Decade of record

2020s

The 2020s contain 2575 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.

2575 events From Jan 1, 2020 To May 6, 2026 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
2025-07-17Mass Firing of Inspectors General Signals Systematic Government Oversight Erosion
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Paul Martin · Michael Missal
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2025-07-17Thiel's Founders Fund Leads $260M Round for Hadrian Defense Manufacturing Startup
Hadrian Automation · Founders Fund · Peter Thiel · Lux Capital · +1
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2025-07-16Trump Calls Issue "Jeffrey Epstein Hoax" and Attacks Own Supporters
Donald Trump
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2025-07-16Trump Calls Own Supporters "Weaklings" and "Selfish People" After Demanding Epstein File Transparency
Donald Trump · Tucker Carlson · Laura Loomer · Marjorie Taylor Greene · +5
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2025-07-15Benjamin Song Captured After 11-Day Manhunt Following Prairieland ICE Shooting
Benjamin Song · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Joy Gibson · Lynette Sharp · +2
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2025-07-15Climate Programs Dismantled - NOAA Faces 27% Budget Cut
NOAA · Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research · U.S. Global Change Research Program · Heritage Foundation · +2
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2025-07-15Grok AI Suffers Catastrophic Safety Failure, Exposing Critical AI Governance Gaps
Elon Musk · xAI · Samuel Marks · Boaz Barak · +2
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2025-07-15Pentagon Awards $295 Million Guam Defense Contract as Military Buildup Strains Local Housing Market
U.S. Department of Defense · Core Tech-HDCC-Kajima LLC · Missile Defense Agency · Robert Rasch
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2025-07-15Trump demands Texas conduct mid-cycle redistricting for 5 new GOP seats
Donald Trump · Greg Abbott · Texas Legislature
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2025-07-14Defense Department Awards $200M Contract to Elon Musk's xAI for Grok AI
Elon Musk · xAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office
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2025-07-14Pam Bondi ousts DOJ ethics director Joseph Tirrell amid mass prosecutor dismissal
Pam Bondi · Joseph Tirrell · Donald Trump · Jack Smith · +1
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2025-07-14Supreme Court 6-3 Stay Authorizes Mass Federal Workforce Reductions at 22 Agencies
U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · American Federation of Government Employees
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2025-07-13Christ Kirk DC Inaugural Service: Wilson's CREC Denomination Plants in Capitol Hill Building Owned by Conservative Partnership Institute; Hegseth and Solheim in Pews
Doug Wilson · Jared Longshore · Pete Hegseth · Nick Solheim · +3
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2025-07-12Bondi Fires 20 Justice Department Employees Tied to Trump Prosecutions
Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Trump Prosecutors · January 6 Prosecutors · +2
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2025-07-12Trump Calls Own Supporters "Weaklings" and "Selfish People" After Demanding Epstein File Transparency
Donald Trump · Tucker Carlson · Laura Loomer · Marjorie Taylor Greene · +5
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2025-07-12Trump Organization Launches Luxury Tower Project in Romania
Donald Trump · Eric Trump · Ștefan Berciu
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2025-07-11Federal court restrains LAPD use of less-lethal force against journalists
U.S. District Court · LAPD · Journalists
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2025-07-11Federal judge orders stop to "indiscriminate" ICE raids in Los Angeles
Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · U.S. District Court Central District of California · +1
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2025-07-10DOGE 2.0: Institutional Capture Continues After Musk's Direct Involvement
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · DOGE Operatives
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2025-07-10Senate Appropriators Reject House Proposal to Halve GAO Budget
US Senate · Senate Appropriations Committee · Government Accountability Office (GAO)
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2025-07-10Trump Foreign Aid Policy Sparks Global Lobbying Surge
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Marco Rubio · US Lobbying Firms
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2025-07-10Trump's Inaugural Fund Received $19M from Fossil Fuel Industry
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Chevron · ExxonMobil · +2
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2025-07-10White House Officials Own Cryptocurrency Assets in Proposed National Crypto Reserve
Donald Trump · Ian Kelley · White House Staff
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2025-07-08Musk Floods X with 35+ Posts Attacking Trump Over Epstein "Cover-up"
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · X/Twitter · Department of Justice
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2025-07-08Navy Activates WEXMAC 2.2 TITUS as Domestic Detention Procurement Vehicle With $10B Ceiling, Repurposing Afghanistan Logistics Contract for ICE
US Navy · Naval Supply Systems Command · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · +2
