2020s
The 2020s contain 2567 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-10 | Trump Threatens to Sue New York Times Over Reporting on Epstein Drawing Signed by Him Donald Trump · New York Times · James Comer · Jeffrey Epstein | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Warns of Job Cuts After Congress Halves Funding Cap Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · U.S. Congress · Donald Trump · Rohit Chopra | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | Director of National Intelligence Gabbard Orders NSA Report Retraction to Shield Trump Officials Tulsi Gabbard · Richard Grenell · National Security Agency · Marco Rubio | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | DOJ Demands Detailed Voter Roll Data From 30+ States to Build Centralized National Database Department of Justice · Donald Trump · State election officials | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-09 | Foreign Governments Fund MAGA Influencers for Propaganda Without Proper Disclosure Israel · Hungary · South Korea · MAGA influencers · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | Heritage Foundation Publishes 800-Page Constitutional Guide as Trump's Judicial Roadmap Heritage Foundation · Justice Samuel Alito · Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | ICE Awards $9.2 Million Facial Recognition Contract to Clearview AI Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Clearview AI · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-09 | Ninth Circuit Upholds California Social Media Protection Law for Minors U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · NetChoice · California · Rob Bonta | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | Trump Signs Anti-Debanking Order While Gutting Agency That Could Investigate It Donald Trump · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · JPMorgan · Citibank | reported | |
| 2025-09-09 | Trump Spending Legislation Creates $40 Billion in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Donald Trump · Harold Hamm · Kelcy Warren · Fossil Fuel Industry | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-08 | CBS Appoints Trump Ally Kenneth Weinstein as Network Ombudsman Following Merger Pressure Kenneth Weinstein · Donald Trump · CBS News · Paramount · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-08 | FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Threatens to Revoke Broadcast Licenses Over News Coverage Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Donald Trump · Comcast · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-08 | House Oversight Committee Releases Epstein Birthday Book with Trump Contributions Including "Fully Depreciated Woman" Check Photo Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Joel Pashcow · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-08 | ICE Launches Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, Appoints Bovino as Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-08 | Missouri GOP Passes Mid-Decade Gerrymander to Eliminate Democratic Congressional Seat Missouri GOP legislature · Representative Emmanuel Cleaver · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-09-08 | San Francisco Police Allowed 1.6 Million Illegal License Plate Searches by ICE and Out-of-State Agencies San Francisco Police Department · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Flock Safety · Electronic Frontier Foundation · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-08 | SpaceX Acquires $17 Billion EchoStar Spectrum for Starlink Direct-to-Cell Service SpaceX · Elon Musk · EchoStar · Gwynne Shotwell | reported | |
| 2025-09-06 | DOJ Moves to Conceal Names of Epstein Associates Who Received $100K and $250K Payments Department of Justice · Jeffrey Epstein · NBC News | reported | |
| 2025-09-06 | FBI Director Kash Patel's Krispy Kreme Stock Purchase Raises Conflict of Interest Concerns Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Krispy Kreme · Joe Neguse | reported | |
| 2025-09-06 | Trump Administration Explores Federal Takeover of 9/11 Memorial and Museum Trump · Michael Bloomberg · Kathy Hochul · Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | reported | |
| 2025-09-05 | FTC Reverses Nationwide Noncompete Ban, Leaving 30 Million Workers Bound by Restrictive Contracts Andrew Ferguson · Federal Trade Commission · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-05 | Transportation Department Drops Rule Requiring Airlines to Compensate Passengers for Delays Sean Duffy · Department of Transportation · Airlines · Donald Trump | reported | |
| 2025-09-05 | Trump Creates 'State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention' Designation via Executive Order Donald Trump · White House · Department of State | reported | |
| 2025-09-05 | Trump Signs Executive Order Renaming Pentagon as 'Department of War' Trump · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-04 | DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for Alleged Mortgage Fraud Department of Justice · Lisa Cook · Pam Bondi · Bill Pulte · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-09-04 | Federal Reserve Nominee Plans Unprecedented Dual Role With White House Stephen Miran · Donald Trump · Federal Reserve Board · White House | reported | |
