice · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Donald Trump · +1
reported
2025-12-10Kushner Withdraws $500M Belgrade Trump Hotel Project After Serbian Corruption Indictments Over the Site; Serbian Culture Minister and Three Others Face Trial 8 src
Jared Kushner · Affinity Partners · Donald Trump · Ivanka Trump
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2025-12-10Trump Intervenes in Netflix-Warner Bros Antitrust Review, Favoring Politically Connected Paramount 3 src
Donald Trump · Netflix · Warner Bros. Discovery · Paramount · +2
reported
2025-12-09"Remigration" - White Nationalist Term Becomes Official Trump Administration Policy Language 2 src
Donald Trump · Stephen Miller
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2025-12-09Department of Justice Eliminates 50-Year-Old Disparate Impact Standard from Civil Rights Enforcement, Requiring Proof of Intentional Discrimination 3 src
Pam Bondi · Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice
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2025-12-09FBI Director Kash Patel Signs Qatar Security Agreements Despite Recent Lobbying History and Ethics Waiver Controversy 4 src
Kash Patel · Craig Holman · Public Citizen
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2025-12-09Federal Judge Orders Release of Ghislaine Maxwell Grand Jury Materials Under Epstein Files Transparency Act 3 src
Paul Engelmayer · Ghislaine Maxwell · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · +1
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