2020s
The 2020s contain 3090 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-23 | White House Releases List of 37 Corporate Donors for Trump's $300M Ballroom Project
3 src Trump · Google · Amazon · Meta · +6 | reported | |
| 2025-10-22 | DHS Uses Multi-Year Reconciliation Funding to Pay 70,000 Immigration Enforcement Officers During Shutdown While 700,000 Federal Workers Go Unpaid
3 src Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | Pentagon Replaces Mainstream Media with MAGA Propaganda Outlets in Press Corps
2 src Pete Hegseth · Pentagon | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | Trump Administration Prioritizes White South Africans in Refugee Admissions
2 src Trump Administration · State Department | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | Trump Administration Seeks Government Equity Stakes in Quantum Computing Firms
2 src Howard Lutnick · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | Trump Installs Election Deniers in DHS Election Security Positions
2 src Donald Trump · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | Trump Obsession with $300M Ballroom: Demolishes Historic East Wing While Miller and Vought Run Government
3 src Donald Trump · Stephen Miller · Russ Vought | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | Trump Orders Demolition of Historic White House East Wing for Personal Ballroom
2 src Donald Trump · U.S. Treasury Department · White House Staff | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-21 | Ethics Probe Launched into Border Czar's Contract Ties with Detention Firms
2 src Tom Homan · Campaign Legal Center · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-21 | Russ Vought Emerges as "Shadow President" Running Government During Trump Disengagement
3 src Russ Vought · Donald Trump · Stephen Miller | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-21 | Trump Demands $230 Million from DOJ as 'Compensation' for Investigations
2 src Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-21 | Trump Fires Export-Import Bank Inspector General as Oversight Purge Continues
2 src Donald Trump · Inspectors General | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-21 | UN Human Rights Experts Condemn US Boat Strikes as 'Extrajudicial Executions'
3 src United Nations · Volker Türk | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | FTC Deletes Consumer Protection Guidance on AI Fraud and Surveillance
2 src Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Trump Appointees · Tech companies | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | ICE Weapons Budget Surges 700% Including Guided Missiles and Explosives
2 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | Musk's DOGE Uploads Hundreds of Millions of Americans' SSA Data to Unsecured Cloud
2 src Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Charles Borges · Social Security Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | Ninth Circuit Panel Allows Trump National Guard Deployment to Portland
3 src U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Donald Trump | reported | |
| 2025-10-20 | North Carolina GOP Advances Mid-Decade Redistricting to Eliminate Black Representative 2 src | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | Secret Interagency Working Group Coordinates Trump Retaliation Against Political Opponents
2 src Pam Bondi · Tulsi Gabbard · Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Justice · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | Trump Hosts $250 Million White House Ballroom Fundraiser with Defense and Tech Executives
2 src Donald Trump · Google · Amazon · Meta · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-19 | DOJ Whistleblower Reveals Officials Ordered Fabrication of Terrorist Claims in Deportation Case
3 src Erez Reuveni · Kilmar Abrego Garcia · Department of Justice · Trump · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-19 | Federal Prosecutor Elizabeth Yusi Fired After Refusing to Charge NY AG Letitia James
3 src Elizabeth Yusi · Letitia James · Trump · Department of Justice | reported | |
| 2025-10-18 | DHS Purchases $172 Million in Luxury Jets for Kristi Noem During Shutdown
2 src Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-18 | Federal Prosecutor Fired for Refusing Trump Demand to Indict Letitia James
2 src Elizabeth Yusi · Donald Trump · Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-18 | Senate Confirms Industry Lobbyist to Lead EPA Chemical Safety Division
2 src United States Senate · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-18 | Trump Posts AI Video Dumping Feces on 7 Million "No Kings" Protesters, Defended by Johnson and Vance as "Satire"
4 src Donald Trump · Mike Johnson · J.D. Vance · protesters | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-17 | OMB Director Russell Vought Consolidates Authoritarian Control Over Federal Government
2 src Russell Vought · Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Office of Management and Budget | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-17 | Rev. Hannah Kardon (United Methodist) Arrested at Broadview ICE; Officers Strike Leg with Batons, Throw Her to Ground
3 src Illinois State Police · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-17 | Trump Commutes George Santos Prison Sentence After 3 Months
2 src Donald Trump · White House | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-17 | Trump Freezes $11 Billion in Infrastructure Projects in Democratic Cities
2 src Donald Trump · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-17 | Two Federal Prosecutors Fired After Refusing to Bring Charges Against Letitia James
4 src Elizabeth Yusi · Erik Siebert · Letitia James · Donald Trump · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-10-16 | DOJ Unseals First Federal Terrorism Charges Against Alleged Antifa Members in Prairieland Case
3 src Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-16 | Former NSA John Bolton Indicted on 18 Federal Counts
1 src John Bolton · Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-16 | Judge Alexakis Orders CBP Agent Exum's Vehicle Returned from Maine After Government Released Evidence Out of State