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2025-07-08Supreme Court lifts injunctions, enables mass firings at 19 federal agencies
U.S. Supreme Court · Federal Agencies · General Services Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · +2
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2025-07-07Bovino Leads Military-Style Raid on MacArthur Park as Children Flee, Defies Mayor Bass
Gregory Bovino · Karen Bass · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +2
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2025-07-07DOJ blocks further Epstein file releases
Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Laura Loomer · +1
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2025-07-07DOJ Releases Memo Declaring No Epstein "Client List" Exists
Department of Justice · Pam Bondi
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2025-07-07Ghana Launches Democracy Capture Index Revealing Widespread Institutional Capture in Africa
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development · CDD-Ghana researchers · African presidents · Government agencies across 10 African countries
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2025-07-05Vance Receives Claremont Institute Statesmanship Award; Delivers Integrating Intellectual Scaffolding Speech Rejecting Creedal Citizenship
JD Vance · Claremont Institute · Ryan P. Williams · Charlie Kirk · +1
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2025-07-042.4 million Americans projected to lose SNAP benefits from expanded work requirements
Trump Administration · USDA · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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2025-07-04Budget Bill Allocates $45 Billion for Private Immigration Detention Centers, 308% Increase
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) · Private prison contractors
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2025-07-04Budget Bill Attempts Schedule F Through Financial Coercion of Federal Employees
House Republicans · Senate Republicans · American Federation of Government Employees · Partnership for Public Service
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2025-07-04Congress Eliminates $1.1 Billion in NPR and PBS Funding to "Silence Accurate Reporting"
Republican Congress · Donald Trump · Anna Gomez · NPR · +1
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2025-07-04First Federal School Voucher Program Signed into Law — Tax Credit Scholarships for Private and Religious Schools in One Big Beautiful Bill
Donald Trump · Linda McMahon · Heritage Foundation · ALEC
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2025-07-04Musk's Lobbying Team Secures Sweeping Legislative Wins in Texas
Elon Musk · SpaceX Lobbyists · Tesla Lobbyists · Greg Abbott · +1
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2025-07-04One Big Beautiful Bill Act Transfers $3.4 Trillion Upward Through Tax Cuts and Slush Funds
Donald Trump · Mike Johnson · Republican Congress · Office of Management and Budget · +1
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2025-07-04Protest at Prairieland ICE Detention Center Ends in Shooting of Alvarado Police Officer
Benjamin Song · Alvarado Police Department · Lt. Thomas Gross · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1
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2025-07-04Trump Signs 'One Big Beautiful Bill' Into Law: $911 Billion in Medicaid Cuts, 11.8 Million Projected to Lose Coverage
Donald Trump · JD Vance · Rand Paul · Susan Collins · +2
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2025-07-04Trump Signs "One Big Beautiful Bill" Slashing $863 Billion from Medicaid, Devastating US Territories
Donald Trump · US Congress · Stacey Plaskett · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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2025-07-02CDC Deactivates H5N1 Emergency Response Despite Ongoing Outbreak
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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2025-07-02Joe Rogan Publicly Criticizes Trump's "Insane" ICE Raids, Says Feels "Betrayed" - Eight Months After Trump Endorsement
Joe Rogan · Donald Trump · Bernie Sanders · Bono
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2025-07-02Paramount Pays $16M to Settle Trump's 60 Minutes Lawsuit
Donald Trump · Kamala Harris · Paramount Global · CBS News · +1
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2025-07-02Trump’s finances were shaky. Then he began to capitalize on his comeback
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-07-01BlackRock Completes $12B Acquisition of HPS Investment Partners, Creating $190B Private Credit Franchise
BlackRock · HPS Investment Partners · Larry Fink · Scott Kapnick · +4
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2025-07-01DHS ends sensitive locations policy allowing ICE arrests at churches and schools
DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump
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2025-07-01DOGE Pushes SEC to Loosen Wall Street Regulations on SPACs and Reporting
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · Securities and Exchange Commission
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2025-07-01Florida opens "Alligator Alcatraz" tent detention camp in Everglades at $450 million annual cost
Florida Division of Emergency Management · James Uthmeier · Ron DeSantis · Donald Trump · +3
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2025-07-01New Jersey Becomes Official Sanctuary State as States Escalate Legislative Resistance to Federal Immigration Enforcement
