2020s
The 2020s contain 2812 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-15 | Trump Pledges $40 Billion Argentina Bailout Tied to Milei Reelection
4 src Donald Trump · Javier Milei · Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Trump Publicly Identifies Political Opponents for DOJ Prosecution
3 src Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Jack Smith · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Trump Requires Political Loyalty Tests for All Federal Hiring
3 src Donald Trump · Political Appointees · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Valinor Enterprises Launches as Palantir/Anduril Alumni Defense-Tech Incubator
5 src Julie Bush · Trae Stephens · Paul Kwan · Grant Verstandig · +7 | 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 | |
| 2025-10-13 | Budget Chief Russell Vought Seizes Congressional Spending Authority
2 src Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Congress | reported | |
| 2025-10-13 | Indonesian President Caught Asking Trump to Arrange Eric Trump Business Meeting
2 src Donald Trump · Eric Trump · Prabowo Subianto · Trump Organization | reported | |
| 2025-10-13 | Pro-Trump Fund Fraudulently Markets Fake Treasury Event, Sells Sponsorships
2 src 1789 Capital · Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department · Corporate Sponsors | reported | |
| 2025-10-13 | Trump Accelerates Authoritarian Agenda With Mass Purges and Political Prosecutions
2 src Donald Trump · New York Attorney General · Federal Workforce · Business Leaders | reported | |
| 2025-10-13 | Trump Administration Unveils Gaza GREAT Trust Reconstruction Plan at Egypt Summit with Kushner and Witkoff
3 src Trump · Jared Kushner · Steve Witkoff · Elon Musk | reported | |
| 2025-10-13 | U.S. Executes Extraordinary $20 Billion Argentina Bailout for Political Ally
2 src Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department · Javier Milei · Hedge Funds | reported | |
| 2025-10-11 | Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Amasses $141M War Chest to Shape 2026 Elections After Defeating Sherrod Brown
3 src Fairshake · Coinbase · Sherrod Brown · Crypto industry | reported | |
| 2025-10-11 | Eucharistic Procession of ~1,000 Denied Entry at Broadview ICE; ICE Relays Message: No 'Compassion, Prayer, Solace or Love of God' Allowed
5 src Fr. Larry Dowling (Archdiocese of Chicago) · Fr. David Inczauskis SJ · Fr. Daniel Hartnett SJ · Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership (CSPL) · +2 | 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 | DHS Awards Secretive $915 Million 'Self-Deportation' Contract to Connected Firm
2 src DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Salus Worldwide Solutions · Project on Government Oversight | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | DOJ-Cited Report on Soros Shows No Evidence of Terrorism Funding
2 src George Soros · U.S. Department of Justice · Conservative Report Authors | 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 | Musk's Boring Company Accused of 800 Environmental Violations in Las Vegas
2 src Elon Musk · Boring Company · Nevada Regulators | 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 | DHS Secretary Announces Additional Chicago Property Purchase for ICE Operations
3 src Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · JB Pritzker · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-09 | DOJ Indicts New York AG Letitia James on Bank Fraud Charges After Trump Pressure Campaign
3 src Letitia James · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-10-09 | FBI Terminates Two Special Agents Who Worked on January 6 Investigation
2 src Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Jack Smith · FBI Special Agents | reported | |
| 2025-10-09 | Former NY AG Letitia James Indicted on Bank Fraud Charges by Halligan
2 src Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 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 | Senate Confirms Jennifer Mascott to Third Circuit Court of Appeals
3 src Jennifer Mascott · U.S. Senate · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Donald Trump · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-09 | Treasury's $20 Billion Argentina Bailout Benefits Bessent's Hedge Fund Colleagues
2 src Scott Bessent · Stanley Druckenmiller · Robert Citrone · Elizabeth Warren · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-09 | Trump Authorizes Foreign Construction of Arctic Security Cutters via Presidential Memorandum
2 src Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Coast Guard · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | reported | |
| 2025-10-09 | Trump Nominee to Lead Whistleblower Office Faces Sexual Harassment Allegations
2 src Paul Ingrassia · Office of Special Counsel · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-10-08 | Border Czar Tom Homan Allegedly Took $50,000 in FBI Corruption Sting
2 src Tom Homan · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Emil Bove · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-08 | Erdogan Says Trump Promised to End Halkbank Sanctions Prosecution
2 src Donald Trump · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Halkbank · U.S. Department of Justice | reported | |
| 2025-10-08 | Trump's Accidental Truth Social Post Exposes Direct DOJ Control
3 src Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | Attorney General Bondi Testifies Before Senate Amid Accusations of DOJ Weaponization
3 src Pam Bondi · Senate Judiciary Committee · Department of Justice · Dick Durbin · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | DOJ Reassigns North Carolina Prosecutors to Lead Comey Political Prosecution
