2020s
The 2020s contain 2575 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-12 | Elon Musk's Boring Company Enters Negotiations for $8.5B Amtrak Tunnel Project Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Federal Railroad Administration · Amtrak | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-12 | Eric Trump's American Bitcoin going public in latest crypto move by president's family Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Eric Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-12 | FCC Launches Inquiry into EchoStar's Satellite Spectrum Utilization Brendan Carr · Charlie Ergen · SpaceX · EchoStar · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-12 | Trump’s UK ambassador has investments in industries set to benefit from trade deal Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-12 | US-China Geneva Deal: Both Sides Slash Tariffs by 115 Percentage Points for 90 Days After Weekend Negotiations Scott Bessent · Jamieson Greer · He Lifeng · Donald Trump · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-11 | Qatar gifts Trump $400 million airplane as replacement for Air Force One Donald Trump · Qatar · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-11 | Trump administration in talks with Qatar over plane gift Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-11 | Trump Administration Systematically Drops Regulatory Cases Against Elon Musk Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-10 | Legal Scholars Warn of Erosion in Judicial Review Mechanisms Constitutional Law Scholars · Federal Judiciary · Executive Branch · Amanda Frost · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-10 | Trump, raking in cash, expands his power in the G.O.P. money world Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-10 | V-Dem Institute warns U.S. approaching "Electoral Autocracy" threshold V-Dem Institute · University of Gothenburg · United States | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-09 | ICE arrests Newark Mayor during congressional oversight visit to detention facility Ras Baraka · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Rep. LaMonica McIver · Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-09 | Large investors increased stake in Trump Media by hundreds of millions Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-09 | SEC Reaches Controversial Settlement with Ripple Labs Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Bradley Garlinghouse · Christian Larsen · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-09 | Trump to sign order discouraging criminal enforcement of regulatory offenses Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-08 | Cardinal Robert Prevost Elected Pope Leo XIV - First American Pope Pope Leo XIV · Robert Francis Prevost · College of Cardinals · Vatican · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-08 | Former Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Appointed D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-07 | Puerto Rico Loses Over $4.7 Million in FEMA Climate Resilience Funding as Federal Recovery Stalls Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · Kristi Noem · Jenniffer González-Colón · Central Office for Recovery Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3) | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-07 | Supreme Court Confronts Systemic Emoluments Violations U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Executive Branch | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-07 | Trump Administration Moves to Eliminate Space and Rocket Launch Environmental Research Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-07 | U.S. Pushes Nations Facing Tariffs to Approve Musk's Starlink Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Marco Rubio · State Department Officials | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-06 | SpaceX gets FAA permission for fivefold increase in Starship launches from Texas Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-06 | Trump's Cryptocurrency Dinner Reveals Majority Foreign Buyers Donald Trump · Justin Sun · Jamie Raskin | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-06 | US SEC's new chief says 15% of staff have left, contract cuts to come Donald Trump · Trump Administration · SEC Chairman | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Congressional Hearing Exposes Systematic Judicial Intimidation Tactics Senate Judiciary Committee · Chief Justice John Roberts · U.S. Marshals Service · Supreme Court Justices · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Hegseth Orders 20% Cut to Four-Star General and Admiral Positions Pete Hegseth · Jack Reed | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Hegseth Orders 20% Reduction in Four-Star Generals and Admirals Across Military | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Supreme Court Attempts to Mitigate Constitutional Emergency Powers Dispute U.S. Supreme Court · Executive Branch · Legislative Branch | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Trump Administration Escalates Judicial Oversight Tensions Trump Administration · Federal Courts · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Trump Generates $350M Through Memecoin, Offering White House Access to Top Investors Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Sean Casten · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Trump sons’ deals on three continents directly benefit the president Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-04 | Trump says he'll call CEOs when he disagrees with their business decisions Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | Abu Dhabi sovereign fund commits $2 billion to Trump-linked crypto venture MGX sovereign fund · Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan · World Liberty Financial · Donald Trump · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | Cochise County supervisor Thomas Crosby continues legal fight over 2022 certification Thomas Crosby (Cochise County Supervisor) · Peggy Judd · Arizona Secretary of State · Arizona appeals court · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | Freight Technologies Purchases $20M in Trump Crypto to Lobby Against Tariffs Donald Trump · Javier Selgas · Freight Technologies Inc. | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | NASA Proposal Shifts $6 Billion, Prioritizing Mars Missions and Commercial Space Interests Donald Trump · Trump Administration · NASA