New Jersey Legislature · Governor Phil Murphy · California Legislature · Colorado Legislature · +2
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2025-07-01Tennessee Enacts Broad Healthcare Refusal Law Allowing Denial of Contraception
Tennessee Legislature · Tennessee Governor
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2025-07-01Texas Democrats Flee State to Block Trump-Requested Mid-Cycle Gerrymandering
Greg Abbott · Donald Trump · Texas House Democrats · Texas Legislature
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2025-07-01USAID Completely Shuttered - Exceeds Project 2025 Timeline
United States Agency for International Development · State Department · Marco Rubio · Project 2025 Implementation Team · +1
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2025-07-01Vance Casts Tiebreaker Passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Enabling Event for Project 2025 Treasury/Tax Chapter and Endowment-Tax Implementation
JD Vance · Donald Trump · Rand Paul · Susan Collins · +4
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2025-06-30Federal Judiciary Admits Systemic Failure in Presidential Accountability Mechanisms
Federal Judiciary Leadership · Chief Justice · Judicial Conference · Senate Judiciary Committee
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2025-06-30Federal Judiciary Develops New Constitutional Enforcement Mechanisms
Federal Judiciary · Judicial Conference · Administrative Office of U.S. Courts · Department of Justice
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2025-06-30Kristi Noem Secretly Took $80,000 from Dark Money Group Without Disclosure
Kristi Noem · Trevor Stanley · American Resolve Policy Fund
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2025-06-30Senate Passes $4.5 Trillion Tax Cuts with $1 Trillion Medicaid Cuts, 12 Million to Lose Insurance
United States Senate · J.D. Vance · Ron Wyden · Congressional Budget Office
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2025-06-30Trump Launches 'Victory 45-47' Fragrance Line, Sparking Ethical Questions
Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · Donald Trump Jr.
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2025-06-30U.S. Election Assistance Commission releases 2024 EAVS report
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
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2025-06-27House bill proposes nearly 50% cut to GAO; Senate rejects
House Appropriations Committee · GAO (Government Accountability Office) · Senate Appropriations Committee · House Republicans · +1
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2025-06-27Supreme Court Restricts Nationwide Injunctions in Trump v. CASA, Expanding Executive Power
U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · CASA de Maryland
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2025-06-26Anthropic Claude in Amazon Bedrock Cleared for FedRAMP High and DoD IL-4/5 in AWS GovCloud
Anthropic · Amazon Web Services · U.S. Federal Government · Department of Defense · +1
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2025-06-26Brookings warns on legal limits of putting soldiers on Los Angeles streets
Brookings Institution · Legal scholars · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1
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2025-06-25FHFA Directs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Consider Cryptocurrency as Mortgage Assets
Donald Trump · William J. Pulte · Fannie Mae · Freddie Mac · +1
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2025-06-25Trump Organization Explores Tel Aviv Hotel Branding Despite Geopolitical Tensions
Donald Trump · Eric Trump · Nitsba Holdings
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2025-06-24Bernie Sanders Returns to Joe Rogan, Warns of Trump Authoritarianism and Media Intimidation - Contributes to Rogan's Subsequent Trump Criticism
Bernie Sanders · Joe Rogan · Donald Trump · Elon Musk
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2025-06-24Emergency contractor donates $10,000 to Florida GOP, receives $6.2 million in contracts hours later
IRG Global Emergency Management · Ron DeSantis · Republican Party of Florida · Access Restoration Services (ARS) · +1
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2025-06-24Trump Brokers Israel-Iran Ceasefire Ending Twelve-Day War
Donald Trump · JD Vance · Benjamin Netanyahu · Qatar
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2025-06-24Trump Fires Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner, Raising Concerns About Regulatory Capture
Donald Trump · Christopher Hanson · Trent Morse · Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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2025-06-23House Proposes Nearly 50% Budget Cut for GAO
US House of Representatives · Government Accountability Office (GAO) · U.S. Congress
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2025-06-23Supreme Court 6-3 Allows Third-Country Deportations Without Due Process
U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Sonia Sotomayor
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2025-06-22US Launches 'Operation Midnight Hammer' Strikes on Iran's Fordow and Natanz Nuclear Facilities
Donald Trump · US Air Force · US Navy · Rafael Grossi
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2025-06-21‘This presidency is a brand-franchise’: Trump has taken the commercialization of politics to a new level
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-06-21Trump systematically dismantles post-Watergate institutional safeguards
