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
2025-12-09Heritage Foundation promotes 'Heritage 2.0' 2026 policy priorities (document released March 2025) — no personnel pillar; Project 2025 four-pillar architecture not continued 3 src
Heritage Foundation · Kevin Roberts
confirmed
2025-12-09Third Federal Judge Calls for Lindsey Halligan's Resignation as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney 4 src
Leonie Brinkema · Lindsey Halligan · Alina Habba · James Comey · +3
reported
2025-12-08Alina Habba Resigns as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Following Appeals Court Ruling 4 src
Alina Habba · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump
reported
2025-12-08Federal Judge Orders Top DOJ Officials to Testify in Criminal Contempt Inquiry Over Secret Alien Enemies Act Deportations That Defied Court Order 3 src
James Boasberg · Erez Reuveni · Kristi Noem · Department of Justice · +1
confirmed
2025-12-08Human Rights Groups Document Systematic Torture at Fort Bliss Immigration Detention Facility: 45+ Detainees Report Beatings, Sexual Abuse, Crushed Testicles, and Coerced Deportations 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · American Civil Liberties Union · Human Rights Watch
confirmed
2025-12-08Paramount Skydance Launches $108.4 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery with Saudi, Qatari, and UAE Backing 5 src
David Ellison · Larry Ellison · Saudi Public Investment Fund · Qatar Investment Authority · +7
reported
2025-12-08ProPublica Reveals Trump Committed Same Mortgage Fraud He Now Calls Criminal 2 src
Donald Trump · Bill Pulte · ProPublica · Merrill Lynch · +1
reported
2025-12-08State Department Revokes Record 85,000 Visas Including 8,000 Student Visas Since January, More Than Double 2024 Rate 3 src
State Department · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2025-12-08Supreme Court Signals Intent to Overturn 90-Year Precedent Protecting Independent Agency Leaders from Presidential Firing, Expanding Executive Power 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · John Roberts · +3
confirmed
2025-12-08Trump Administration Fires Nearly 100 Immigration Judges in Ideological Purge Targeting Immigrant Defense Backgrounds While Court Backlog Exceeds 3.4 Million Cases 3 src
Department of Justice
confirmed
2025-12-07ICE Data Reveals 75,000 Arrests Had No Criminal History in Quota-Driven Dragnet 5 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Stephen Miller · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Deportation Data Project · +1
confirmed
2025-12-07Judge Blocks DOJ from Using Evidence Seized from Comey's Attorney in Fourth Amendment Ruling 3 src
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly · James Comey · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · +3
reported
2025-12-07Trump Criticizes Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar for Not Switching Parties After Pardon 3 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Justice
reported
2025-12-06National Park Service Removes MLK Day and Juneteenth from Fee-Free Days, Adds Trump's Birthday 5 src
Donald Trump · Doug Burgum · NAACP · Angus King
confirmed
2025-12-06National Weather Service Enters Winter With Critical Staffing Crisis After DOGE Purge 5 src
NOAA · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-12-06Trump DOT waives $11 million Southwest Airlines fine, dismantling corporate accountability 6 src
Trump Administration · Sean Duffy · Department of Transportation · Elizabeth Warren
confirmed
2025-12-06Trump Issues Memo Ordering Comprehensive Review of Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Elevating Political Control Over Medical Science 6 src
Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · +1
confirmed
2025-12-06Trump Pardons Sports Executive Tim Leiweke After Golf Conversation With Trey Gowdy 3 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Justice
reported
2025-12-05ACIP Chair Admits Vaccine Panel Members Feel Like "Puppets on a String," Exposing Political Manipulation 7 src
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · American Academy of Pediatrics · American Medical Association