Leadership · SpaceX · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | TIGTA snapshot: IRS workforce reductions, DRP details Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) · Internal Revenue Service · Office of Personnel Management · U.S. Treasury Department | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | Trump Budget Proposes 40% Cut to Section 8 Housing Vouchers, Block-Granting Rental Aid to States and Imposing Two-Year Time Limits Donald Trump · Department of Housing and Urban Development · Congress | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | Trump family's net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to crypto investments, new report says Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | Trump Justice Dept. to settle Babbitt family lawsuit in fatal Jan. 6 shooting Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Michael Byrd · Tom Manger · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | Trump Pardons Eliminate $1.3 Billion in Restitution, Costing Victims and Taxpayers Donald Trump · Trump Administration · House Judiciary Committee Democrats · Liz Oyer | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-01 | 100,000+ emails from Israeli Defense Minister Barak hacked, revealing Epstein partnership and global surveillance technology network Handala hacking group · Ehud Barak · Distributed Denial of Secrets · Jeffrey Epstein · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-01 | AG Bondi briefs Trump on his appearances in Epstein files Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-01 | At a Dubai conference, Trump’s conflicts take center stage Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-01 | DOJ Sends Demand Letters to 44 States for Unredacted Voter Rolls Including SSNs DOJ Civil Rights Division · Harmeet Dhillon · Pam Bondi · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-01 | DOJ Sues Aetna, Humana, Elevance for Paying Illegal Medicare Advantage Kickbacks and Discriminating Against Disabled Beneficiaries Department of Justice · Aetna · CVS Health · Humana · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-01 | House Democrats Request Suspicious Activity Reports on Trump Crypto Ventures House Democrats · Donald Trump · World Liberty Financial · Campaign Legal Center · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-01 | Operation At Large launches with 5,000 federal agents and 21,000 National Guard proposed deployment Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · National Guard · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-01 | Texas Sheriff Uses Flock Safety's 83,000 Camera Network to Track Woman Who Had Abortion Johnson County Sheriff Adam King · Flock Safety · Electronic Frontier Foundation · Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-01 | Trump Administration Monetizes Political Access Through Exclusive Business Networks Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Business Leaders · Donald Trump Jr. · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-01 | Trump Threatens Secondary Sanctions Against Any Country Buying Iranian Oil Donald Trump · China | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-30 | FEC Loses Policymaking Quorum After Commissioner Resignation Federal Election Commission · Commissioner Allen Dickerson (resigned) · Commissioner Ellen Weintraub (fired by Trump) · Commissioner Sean Cooksey (resigned) · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-30 | ICE arrests 65,000 in first 100 days including 2,288 gang members Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-30 | Trump Company Strikes $5.5 Billion Qatar Golf Resort Deal During Active Presidency Donald Trump · Eric Trump · Trump Organization · Qatari Diar · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | DOGE Aide Dismantling CFPB Owns Substantial Stock in Regulated Companies During Mass Layoffs Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Gavin Kliger · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Elizabeth Warren reads 100 acts of Trump corruption into Congressional Record on 100th day Elizabeth Warren · U.S. Senate · Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Federal Watchdog Reveals Dozens of Inquiries Into Trump's Withholding of Funds Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Russ Vought · U.S. Government Accountability Office · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | It was supposed to be a tax and border bill. It could also hand Trump vast new executive powers Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · House Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Paramount board clears possible path for settling Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Tether Gains Political Influence Amid Trump Administration's Crypto Expansion Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Bo Hines · Howard Lutnick · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Trump Campaign Staff Hired by Sanctioned Albanian Opposition Leader for Election Campaign Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Sali Berisha · Chris LaCivita · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Trump Orders DOJ Investigation into ActBlue Fundraising Platform Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pam Bondi · ActBlue | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Trump's World Liberty Financial Reveals Major Foreign Crypto Investments Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-28 | Donald Trump Jr. Visits Romania Ahead of Contentious Presidential Election Donald Trump Jr. · Trump Administration · J.D. Vance · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-28 | Nexo Capital Announces U.S. Market Re-entry at Conference with Donald Trump Jr. Donald Trump Jr. · Antoni Trenchev · Gila Gamliel | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-28 | Tesla May Dodge Over $1 Billion in Regulatory Fines Due to Trump Administration Influence Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Richard Blumenthal · Edward Markey | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-26 | Trump Jr. Launches 'Executive Branch', Ultra-Exclusive $500K Private Club in D.C. Donald Trump Jr. · Christopher Buskirk · Omeed Malik · Alex Witkoff · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-25 | AG Bondi Rescinds Biden-Era Policy Protecting Journalists from DOJ Subpoenas and Search Warrants Pam Bondi · DOJ · Trump Administration · Merrick Garland | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-25 | DOGE Building Master Immigration Enforcement Database with Palantir, Integrating IRS and Federal Agency Data DOGE · Elon Musk · Palantir · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-25 | Pentagon Prepared and Then Canceled Classified Briefing for Musk on China War Plans Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pete Hegseth · Admiral Samuel Paparo | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-25 | Trump Administration Dramatically Weakens Independent Hatch Act Enforcement Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Hampton Dellinger · Paul Ingrassia · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-25 | Trump pardons executive whose family sought to publicize Ashley Biden's diary Donald Trump · Paul Walczak · Elizabeth Fago · Ashley Biden | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-25 | Trump's Meme Coin Dinner Contest Generates $900,000 in Insider Profits Donald Trump · Trump Administration · CIC Digital · Austin Ryan | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-24 | Indicted 'Bitcoin Jesus' Pays Roger Stone $600,000 to Lobby Against Tax Charges Roger Ver · Roger Stone · Donald Trump · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-24 | Musk Associates Monetize Access to Private Tech Company Stakes Elon Musk · Antonio Gracias · UBS Wealth Management · Valor Equity Partners | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-24 | Trump Administration Initiates DOJ Probe into Democratic Fundraising Platform ActBlue Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Attorney General Pam Bondi · ActBlue | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-23 | Trump offers private dinner to top 220 investors in his memecoin Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Cryptocurrency Investors · Sean Casten · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Coordinated Constitutional Challenge Filed American Civil Liberties Union · Protect Democracy · State Attorney Generals · League of Women Voters | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Crypto ally Paul Atkins sworn in to replace Gary Gensler atop U.S. SEC Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Paul Atkins · Gary Gensler · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Federal Appeals Court Establishes Precedent on National Guard Federalization Federal Appeals Court · Gavin Newsom · U.S. Department of Defense · Charles Breyer · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Federal Courts Reach Impasse on Presidential Emoluments Enforcement D.C. Circuit Court · 4th Circuit Court · Department of Justice · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Legal Resistance Technology Platform Launch Lawyers for Good Government · Traci Feit Love · Paladin · Kristen Sonday · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Politically Connected Firms Exploit Trump Tariff Exemptions Through Opaque Process Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Reyes Holdings · Ballard Partners | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Rapid Response Litigation Protocol Developed Constitutional Defense Network · Emergency Legal Response Team · Lawyers for Good Government · Democracy Forward | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Trump Media Finalizes Crypto ETF Deal with Crypto.com and Yorkville Digital Donald Trump · Devin Nunes · Kris Marszalek · Trump Media & Technology Group · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Trump-linked Lobbying Firms Dramatically Increase Q1 2025 Revenues Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Brian Ballard · Susie Wiles · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-21 | Allegheny County Courthouse ICE Arrest Handoff Protocol Activated as ICE Begins Targeting Pittsburgh Courts Susan Evashavik DiLucente · Kevin Kraus · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Allegheny County Sheriff's Office · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-21 | Circle, BitGo, Coinbase Pursue US Bank Charters Under Trump's Pro-Crypto Agenda Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Circle Internet Financial · BitGo Inc. · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-21 | Kremlin Explored Moscow Skyscraper Offer to Trump as Diplomatic Leverage Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-21 | Operation Tidal Wave arrests 1,120 in Florida in largest single-state ICE operation Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Madison Sheahan · Ron DeSantis · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-21 | Pilgrim's Pride, Fined $100M, Donates $5M to Trump Inauguration Under Scrutiny Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Pilgrim's Pride · Senator Elizabeth Warren | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-21 | Pope Francis Dies at 88, Hours After Meeting VP Vance Pope Francis · JD Vance · Catholic Church · Vatican | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-21 | Trump drops or pauses cases against 17 corporations that funded his inauguration Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-21 | Trump Raised $239 Million for Inauguration, More Than Doubling Previous Record Donald Trump · Trump Inaugural Committee | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-20 | Schedule F Implementation Deadline: Systematic Federal Workforce Reclassification Office of Personnel Management · Federal Agencies · Trump Administration · Federal Workforce | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-20 | VP Vance Meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday in Final Papal Encounter JD Vance · Pope Francis · Vatican · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-19 | Amazon and Meta are among the corporate sponsors of the White House Easter Egg Roll Donald Trump · Melania Trump · Amazon · Meta · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-17 | Federal Judge Blocks DOGE From Social Security Data, Orders Deletion of Personal Records | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-17 | Judge allows unions’ APA challenge to DOGE data access to proceed Judge John D. Bates (D.D.C.) · Department of Government Efficiency · AFL-CIO · American Federation of Government Employees · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-17 | Judge Rules Google Operates Illegal Ad Tech Monopoly, Orders Divestiture of Ad Business Judge Leonie Brinkema · Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · +1 | confirmed |