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Congress · +1
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2025-06-20Ninth Circuit Again Allows Trump to Retain Control of CA Guard
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · Donald Trump · California National Guard
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2025-06-20Ninth Circuit extends stay keeping LA Guard/Marine deployment in place
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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2025-06-20Trump Family Launches World Liberty Financial Cryptocurrency Venture
Donald Trump · Barron Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-06-19Trump Company Reduces Stake in Crypto Venture World Liberty Financial
Donald Trump · Eric Trump · Zach Witkoff · Justin Sun · +1
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2025-06-18State Department orders expanded visa screening protocols at all consulates
Department of State · Trump Administration
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2025-06-17Pentagon Transfers Greenland from European Command to Northern Command
Donald Trump · Pentagon
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2025-06-17Wyden, Goldman, Velázquez Letter to Palantir CEO Karp Demands Answers on ICE Surveillance Tools
Ron Wyden · Daniel Goldman · Nydia Velázquez · Alex Karp · +3
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2025-06-16Trump Media seeks SEC approval for bitcoin and ethereum ETF
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Crypto.com · Yorkville America Digital
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2025-06-16Trump Organization Announces Trump Mobile: $499 Smartphone and $47.45 Monthly Plan
Donald Trump · Eric Trump · Donald Trump Jr.
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2025-06-15128,709 federal workers laid off or targeted for layoffs
Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · +2
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2025-06-15Federal Judicial System Faces Unprecedented Integrity Challenge
Margaret Satterthwaite · UN Special Rapporteur · Supreme Court Justices · Sen. Cory Booker · +2
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2025-06-15Legal Resistance Digital Coordination Platform
Tech for Justice · Legal Resistance Network · Digital Rights Organizations
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2025-06-15Trump Military Parade Sponsored by Companies with Close Political Ties, Raising Ethical Concerns
Donald Trump · Norman Eisen · Dana White
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2025-06-15Trump Officials' Extensive Financial Conflicts Exposed in Comprehensive Report
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Sean Duffy · Lori Chavez-DeRemer · +3
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2025-06-14"No Kings" protests draw 5 million people in 2,100+ locations
Civil Society Organizations · Protest movements · American Civil Liberties Union · MoveOn · +2
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2025-06-14Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and Husband Assassinated, Senator John Hoffman and Wife Wounded
Melissa Hortman (victim, killed) · Mark Hortman (victim, killed) · John Hoffman (victim, wounded) · Yvette Hoffman (victim, wounded) · +2
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2025-06-13Israel Launches Operation Rising Lion: Major Strikes on Iran's Nuclear Facilities
Israeli Defense Forces · Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps · Benjamin Netanyahu · Rafael Mariano Grossi · +1
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2025-06-13Israel's 'Operation Red Wedding' Kills 30 Iranian Generals in Coordinated Decapitation Strike
Israeli Defense Forces · Mossad · Benjamin Netanyahu · Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
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2025-06-13Ninth Circuit Stays District Court Ruling Against LA Deployment
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · Judge Charles Breyer · California National Guard · US Marines
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2025-06-13Trump Discloses $57 Million in Crypto Earnings from World Liberty Financial
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · World Liberty Financial
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2025-06-13Trump Signs 2025 Annual OGE 278e Disclosing $1.6B+ in Assets, $600M+ Income, $57M WLFI Token Sales, Direct Dar Al Arkan Licensing from Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and Oman
Donald Trump · World Liberty Financial · Dar Al Arkan · Dar Global · +8
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2025-06-12Ex-Congressman Billy Long Confirmed as IRS Commissioner Despite Controversy
Donald Trump · Billy Long · Ron Wyden · Trump Administration
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2025-06-12Federal judge says Los Angeles Guard/Marine deployment likely unlawful
U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) · State of California · Governor Gavin Newsom · U.S. Department of Defense · +3
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2025-06-12IAEA Board Declares Iran in Breach of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Obligations
IAEA Board of Governors · Rafael Grossi · Iran
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2025-06-12Israel Conducts Major Strikes on Iran Nuclear Infrastructure
Israeli Defense Forces · Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps · Netanyahu administration · Iranian nuclear scientists · +4
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