confirmed
2025-12-05CDC Panel Ends Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination for Newborns After RFK Jr. Reconstitutes Committee 6 src
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · American Academy of Pediatrics · +1
confirmed
2025-12-05Federal Judge Orders Release of Epstein Grand Jury Materials from 2005-2007 Florida Investigations 4 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Alexander Acosta · +2
reported
2025-12-05NPR First Amendment Lawsuit Against Trump Reaches Pivotal Court Hearing on Retaliatory Funding Cuts 5 src
NPR · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · American Civil Liberties Union · +1
confirmed
2025-12-05RFK Jr.'s Reconstituted CDC Panel Votes to Roll Back Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation 5 src
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · Donald Trump · +1
confirmed
2025-12-05Supreme Court Grants Review of Trump's Birthright Citizenship Challenge, Setting Stage for Constitutional Crisis 5 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · D. John Sauer · American Civil Liberties Union · +3
disputed
2025-12-05Trump Official Signals Rollback of Census Racial Categories to Erase Marginalized Communities from Federal Data 5 src
Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Census Bureau · Donald Trump
reported
2025-12-04Admiral Reveals Boat Strike Survivors Were Waving Before Execution; Hegseth Refuses to Release Video Evidence 6 src
Admiral Frank Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Jack Reed · Adam Smith · +1
reported
2025-12-04AG Bondi Issues Domestic Terrorism Memo Expanding Definition to Include Immigration Protest and Anti-Capitalism
2025-12-04American Alliance for Equal Rights Sues Hispanic Scholarship Fund Seeking to Eliminate Race-Conscious Scholarships 5 src confirmed
2025-12-04Amnesty International documents torture and enforced disappearances at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome detention facilities 5 src
Amnesty International · Ron DeSantis · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +2
confirmed
2025-12-04Appeals Court Halts Removal of National Guard from Washington DC, Preserving Militarized Presence in Capital 6 src
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · Donald Trump · D.C. National Guard
confirmed
2025-12-04Bondi Directive Weaponizes Tax Enforcement Against Groups Labeled "Antifa" 5 src
Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Internal Revenue Service · +5
reported
2025-12-04Bondi Orders FBI to Compile "Domestic Terrorism" List Targeting Political Beliefs 4 src
Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Donald Trump · Kash Patel
reported
2025-12-04Brad Parscale Secretly Advised Honduran Right-Wing Candidate as Trump Endorsed Her and Pardoned Convicted Narco-President 7 src
Donald Trump · Juan Orlando Hernández
confirmed
2025-12-04Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche Warns DOJ Tracks Lawyers' Public Criticism of Prosecutions 6 src
Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · American Bar Association
reported
2025-12-04DHS Announces Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis, Largest Immigration Enforcement Operation in U.S. History 6 src
Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Kristi Noem · Tom Homan · +3
confirmed
2025-12-04DOJ Orders Prison Auditors to Eliminate PREA Rape Protections for Transgender Inmates 5 src
Department of Justice · Bureau of Prisons · American Civil Liberties Union · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-12-04DOJ Seeks to Detain Jan 6 Pardoned Defendant Taylor Taranto After Surveilling Rep. Jamie Raskin's Neighborhood 7 src
Jamie Raskin · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Barack Obama
confirmed
2025-12-04FDA Vaccine Chief Vinay Prasad Circulates Unsubstantiated Memo Claiming COVID Vaccines Killed At Least Ten Children 7 src
Vinay Prasad · Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
confirmed
2025-12-04GAO Opens Investigation Into FHFA Director Bill Pulte for Weaponized Criminal Referrals Targeting Trump Critics 7 src
