2020s
The 2020s contain 3456 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | FCC Chair Urges Broadcasters to Air 'Pro-America' Patriotic Content
3 src Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Federal Judge Blocks DOJ from Searching Washington Post Reporter's Seized Devices, Cites Cannot Trust Government
4 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Hannah Natanson · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Justice Department Fires Judge-Appointed Virginia U.S. Attorney
3 src Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs 6-3 in Historic Limitation on Executive Trade Authority
4 src John Roberts · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Trump Demands Netflix Remove Susan Rice from Board During Merger Review
3 src Donald Trump · Netflix | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | US Sanctions Three RSF Commanders for Darfur Atrocities, Critics Call Response Performative
3 src Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Analysis Shows Congress Rejected Nearly All DOGE Spending Cuts in FY2026 Budget
4 src Department of Government Efficiency · Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | DHS Signs $1 Billion Palantir Agreement for Immigration Surveillance
3 src DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Palantir · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | FCC Chair Confirms Investigation of ABC Over Equal-Time Violations on The View
3 src Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | House Democrats Probe World Liberty Financial UAE Bank Charter and Trump Family Conflicts
3 src Donald Trump · World Liberty Financial · United Arab Emirates | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | HUD Proposes Barring Families with Undocumented Members from Subsidized Housing
3 src Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | ICE Expands to Twin Cities Suburbs Using Covert Tactics, Palantir ELITE Neighborhood Targeting
8 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Palantir Technologies · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Pardoned Honduran Ex-President Receives ICE Detainer Removal and Luxury Hotel Transfer
3 src Juan Orlando Hernández · Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Trump Issues DOGE Deregulatory Executive Order Requiring 60-Day Regulatory Review at All Agencies Including Independent Bodies
4 src Donald Trump · Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Venezuela Amnesty Law Passes: Government Claims 3,200 Released, Foro Penal Verifies Only 540 5 src | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | 400 Christian Leaders Issue Ash Wednesday Letter Condemning Trump Administration as "Cruel and Oppressive," Calling White Christian Nationalism a Heresy
3 src Cardinal Blase Cupich · Trump Administration · Pete Hegseth | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | EPA Endangerment Finding Repeal Published in Federal Register; Coalition Lawsuits Filed Same Day
7 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Earthjustice · Environmental Defense Fund · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | FDA Commissioner Makary and Deputy Prasad Announce End of Two-Trial Drug Approval Standard in NEJM — Most Significant FDA Safety Change Since 1962
7 src Food and Drug Administration · Marty Makary · Vinay Prasad · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | Federal Court Permanently Blocks Trump Administration's DEI Ban in Schools Nationwide
6 src American Civil Liberties Union · Department of Education | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor to Lead Pentagon Worship
3 src Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | Native Americans Detained by ICE During Minneapolis Operations Without Records
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | Trump Invokes Defense Production Act for Bayer/Monsanto Glyphosate, Potentially Shielding Corporation from 100,000+ Cancer Lawsuits
3 src Donald Trump · Brooke Rollins · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Bloomberg Reports Al-Khayyat Brothers Assembled a ~$12 Billion Syrian Reconstruction Pipeline in Two Months After Caesar Act Repeal
5 src Moutaz Al-Khayyat · Ramez Al-Khayyat · Mohamad Al-Khayyat · Bloomberg News | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | DOJ Faces Legal Complaint After FBI Raided Washington Post Reporter's Home Without Disclosing Press Protections
4 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Hannah Natanson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | DOJ Obtained Voter Files Covering 37 Million Voters via Secret Agreements
3 src Department of Justice · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Eric Trump Invests in Israeli AI Drone Maker Xtend as Company Announces $1.5B Nasdaq Listing via Reverse Merger
3 src Eric Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Unusual Machines | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson to Lead Official Pentagon Prayer Service
5 src Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Orders Firing of Army Public Affairs Chief in Continuing Milley-Era Purge