2 src Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · U.S. Department of Justice · North Carolina Prosecutors | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | ICE Furloughs Entire Detention Oversight Office Despite Record Capacity
2 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Office of Detention Oversight · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | Miami Dade College Board Gifts $67 Million Downtown Land to Trump Library
3 src Miami Dade College Board · Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation · Ron DeSantis · Dr. Marvin Dunn | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | NIST Suspends All Facial Recognition Testing During Government Shutdown
2 src National Institute of Standards and Technology · U.S. Department of Commerce | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | OMB Removes Legal References to Federal Worker Back Pay Guarantees
2 src Office of Management and Budget · Donald Trump · Federal Workers · Chris Van Hollen · +1 | 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 | |
| 2025-10-07 | Senate Confirms Michael Stuart as HHS General Counsel — First Former U.S. Attorney in the Role; Single Most Comprehensive Palantir Disclosure Exposure in the HHS Cluster
4 src Michael B. Stuart · Shelley Moore Capito · Donald Trump · U.S. Senate · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-07 | White House Provides 'Concierge Service' to Fossil Fuel Industry
2 src Brittany Kelm · National Energy Dominance Council · Fossil Fuel Industry · White House | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | White House Withdraws CFTC Nominee Brian Quintenz After Winklevoss Conflict
2 src Brian Quintenz · Tyler Winklevoss · Cameron Winklevoss · White House · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-10-06 | Supreme Court Begins 2025-2026 Term with Focus on Executive Power and Voting Rights
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Conservative Majority | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-06 | Tether Loan to Lutnick Children Revealed via UCC Filing Tether · Brandon Lutnick · Kyle Lutnick · Howard Lutnick · +2 | 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 | Border Patrol Agent Shoots US Citizen Marimar Martinez Five Times in Chicago During 'Operation Midway Blitz'
3 src Marimar Martinez · Charles Exum · U.S. Border Patrol · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 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 | RFK Jr.'s Legal Associate Aaron Siri Advances Anti-Vaccine Lawsuits While Influencing HHS
2 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Aaron Siri · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | 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 | Trump Family's USD1 Stablecoin Fails to Publish Attestation Reports, Raising Transparency Concerns
4 src World Liberty Financial · NYDIG · Greg Cipolaro · BitGo Trust · +2 | confirmed | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-10-04 | Two Senior Virginia Prosecutors Purged After Resisting Political Prosecutions
3 src Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · Letitia James · Eastern District of Virginia · +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 | SCOTUS second shadow-docket stay in Noem v. National TPS Alliance pauses summary judgment order restoring Venezuelan TPS 3 src | confirmed | |
| 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 | DHS and CMS Share Personal Data of 79 Million Medicaid Patients With ICE
2 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · State Attorneys General Coalition | 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 | |
| 2025-10-01 | Trump Administration Fires Federal Employees During Government Shutdown, Courts Order Reinstatement as Unions Win Injunctions
4 src AFGE · AFSCME · Donald Trump · Judge Susan Illston · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-01 | Trump Notifies Congress of 'Non-International Armed Conflict' with 'Unlawful Combatants' in Caribbean
2 src Donald Trump · U.S. Congress · Jack Reed | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-01 | VA Awards Palantir $385M Contract for Veterans Data Platform Integrating HHS, DoD, SSA, and IRS Data
1 src Palantir · Department of Veterans Affairs · Department of Health and Human Services · Department of Defense · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-01 | White House Defunds Council of Inspectors General, Disabling Federal Oversight
2 src Office of Management and Budget · Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency · White House · Susan Collins · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-30 | ICE Awards $1.4 Billion in Surveillance Contracts in Single Month, Highest in 18 Years
2 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | reported | |
| 2025-09-30 | SpaceX and xAI Purchase Thousands of Unsold Cybertrucks Before Tax Credit Deadline
2 src SpaceX · xAI · Tesla · Elon Musk | reported | |
| 2025-09-30 | Trump Signs Pediatric Cancer AI Executive Order After Cutting Billions in Research Funding
3 src Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · MAHA Commission | reported | |
| 2025-09-29 | Electronic Arts Announces $55 Billion Acquisition by Saudi PIF, Silver Lake, and Kushner's Affinity Partners — Largest-Ever Private Equity Buyout in History
6 src Jared Kushner · Affinity Partners · Saudi Public Investment Fund · Silver Lake Partners · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-29 | HHS Refers Harvard for Federal Funding Debarment After Court Blocks Illegal Funding Freeze