Government Accountability Office (GAO) · Bill Pulte · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Letitia James · +3
confirmed
2025-12-04Grand Jury Rejects DOJ's Weaponized Prosecution of NY Attorney General Letitia James 6 src
Letitia James · U.S. Department of Justice · Cameron McGowan Currie · Lindsey Halligan · +5
reported
2025-12-04ICE Escalates Operations Targeting Somali Immigrants in Minnesota Following Trump's Attacks on Community 7 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · Tim Walz · Kristi Noem
confirmed
2025-12-04Illinois Secretary of State Warns Federal Immigration Agents and Rental Companies That License Plate Tampering Violates State Law 7 src
U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · JB Pritzker
confirmed
2025-12-04Macron Warns Zelenskyy U.S. May Betray Ukraine on Territory 6 src
Emmanuel Macron · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Mark Rutte · Donald Trump · +4
confirmed
2025-12-04New York Times Sues Pentagon Over Restrictive Media Rules Requiring Publication Approval, Violating First Amendment 7 src
New York Times · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · NPR · +1
confirmed
2025-12-04Sahil Lavingia Re-Enters Government at IRS After DOGE Firing for Speaking to Press About Government Efficiency 5 src
Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Internal Revenue Service · Department of Veterans Affairs · +1
confirmed
2025-12-04Supreme Court Reinstates Texas Mid-Decade Congressional Map Designed for Republican Advantage Despite Racial Gerrymandering Findings 7 src
Supreme Court of the United States · Greg Abbott · Donald Trump · Texas Legislature · +1
confirmed
2025-12-04Trump Administration Releases National Security Strategy Denouncing Democratic Allies, Embracing Authoritarian Partnerships 6 src
Donald Trump · National Security Council · Jason Crow
reported
2025-12-04Trump eliminates CISA retention incentives, agency loses 33% of cybersecurity workforce amid escalating threats 7 src
Donald Trump · CISA · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Angus King
confirmed
2025-12-04Trump Reduces Work Permit Validity to 18 Months Citing Single DC Shooting 5 src
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Joseph Edlow · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Rahmanullah Lakanwal
confirmed
2025-12-04Trump's 1,600+ Clemency Grants Bypass DOJ Review as 13 Recipients Re-Arrested for New Crimes 7 src
Donald Trump · Ed Martin · House Judiciary Committee Democrats · Jamie Raskin
confirmed
2025-12-04Veterans Warn Trump's Afghan Asylum Freeze Endangers U.S. Allies and Undermines Future Military Partnerships 5 src
Donald Trump · Rahmanullah Lakanwal · U.S. Department of Defense
confirmed
2025-12-0325% of Foreign Service Officers Resigned or Forced Out, Diplomatic Corps Collapses 7 src
Department of State
confirmed
2025-12-03Bovino Launches 'Operation Catahoula Crunch' in New Orleans, Texts 'We Are a Massive Wrecking Crew' 4 src
Gregory Bovino · U.S. Border Patrol · DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
confirmed
2025-12-03DOJ Sues Six Additional States Demanding Protected Voter Registration Data 7 src
Department of Justice · Pamela Bondi · Maryland · Brennan Center for Justice · +1
confirmed
2025-12-03GAO Denies Bode Cellmark Protest of SNA International ICE Rapid DNA IDIQ, Affirming SBIR Phase III Noncompetitive Sole-Source Authority 5 src
U.S. Government Accountability Office
confirmed
2025-12-03Goldman v. Blue Owl Capital Inc. Securities Fraud Class Action Filed in S.D.N.Y. Alleging Concealment of BDC Redemption Crisis 7 src
Blue Owl Capital · Doug Ostrover · Marc Lipschultz
confirmed
2025-12-03Pentagon IG Finds Hegseth Shared SECRET//NOFORN Classified Information on Signal, Violated National Security Protocols 7 src
Pete Hegseth · J.D. Vance · Admiral Frank Bradley · Jack Reed · +2
disputed
2025-12-03State Department Orders H-1B Visa Denials for Content Moderation and Fact-Checking Workers 4 src
State Department · Marco Rubio · Tech companies
reported
2025-12-03Treasury Secretary Proposes White House Veto Power Over Federal Reserve Regional Bank Presidents 7 src
Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury · Federal Reserve · Jerome Powell · +1
confirmed
2025-12-03U.S. Institute of Peace Rebranded as 'Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace' After Armed Takeover 4 src
Donald Trump · State Department · Federal Judiciary
reported
2025-12-03University of Alabama Shutters Black and Female Student Magazines Under DEI Directives 7 src
Pamela Bondi · Department of Justice
confirmed
2025-12-03Veterans Affairs Creates Database of Non-Citizen Employees for Deportation Targeting 4 src
Doug Collins · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
reported
2025-12-03White House Launches 'Media Bias Portal' Denunciation System Targeting Journalists and News Outlets 4 src
Donald Trump · CBS News · Boston Globe
reported
2025-12-02Dell Family Announces $6.25 Billion Donation to Trump Accounts in Largest Private Child Investment 4 src
Michael Dell · Donald Trump · U.S. Treasury Department
reported
2025-12-02FDA Cancer Drug Chief Dr. Richard Pazdur Resigns After Three Weeks Under Political Pressure 5 src
Marty Makary · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Food and Drug Administration · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +2
reported
2025-12-02ICE agent testifies under oath in Oregon federal court that the Palantir-built ELITE targeting app drove an 8-arrests-per-day quota and produced leads that were 'generally not accurate' 5 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Department of Homeland Security (DHS) · Palantir Technologies
confirmed
2025-12-02Trump Pardons Former Honduran President Convicted of Drug Trafficking 3 src
Donald Trump · Juan Orlando Hernández · Tim Kaine · Dick Durbin · +1
confirmed
2025-12-02USCIS Places Indefinite Adjudication Hold on Immigration Benefits for Nationals of Designated Countries (PM-602-0192), Expanded to 39 Countries on Jan 1 5 src
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2025-12-02USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins Threatens to Cut SNAP Funding to 21 Democratic-Led States Over Refusal to Provide Recipient Data, Defying Court Injunction 4 src
Brooke Rollins · USDA · Donald Trump · California · +1
reported
2025-12-02Voice of America Bureau Closures Surrender Strategic Information Space to Russia and China 4 src
Donald Trump · Voice of America · Federal Judiciary · State Department
reported
2025-12-01Mohamad Al-Khayyat Delivers Trump-Emblem-Carved Stone to Rep. Joe Wilson for White House, Days Before FY 2026 NDAA Caesar Act Repeal Vote 4 src
Mohamad Al-Khayyat · Donald Trump · Jared Kushner · Ivanka Trump
confirmed
2025-12-01Palantir Wins Record £240M UK Ministry of Defence Contract After Hiring Four Ex-MOD Officials 5 src
Palantir Technologies · Alex Karp
confirmed
2025-12-01SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral Holsey Offers Resignation Over Boat Strike Legality Concerns 2 src
Pete Hegseth · Adam Smith
confirmed
2025-12-01Trump Administration Drops 100+ Corporate Enforcement Actions, Penalties Fall 97 Percent 9 src
Trump Administration · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Trade Commission
confirmed
2025-11-30Kristi Noem Denies Defying Court Order on National Television, Calls Judges "Activist" 4 src
Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · NBC News · +1
confirmed
2025-11-29White House Launches Official 'Media Offenders' Portal Targeting Press as Enemies 6 src
Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · White House · Washington Post · +12
reported
2025-11-28Trump Announces 'Permanent Pause' on Immigration from 'Third World Countries' Using Racist Terminology 4 src
Donald Trump · Joseph Edlow · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · +1
reported
2025-11-28Washington Post reveals Hegseth gave "kill everybody" order in Caribbean boat strikes, killing shipwrecked survivors 5 src
Pete Hegseth · Admiral Frank Bradley · Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · +2
reported
2025-11-27USCIS Halts All Afghan Asylum Decisions After DC Shooting: Collective Punishment for Entire Nation 3 src