2 src Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | ICE 287(g) Agreements with Local Police Explode to 1,400+
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Maryland Governor Signs Emergency Ban on State-Local ICE Partnerships 3 src | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-16 | FBI Formally Denies Minnesota BCA Access to Any Evidence in Alex Pretti Killing; BCA Superintendent Evans: 'Never Encountered' Federal Evidence Blockade in 20-Plus Years
2 src FBI · Alex Pretti · Hennepin County Attorney's Office · Mary Moriarty | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-15 | DHS Pays Goldman Sachs / Dalfen Industrial $129.3M for Roxbury, NJ Warehouse — 137% Markup Over Value; GSA Administrator Forst Holds $1.8M–$6.1M+ in Ongoing Goldman Exposure
4 src Goldman Sachs Asset Management · Dalfen Industrial · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-15 | HSI Deploys Four Undercover Agents Into a 200-Person 'Workers Assembly to Defeat ICE' at Minneapolis's United Labor Center
3 src Homeland Security Investigations · Jacob Marquis · Katherine Wespetal · Hakan Catalan | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-15 | HSI Opens Project Whipple Shield, Using Warrantless Administrative Summonses Under Customs Authority to Take Years of Union and Nonprofit Financial Records Under a 'Domestic Terrorist Financing' Theory
7 src Homeland Security Investigations · Department of Homeland Security · Communications Workers of America · AFL-CIO · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-15 | Pentagon Extends Defense Contractor "Naughty List" Review Period
3 src Pentagon · Pete Hegseth · General Dynamics · Northrop Grumman | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | Bondi Claims All Epstein Files Released, Sends Six-Page Justification Letter to Congress
4 src Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Robert Garcia | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | DHS Shutdown Begins as Congress Fails to Reach Immigration Reform Deal
3 src United States Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · John Thune · Chris Murphy · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | DHS Shutdown Begins But Immigration Enforcement Continues
3 src DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Chuck Schumer | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | Scott Shambaugh Firing Exposes DOGE's Indiscriminate Purge of Technical Expertise
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · National Institute of Standards and Technology · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | Trump Threatens Executive Order on Voter ID Despite Prior Court Defeats
3 src Donald Trump · White House · Chuck Schumer | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | ACLU Files Amended Tincher v. Noem Complaint with 80+ Declarations of ICE First Amendment Retaliation
2 src American Civil Liberties Union · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Federal Judge Blocks $600M Health Grant Cuts to Democratic States
3 src Keith Ellison · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | House Democrats Launch Investigation into DOJ Congressional Surveillance
4 src Jamie Raskin · Pramila Jayapal · Robert Garcia · Pam Bondi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Jim O'Neill and Mike Stuart Depart HHS in Leadership Shakeup Ahead of Midterms
3 src Jim O'Neill · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Noem Terminates Temporary Protected Status for Yemen
2 src Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Senate Fails to Advance DHS Funding Bill in 52-47 Vote
3 src United States Senate · John Thune · Chuck Schumer · John Fetterman · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | Bondi Admits Secret Domestic Terrorist List Exists During House Testimony
2 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · House Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | EPA Repeals 2009 Endangerment Finding on Greenhouse Gases
4 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | Homan Announces End to Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota
3 src Tom Homan · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Tim Walz · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | One Year After DOGE Cuts, 322,000 Federal Workers Displaced in Largest Peacetime Workforce Reduction
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Russell Vought · Office of Personnel Management | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | Trust in Federal Health Agencies Plummets Under RFK Jr. Despite Restoration Promises
2 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | AG Bondi Photographed with Rep. Jayapal's Epstein Files Search History
4 src Pam Bondi · Pramila Jayapal · Department of Justice · Mike Johnson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Body Camera Footage and Agent Texts Released in Marimar Martinez Case, Showing CBP Steered Into Her Vehicle and Bragged About Shooting