| 2025-09-04 | Trump Administration Petitions Supreme Court for Emergency Review of Tariffs Ruling Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Department of Justice | reported | |
| 2025-09-04 | Trump Fires Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner After Unfavorable Jobs Report Donald Trump · Erika McEntarfer · EJ Antoni · Bureau of Labor Statistics · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-03 | Military Jets Drown Out Epstein Survivors Press Conference at Capitol Epstein survivors · Donald Trump · U.S. Air Force · White House | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-03 | Treasury Department Refuses to Release $1.5 Billion in Epstein Financial Records Ron Wyden · Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-02 | ICE Reactivates $2M Paragon Spyware Contract for WhatsApp, Signal Encryption Breaking Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Paragon · Homeland Security · WhatsApp | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-02 | Rep. Thomas Massie Files Discharge Petition to Force House Vote on Epstein Files Transparency Act Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Mike Johnson · U.S. House of Representatives | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-02 | Republican Political Committees Spend Over $931,000 at Trump Properties Since Inauguration Donald Trump · Republican National Committee · House Republicans · Trump Organization | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-02 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Remove FTC Commissioner, Gutting Agency Independence Chief Justice John Roberts · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · U.S. Supreme Court · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-02 | US Military Conducts "Double Tap" Strike on Caribbean Vessel, Killing 11 Including Shipwrecked Survivors Admiral Frank "Mitch" Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Senator Angus King · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-01 | Family Separations 2.0: ICE Deports 363 Pregnant Women, 16 Miscarriages in Custody by September 2025 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Department of Homeland Security · ACLU · Physicians for Human Rights · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-01 | Mass Inspector General Firings Implement Project 2025 Plan Donald Trump · Chuck Grassley · Chuck Schumer · Elizabeth Warren · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-01 | Treasury Awards Palantir Contract for Unified IRS API Layer, Creating Centralized Access to Taxpayer Data Palantir · U.S. Treasury Department · Internal Revenue Service · DOGE | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-29 | DHS Secretary Noem Fires 23 FEMA Employees, Demands Public Trump Praise, Announces IT Breach Kristi Noem · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Trump | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | DOJ Loosens Requirements to Deploy ~600 Military JAG Officers as Immigration Judges Department of Justice · Trump · U.S. Military | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | EPA Fires At Least 8 Employees Who Signed Letter Criticizing Trump's Environmental Rollbacks Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Lee Zeldin · Trump | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | Federal Circuit Court Rules Trump Tariffs Violated IEEPA, Exceeded Presidential Authority U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-29 | Federal Prosecutors Charge Veteran for Flag Burning Following Trump DOJ Directive Despite Supreme Court Precedent Department of Justice · Trump · Federal Prosecutors | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | Government Waives Performance Benchmarks for Intel Despite $11 Billion in Federal Support Trump · Intel · U.S. Department of Commerce | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | Marco Rubio Denies Palestinian Officials Visas to UN General Assembly, Breaching Headquarters Agreement Marco Rubio · State Department · Trump · Palestinian Authority | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | OMB Director Russell Vought Inserts Political Conditions Into 100+ Budget Accounts, Blocking Congressional Appropriations Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Trump · U.S. Congress | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | SSA whistleblower Charles Borges forced to resign after exposing data breach Charles Borges · Social Security Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · Aram Moghaddassi | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-29 | Trump Invokes 'Pocket Rescission' to Claw Back $4.9 Billion in Congressionally Approved Foreign Aid Trump · State Department · United States Agency for International Development · U.S. Congress | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | Trump Revokes Secret Service Protection for Former VP Kamala Harris Effective September 1 Trump · Kamala Harris · U.S. Secret Service | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | White House Orders GSA to Add Musk's Grok AI to Federal Vendor List 'ASAP' Despite Antisemitic Content Trump · White House · Elon Musk · General Services Administration | reported | |