Joseph Edlow · Marco Rubio · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-11-26DOJ Reveals Kristi Noem Made Final Decision to Defy Judge's Order on El Salvador Deportation Flights 6 src
Kristi Noem · U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · Department of Justice · Todd Blanche · +1
confirmed
2025-11-26National Guard Members Shot Near White House: Beckstrom Killed, Wolfe Critically Wounded 4 src
Rahmanullah Lakanwal · Donald Trump · Kash Patel · John Ratcliffe · +1
reported
2025-11-25House Judiciary Democrats Release Report Exposing Trump Family's $800 Million Cryptocurrency Empire Built on Foreign Influence and Self-Dealing 4 src
Jamie Raskin · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Trump Family · +17
reported
2025-11-24DOGE Disbanded Eight Months Early After Musk Departure and Trump Feud 3 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Department of Government Efficiency
confirmed
2025-11-24Federal Judge Dismisses Indictments Against Letitia James and Comey, Ruling Halligan's Appointment Unlawful 4 src
Cameron McGowan Currie · Letitia James · James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · +6
reported
2025-11-24Judge Currie Dismisses Comey and James Indictments, Rules Halligan Appointment Unconstitutional 4 src
Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · Letitia James · Pam Bondi
confirmed
2025-11-24Trump Signs Executive Order Initiating Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Process 5 src
Donald Trump · Marco Rubio · Scott Bessent
confirmed
2025-11-21Marjorie Taylor Greene Announces Resignation After Trump Calls Her "Traitor" Over Epstein Files 3 src
Marjorie Taylor Greene · Donald Trump · Ro Khanna
confirmed
2025-11-21North Dakota Supreme Court Reinstates Near-Total Abortion Ban Despite Unconstitutionality Finding 3 src
Doug Burgum
confirmed
2025-11-207th Circuit Blocks Release of 615 Immigrants One Day Before Court-Ordered Deadline 5 src
Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
confirmed
2025-11-20Federal Charges Dismissed Against Marimar Martinez After Government's Own Evidence Contradicts CBP Account 2 src
Marimar Martinez · Charles Exum · U.S. Border Patrol · Judge Georgia Alexakis
confirmed
2025-11-20Trump Threatens Six Democratic Congress Members with Execution for Reminding Military of Duty to Refuse Illegal Orders 5 src
Donald Trump · Elissa Slotkin · Mark Kelly · Chris DeLuzio · +7
reported
2025-11-19Blue Owl Terminates OBDC/OBDC II Merger After FT Exposes 20% Investor Haircut; OBDC II Permanently Halts Quarterly Redemptions 6 src
Blue Owl Capital · Doug Ostrover · Marc Lipschultz
confirmed
2025-11-19Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership Files Federal Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Broadview ICE Clergy Exclusion 7 src
Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership (CSPL) · Kristi Noem · Gregory Bovino · Pamela Bondi · +1
confirmed
2025-11-19DOJ Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment; Trump's Former Personal Attorney Leading Prosecution 3 src
James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · +1
reported
2025-11-19Interior Department Proposes Opening 1.27 Billion Acres to Offshore Drilling, Largest OCS Program in History 6 src
Doug Burgum · Department of the Interior
confirmed
2025-11-19IURC Reaffirms GenCo Approval and Amazon Special Contract Framework; NIPSCO Announces $7B, 2.6GW Gas + 400MW BESS Build for Amazon 5 src
NIPSCO · Amazon Web Services
confirmed
2025-11-19Seven Prairieland Defendants Plead Guilty to Material Support for Terrorism 3 src confirmed
2025-11-19Trump Signs Epstein Files Transparency Act, but Active Investigation Loophole May Enable Redactions 4 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · U.S. Congress · +4
confirmed
2025-11-18Epstein Files Transparency Act Passes House 427-1 After Discharge Petition 2 src
Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Marjorie Taylor Greene · Lauren Boebert · +3
confirmed
2025-11-18House Votes 427-1 to Force Release of Epstein Files, Rebuking Trump's Opposition 3 src
U.S. House of Representatives · United States Senate · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump · +5
confirmed