2 src Judge Georgia Alexakis · Charles Exum · U.S. Border Patrol | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-16 | Pentagon Strips Press Credentials After Hegseth Imposes Rules Labeling Journalists as Security Risks
5 src Pete Hegseth · Department of Defense · New York Times · Associated Press · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-16 | Planet Labs Wins $12.8M NGA Contract for AI Maritime Surveillance in Asia-Pacific
6 src Founders Fund · National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · National Reconnaissance Office | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-16 | Ring partners with Flock Safety and Axon, reversing privacy commitments and expanding police surveillance
3 src Ring · Amazon · Flock Safety · Axon · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | DHS Secretary Noem Names Greg Bovino Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Outside Normal Chain of Command
5 src Kristi Noem · Greg Bovino · CBP | ||
| 2025-10-15 | OCC Conditionally Approves Erebor Bank Charter in Record Four Months
6 src Palmer Luckey · Joe Lonsdale · Peter Thiel · Founders Fund · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Pentagon Chief Hegseth Blocks Military Officials From Contacting Congress Without Approval
3 src Pete Hegseth · Steve Feinberg · Pentagon | reported | |
| 2025-10-15 | Supreme Court Reargues Louisiana v. Callais, Threatens Voting Rights Act
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Louisiana · American Civil Liberties Union · NAACP Legal Defense Fund | reported | |
| 2025-10-15 | Trump Administration Plans IRS Overhaul to Target Liberal Donors and Nonprofits
3 src Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Internal Revenue Service · George Soros | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Trump Executive Order Extends Hiring Freeze with Political Approval Requirements
2 src Donald Trump · White House · Office of Personnel Management | reported | |
| 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 · +1 | 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 Trae Stephens · Founders Fund · Palantir | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-14 | Florida Officials Concealed $608 Million Federal Funding for Immigration Detention Facility
2 src 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 · 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 | reported | |
| 2025-10-13 | Trump Accelerates Authoritarian Agenda With Mass Purges and Political Prosecutions
2 src Donald Trump · New York Attorney General · Federal Workforce | 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 | reported | |
| 2025-10-11 | Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Amasses $141M War Chest to Shape 2026 Elections After Defeating Sherrod Brown
3 src Coinbase · Sherrod Brown | 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 Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership (CSPL) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | 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 | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | DHS Awards Secretive $915 Million 'Self-Deportation' Contract to Connected Firm
2 src DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | DOJ-Cited Report on Soros Shows No Evidence of Terrorism Funding
2 src George Soros · U.S. Department of Justice | reported | |
| 2025-10-10 | Dominion Voting Systems Sold to Former Republican Election Director
2 src 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 | 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 · Cantor Fitzgerald · Trump Administration | reported | |
| 2025-10-09 | Crypto Investor 'Bitcoin Jesus' Reaches $48 Million Deal After Hiring Trump Associates
2 src Roger Stone · Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Justice | 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 | 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 | 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 U.S. Senate · Donald Trump · Federalist Society | reported | |
| 2025-10-09 | Treasury's $20 Billion Argentina Bailout Benefits Bessent's Hedge Fund Colleagues
2 src Scott Bessent · Elizabeth Warren · Javier Milei | 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 · 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 | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | ICE Furloughs Entire Detention Oversight Office Despite Record Capacity
2 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | Jonathan Berry — Project 2025 DOL Chapter Author — Confirmed Solicitor of Labor
4 src U.S. Senate | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-07 | Miami Dade College Board Gifts $67 Million Downtown Land to Trump Library
3 src Ron DeSantis | 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 · Chris Van Hollen · Tim Kaine | 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 · +4 | 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 Donald Trump · U.S. Senate · Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-07 | White House Provides 'Concierge Service' to Fossil Fuel Industry
2 src Fossil Fuel Industry · White House | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | White House Withdraws CFTC Nominee Brian Quintenz After Winklevoss Conflict
2 src White House · CFTC | 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 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-06 | Tether Loan to Lutnick Children Revealed via UCC Filing Brandon Lutnick · Howard Lutnick · Cantor Fitzgerald | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-05 | Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman Negotiates Harvard Research Funding Restoration
3 src Blackstone · Harvard University · White House · Trump Administration | 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. · 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 | reported | |
| 2025-10-05 | Trump Administration Freezes $88 Million for Human Trafficking Survivors
2 src Trump Administration · 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 · Trump Family | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-05 | White House Blocks $2.1 Billion Chicago Transit Funding as Political Retaliation
3 src Trump Administration · White House | 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 · 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 |