3 src Marimar Martinez · Charles Exum · Judge Georgia Alexakis · Gregory Bovino | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Bondi House Testimony Devolves Into Personal Attacks Over Epstein Files and Political Prosecutions
3 src Pam Bondi · Jamie Raskin · Thomas Massie · Pramila Jayapal · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | CBP Signs Clearview AI Contract for "Tactical Targeting" Using 60 Billion Image Database
2 src U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Clearview AI · Founders Fund | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Denmark Purchases US Missiles to Defend Greenland as NATO Allies Arm Against Fellow Member
3 src Denmark · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Germany · United Kingdom | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | House Passes SAVE America Act Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote, Heads to Senate
7 src Donald Trump · Mike Lee · John Thune · House Republicans | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Pattern of Grand Jury Resistance to DOJ Political Prosecutions Emerges Across Multiple Districts
5 src Jeanine Pirro · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Mark Kelly · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | SEC Chair Atkins Grilled by Congress Over 60% Crypto Enforcement Decline
2 src Paul Atkins · Securities and Exchange Commission · House Financial Services Committee · Justin Sun · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Senators Durbin and Lee Reintroduce Bipartisan SAFE Act to Reform FISA Surveillance
3 src Dick Durbin · Mike Lee · Senate Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Trump Orders Pentagon to Purchase Coal-Fired Electricity
4 src Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · Department of Energy · Peabody Energy | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-10 | Grand Jury Rejects DOJ Attempt to Indict Six Democratic Lawmakers Over Military Oath Video
3 src Department of Justice · Jeanine Pirro · Mark Kelly · Elissa Slotkin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-10 | White House Convenes High-Level Meeting on FISA Section 702 Surveillance Authority Renewal
3 src John Ratcliffe · Tulsi Gabbard · Susie Wiles · Stephen Miller · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | Bloomberg Reveals Blue Owl Co-CEOs Pledged $1.9B in Firm Shares as Collateral for Personal Loans Before 60% Stock Plunge
3 src Doug Ostrover · Marc Lipschultz · Blue Owl Capital | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | DOJ Appeals Comey and James Case Dismissals Despite Halligan Unlawful Appointment Ruling
2 src Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | DOJ Opens Epstein Files Reading Room to Congress Under Restrictive Conditions
4 src Department of Justice · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Jamie Raskin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | Multifaith Coalition Sues Trump's Religious Liberty Commission for Excluding Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, and Non-Christians
3 src Interfaith Alliance · Democracy Forward · Dan Patrick · Ben Carson | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | NCRC and AFREF File OCC Comment Letters Opposing WLTC Trust Bank Charter
3 src Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · World Liberty Financial · WLTC Holdings LLC | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-08 | EPA Advances Rollback of Four PFAS Drinking Water Standards
3 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-08 | Hegseth Skips NATO Defense Ministers Meeting in Brussels
3 src Pete Hegseth · Pentagon · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Mark Rutte | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-07 | IRS Admits Unlawfully Sharing Thousands of Taxpayer Records with DHS for Immigration Enforcement
3 src Internal Revenue Service · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Scott Bessent · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-07 | NATO Launches Arctic Sentry Multi-Domain Mission in High North
3 src North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Mark Rutte · Denmark · United Kingdom · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-07 | SEC Denies All Whistleblower Award Claims in First Quarter of FY2026
3 src Securities and Exchange Commission · Paul Atkins | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | CNN Reveals Navy Secretary John Phelan Listed on Jeffrey Epstein's 727 Flight Manifest From 2006 London-NYC Flight
3 src John Phelan · Jeffrey Epstein · House Oversight Committee · U.S. Navy | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | DOJ Admits Epstein Redaction Errors as Victim Advocates Demand Website Shutdown
2 src Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Brad Edwards · Brittany Henderson | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | Trump Executive Order Authorizes Tariffs on All Iranian Trading Partners
2 src Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Commerce · Department of State | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | Trump Executive Order Reorients Arms Sales as Domestic Industrial Policy