| 2025-08-28 | RFK Jr. Fires CDC Director Susan Monarez After She Refuses to Approve Unscientific Vaccine Directives RFK Jr. · Susan Monarez · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Trump | reported | |
| 2025-08-28 | Trump Executive Order Mandates Classical Architecture for Federal Buildings Donald Trump · White House · General Services Administration | reported | |
| 2025-08-28 | White House Fires Surface Transportation Board Member Via Email Without Cause Trump · White House · Surface Transportation Board · Robert E. Primus | reported | |
| 2025-08-27 | India Hires Mercury Public Affairs for $75,000/Month Amid Trump Tariff Threats India · Mercury Public Affairs · Susie Wiles · Trump | reported | |
| 2025-08-27 | Silicon Valley Launches $200 Million Super PAC to Block AI Regulations Ahead of Midterms Meta · Andreessen Horowitz · Greg Brockman · OpenAI | reported | |
| 2025-08-27 | Trump Convenes Oval Office Meeting on Gaza Development With Jared Kushner's Business Interests Central Trump · Jared Kushner · Steve Witkoff · Marco Rubio | reported | |
| 2025-08-27 | US Imposes 50% Tariff on India for Buying Russian Oil, Exempts Apple Donald Trump · india-government · Apple Inc. · Russia | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-26 | Commerce Secretary Lutnick Discloses Trump Considering Equity Stakes in Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Palantir Howard Lutnick · Trump · Lockheed Martin · Boeing · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-08-26 | Diplomatic Security Service Agents Begin Patrolling Washington DC Streets, Making Arrests for Minor Offenses Diplomatic Security Service · State Department · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Trump | reported | |
| 2025-08-26 | DOJ Launches Probe Into FBI/CIA Officials Over Russia Investigation Records Under Kash Patel and Dan Bongino Kash Patel · Dan Bongino · Department of Justice · James Comey · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-08-26 | Exxon Held Secret Negotiations With Sanctioned Russian Oil Giant Rosneft Over Sakhalin Return Exxon Mobil · Rosneft · Vladimir Putin · Trump | reported | |
| 2025-08-26 | Trump Demands '$500 Million' From Harvard to Restore Frozen Federal Research Funding Trump · Harvard University · U.S. Department of Education · Alan Garber | reported | |
| 2025-08-26 | Trump Media Announces $1 Billion Crypto.com Partnership While Trump Holds Presidential Office Trump · Trump Media · Crypto.com · Yorkville Advisors | reported | |
| 2025-08-26 | Whistleblower Reveals Unprecedented Social Security Database Security Breach Charles Borges · John Solly · Michael Russo · Aram Moghaddassi · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-08-25 | Flock Safety Admits Federal Immigration Agents Have Direct Access to Tracking Data, Pauses Pilot Flock Safety · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-25 | Trump Attempts First-Ever Firing of Federal Reserve Governor, Lisa Cook Sues Donald Trump · Lisa Cook · Bill Pulte · Federal Reserve | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-25 | Trump Creates Specialized National Guard Units for Domestic Deployment Donald Trump · National Guard | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-25 | Trump Orders Prosecution of Flag Burning Despite Supreme Court Ruling Donald Trump · White House · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-25 | Trump Signs Executive Orders Eliminating Cashless Bail, Threatening Federal Funds Donald Trump · White House · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-24 | 2,300 Armed National Guard Troops Deploy in Washington DC Carrying M17 Pistols and M4 Rifles Trump · National Guard · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-22 | DOJ Releases 377-Page Transcript of Maxwell-Blanche Interview, Denies Client List Department of Justice · Ghislaine Maxwell · Todd Blanche | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-22 | FBI Raids Former NSA John Bolton's Home in Patel-Directed Political Targeting John Bolton · Kash Patel · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-22 | FBI Raids Home and Office of Trump Critic John Bolton John Bolton · Donald Trump · Kash Patel · John Ratcliffe · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-22 | Hegseth Fires DIA Director Lt. Gen. Kruse After Agency's Iran Strike Assessment Contradicted Trump's 'Obliterated' Claim Jeffrey Kruse · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Benjamin Netanyahu | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-22 | U.S. Government Takes 10% Equity Stake in Intel