2 src U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Harvard University · Donald Trump · Allison D. Burroughs | reported | |
| 2025-09-29 | HUD Fires Two Civil Rights Lawyers Who Exposed Fair Housing Enforcement Gutting
2 src Palmer Heenan · Paul Osadebe · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fair Housing Office | reported | |
| 2025-09-29 | ProPublica Reveals Russell Vought as 'Shadow President' Orchestrating Government Dismantling
2 src Russell Vought · Donald Trump · Office of Management and Budget · Project 2025 | reported | |
| 2025-09-29 | Trump Grants Qatar Unprecedented NATO-Like Security Guarantee via Executive Order
3 src Donald Trump · White House · State of Qatar · Benjamin Netanyahu | reported | |
| 2025-09-29 | YouTube Pays Trump $24.5M to Settle Suspension Lawsuit, $22M for White House Ballroom
2 src Donald Trump · YouTube · Google · Meta · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-27 | Alex Witkoff Pitched $4B Real-Estate Credit Fund to Qatar, UAE, and Kuwait Sovereign Wealth Funds While Father Steve Witkoff Negotiated Gaza Ceasefire With Qatar as Mediator
7 src Alex Witkoff · Steve Witkoff · The Witkoff Group · Qatar Investment Authority · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-27 | UN Snapback Mechanism Reimposed Pre-2015 Sanctions on Iran
2 src France · Germany · United Kingdom · United Nations Security Council | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-26 | Envoy Witkoff's Son Pitches $4B Fund to Qatar and UAE While Father Negotiates Ceasefire
2 src Steve Witkoff · Alex Witkoff · Qatar Investment Authority · UAE · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-26 | FBI Director Patel Fires 15-20 Agents Photographed Kneeling at 2020 George Floyd Protests
2 src Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation · FBI Agents Association · Christopher Wray | reported | |
| 2025-09-26 | Gabbard Terminates Global Trends Intelligence Report and Unit Over Climate Change Analysis
2 src Tulsi Gabbard · DNI · Jake Sullivan | reported | |
| 2025-09-26 | Grover Norquist and 35 Conservative Groups Urge Trump to Let ACA Tax Credits Expire While Opposing Corporate Tax Credit Expirations
4 src Grover Norquist · Americans for Tax Reform · Club for Growth · Americans for Prosperity · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-26 | ProPublica Reveals Noem Fast-Tracked $11M FEMA Funds to Naples Pier After Donor Intervention
2 src Kristi Noem · Sinan Gursoy · Teresa Heitmann · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-26 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Withhold $4B in Foreign Aid Through Illegal 'Pocket Rescission'
2 src U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Elena Kagan · Mike Johnson · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-26 | White House Solicits Input on Dismantling AI Regulations to Boost Industry
2 src White House · Office of Science and Technology Policy | reported | |
| 2025-09-26 | Witkoff-Son Pitches Gulf Investors on Ceasefire Reconstruction Architecture — Phase 4 Diplomatic-Channel Capital Deployment
2 src Jared Kushner · Steve Witkoff · Alex Witkoff · Saudi Public Investment Fund · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-25 | DOJ Orders Federal Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros' Open Society Foundations for Alleged Terrorism Ties
3 src Department of Justice · George Soros · Open Society Foundations · Aakash Singh · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | DOJ Sues Six States to Seize Voter Data Including Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses
2 src Department of Justice · Civil Rights Division · California · Michigan · +4 | 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 | |
| 2025-09-25 | Former FBI Director James Comey Indicted by Unlawfully Appointed Prosecutor Halligan
3 src James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-25 | Microsoft Terminates Israeli Unit 8200's Azure Access for Mass Surveillance of Palestinian Civilians
4 src Microsoft · Brad Smith · Unit 8200 · Yossi Sariel · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | National Archives Releases Unredacted Military Records of Trump Opponent to GOP Operative
2 src National Archives · Mikie Sherrill · Nicholas De Gregorio · Chris Russell · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | NSPM-7 Signed Authorizing Military Support for Mass Immigration Enforcement Operations | ||
| 2025-09-25 | POGO Exposes Ballard Partners Clients Winning No-Bid ICE Biometric Surveillance Contracts
3 src Ballard Partners · Pam Bondi · Susie Wiles · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | Tesla Launches FSD V14 with Musk Claiming System 'Feels Sentient'
2 src Tesla · Elon Musk | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | Trump Approves TikTok Deal Giving Control to Allies Ellison and Murdoch, Demands Billions
2 src Donald Trump · Larry Ellison · Oracle · Rupert Murdoch · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-25 | Trump Signs Executive Order Approving TikTok Deal with Oracle Partnership
3 src Donald Trump · White House · Oracle · ByteDance · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | Trump Signs NSPM-7 Labeling Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity, and 'Anti-Americanism' as Domestic Terrorism Indicators
5 src Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · JTTF · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-25 | Trump's Hand-Picked Prosecutor Indicts James Comey Days After Trump Demands DOJ Act 'Now'
2 src James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · +1 | confirmed |