3 src Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Defense · Department of State · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | Trump Lifts Russia-Related Tariff on India After Oil Purchase Pledge
2 src Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Commerce · Department of State · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Federal Judge Orders Elon Musk Deposition Over USAID Dismantling, Rejects Apex Doctrine Claims
3 src Elon Musk · United States Agency for International Development · Department of Government Efficiency · Marco Rubio | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Hegseth Declares America a "Christian Nation" at National Prayer Breakfast; Says Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for It
3 src Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Russell Vought Tells Congress DOGE Affiliates Are "Institutionalized" as OMB In-House Consultants
3 src Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Trump Education Department Issues Guidance Allowing Teachers to Pray Visibly With Students During School Day
3 src Linda McMahon · U.S. Department of Education · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-04 | Senate Confirms Peterson to Alaska Federal Bench Despite Election Denial
3 src Senate Judiciary Committee · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-04 | Speaker Johnson Leads Family Research Council's National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance; Characterizes LGBTQ Rights and Environmentalism as "Sins"
3 src Mike Johnson · Tony Perkins · Family Research Council · Freedom From Religion Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-04 | Torrance County NM Extends CoreCivic ICE Contract 12 Hours After New Mexico Senate Passes IGSA Ban
2 src Torrance County Commission · CoreCivic | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-04 | Trump Reverses Position on Netflix-Warner Bros. Merger Involvement After Ethics Criticism
2 src Donald Trump · Netflix · Warner Bros. Discovery · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | Clintons Agree to Epstein Investigation Depositions Under Contempt Threat
3 src House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · James Comer · Bill Clinton · Hillary Clinton | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | Congress Passes Bipartisan HHS Funding Bill Blocking RFK Jr.'s Proposed 25% Budget Cuts
2 src U.S. Congress · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | DHS Pays Carlyle Group / Alliance Industrial $68.2M for Oakwood, GA Warehouse — 22 Trump Administration Officials Hold Carlyle Investments
4 src Carlyle Group · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · Jacob Helberg | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | House Votes 217-214 to End Four-Day Partial Government Shutdown
3 src U.S. House of Representatives · Mike Johnson · Nancy Mace · Hakeem Jeffries | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | Deputy AG Blanche Announces No Further Epstein Prosecutions
4 src Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Ro Khanna | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | DHS Pays PCCP LLC $87.4M for Upper Bern Township, PA Warehouse — 52% Markup on 17-Month Hold; Heitman $46.4M Acquisition Loan
5 src Department of Homeland Security · ICE | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | GAO Report Reveals Education Department Paid $38M to Idled Civil Rights Staff
3 src U.S. Government Accountability Office · U.S. Department of Education · Linda McMahon · Bernie Sanders · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | Rep. Thanedar Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against AG Pam Bondi
1 src Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | RFK Jr. Announces $100 Million STREETS Initiative for Homelessness and Addiction Treatment
2 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-01 | HSI Undercover Agent Attends TCDA 'Art Club' Meeting at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Roseville; Debriefed With a Photo Array for Attendee Identification
3 src Homeland Security Investigations · Jacob Marquis · Katherine Wespetal · Hakan Catalan | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-01 | NATO Tariff Deadline Passes After Trump Greenland Framework Agreement
2 src Donald Trump · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Denmark · Mark Rutte | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-01 | SEC Cuts PCAOB Budget 9.4%, Slashes Board Compensation by Half
2 src Securities and Exchange Commission · Paul Atkins | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-01 | TSA ConfirmID Launches: $45 for a 10-Day Identity Verification, Completing the REAL ID Gate on Domestic Travel
4 src Transportation Security Administration · Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-31 | 'ICE Out of Everywhere' Protests Hit All 50 States at ICE Facilities and Congressional Offices
4 src Women's March | confirmed |