Through CHIPS Act Conversion Howard Lutnick · Trump · U.S. Department of Commerce · Intel | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-21 | Federal Judge Rules Alina Habba Unlawfully Serving as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Trump · Alina Habba · Department of Justice · Federal Judiciary | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-21 | NY Appeals Court Throws Out $527 Million Trump Fraud Judgment as "Excessive" New York State Appellate Division · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Letitia James · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-20 | FHFA's Pulte Expands Mortgage Fraud Accusations to Schiff and Letitia James William Pulte · Adam Schiff · Letitia James · fhfa · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-20 | Gabbard Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Intelligence Officials Without Evidence Tulsi Gabbard · Donald Trump · Intelligence Community · Maher Bitar | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-20 | Texas Governor Signs Law Banning Local Government Abortion Travel Assistance Greg Abbott · Ken Paxton · Texas Legislature · City of Austin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-20 | Trump Purchases Over $100 Million in Bonds from Companies He Regulates Donald Trump · Wells Fargo · Citigroup · Morgan Stanley · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-20 | US Imposes Unprecedented Sanctions on Four International Criminal Court Officials Kimberly Prost · Nicolas Guillou · Nazhat Shameem Khan · Mame Mandiaye Niang · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | Fired DOJ Antitrust Official Accuses Bondi Leadership of Corruption in $14B Merger Roger Alford · Pam Bondi · Chad Mizelle · Hewlett Packard Enterprise · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | Nexstar-Tegna $6.2 Billion Merger Creates Media Giant Reaching 80% of US Households nexstar-media-group · tegna · Federal Communications Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | OMB Director Vought Blocks Billions in Congressional Appropriations, Claims Unilateral Spending Power Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | PGA Tour Returns to Trump's Doral Golf Course for $20 Million Signature Event PGA Tour · Trump National Doral · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | State Department Revokes 6,000+ Student Visas, Targeting Palestinian Activists State Department · Marco Rubio · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | Trump Converts CHIPS Act Grants to Government Equity Stake in Intel Howard Lutnick · Intel Corporation · SoftBank · U.S. Department of Commerce | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | Trump Installs Unconfirmed Loyalists as US Attorneys, Bypassing Senate Donald Trump · Alina Habba · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | Trump-Appointed US Attorney Investigates DC Police for 'Fake' Crime Data Jeanine Pirro · Donald Trump · DC Metropolitan Police · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-18 | DOJ Escalates Investigation of Senator Adam Schiff: Ed Martin Appointed Special Attorney, Investigation Stalls, Then Grand Jury Probes the Investigators Adam Schiff · Pam Bondi · Ed Martin · Bill Pulte · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-18 | GSA Seeks to Outsource $110 Billion Federal Procurement to AI Systems General Services Administration · Tech companies · Defense contractors | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-18 | Texas Democrats End 2-Week Standoff, Return for Trump-Ordered Redistricting Vote Texas House Democrats · Nicole Collier · Dustin Burrows · Greg Abbott · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-18 | Trump Appoints Missouri AG to Unprecedented FBI Co-Deputy Director Role Andrew Bailey · Donald Trump · Dan Bongino · Kash Patel · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-18 | Trump Pledges Executive Order to Ban Mail-In Voting After Putin Meeting Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin · White House | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-15 | FHFA Director Pulte Uses Mortgage Data to Target Fed Governor Lisa Cook William Pulte · Lisa Cook · Federal Reserve · fhfa · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-15 | Tech Workers Launch Coordinated Campaign Against Unregulated AI Development Tech Workers Coalition · AI Ethics Researchers · xAI Employees · Elon Musk · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-15 | Trump Attempts DC Police Takeover with Loyalist, Blocked by Federal Judge Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Terry Cole · Pamela Smith · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-14 | Florida opens "Deportation Depot" at Baker prison after Alligator Alcatraz court defeat Ron DeSantis · Kevin Guthrie · Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-14 | Senate Probes Commerce Secretary Lutnick's Firm for Tariff Insider Trading Howard Lutnick · Brandon Lutnick · Cantor Fitzgerald · Ron Wyden · +1 | confirmed |