2020s
The 2020s contain 2567 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-03 | Consumer watchdog payouts in limbo as agency is defanged by Trump administration Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Russell Vought | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-03 | DOGE Demands $4 Million from OPM for Workforce Reduction Planning Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-03 | Trump Raises China Tariffs to 20 Percent Using Synthetic Opioid Justification Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-02 | Trump Establishes Strategic Crypto Reserve, Expanding U.S. Digital Asset Strategy Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Treasury Department · U.S. Department of Commerce | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Abu Dhabi MGX commits $2 billion to Trump's WLF stablecoin Abu Dhabi MGX · World Liberty Financial · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Commerce Department changes broadband policies benefiting Starlink up to $20B Howard Lutnick · U.S. Department of Commerce · Elon Musk · Starlink | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | FAA approves 4,000 Starlink terminals worth $400 million Federal Aviation Administration · Starlink · Tesla · State Department · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Federal Agencies Fire 62,530 Workers in Two Months - 41,311% Increase Over 2024 Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Department of Interior · forest-service · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Federal candidates asked to confirm January 6 'inside job' and 2020 'stolen' Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Federal job applicants required to write MAGA loyalty essays Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | HBO Documentary Exposes Systematic Corruption Through FBI Wiretaps of Officials Alex Gibney (filmmaker) · HBO · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Unnamed officials (wiretapped) | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Investigation Finds 58% of Accounts Supporting Far-Right Portuguese Parties Were Fake Cyabra (investigator) · Far-right Portuguese parties · Fake account networks · Russian disinformation operations | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Project 2025 Authors Fill Key Administration Positions Brendan Carr · Tom Homan · Linda McMahon · Karoline Leavitt · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | SEC offers $50,000 buyouts to staff investigating Elon Musk Securities and Exchange Commission · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-01 | Trump crypto ventures generate $350 million through March 2025 Donald Trump · World Liberty Financial · CIC Digital LLC | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-28 | Multiple international democracy research groups declare U.S. in democratic crisis Freedom House · V-Dem Institute · International IDEA · Varieties of Democracy Project · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-28 | SEC pauses Justin Sun investigation after $75M Trump investment Securities and Exchange Commission · Justin Sun · World Liberty Financial | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-28 | Trump Misses Transition Donor Disclosure Deadline, Declines Federal Funding Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Susie Wiles · General Services Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | Attorney General Bondi Releases First Phase of Declassified Epstein Files, Initiating Multi-Phase Document Releases Through November 2025 Pamela Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | Bondi and Patel Stage Epstein Files Photo Op with Conservative Influencers — Contents Already Public Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | CFPB Drops Major Lawsuits Against Capital One and Other Financial Firms Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Russell Vought · Jonathan McKernan · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | EIU Democracy Index 2024 Reports Historic Low in Global Democracy Score Economist Intelligence Unit · Global Democracy Researchers · International Political Analysts | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | SEC Declares Meme Coins Not Subject to Securities Regulations Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Securities and Exchange Commission · SEC Division of Corporation Finance | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | US SEC, Tron founder Justin Sun explore resolution of civil fraud case Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-27 | White House Stages Theatrical "Phase 1" Epstein Files Release Trump Administration · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-26 | ICE arrests increase 627% in first month under Trump vs Biden era Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-26 | Musk's DOGE leads systematic CFPB shutdown, raising regulatory conflict concerns Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Linda Yaccarino · Russell Vought · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-26 | Trump order calls for creation of DOGE-linked agency payment-tracking systems Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-26 | White House Seizes Control of Press Pool, Removes Reuters and Bloomberg Alongside AP White House · Associated Press · Reuters · Bloomberg News · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-25 | Axon Reports $2.1 Billion Revenue for 2024, Achieving Third Consecutive Year of 30%+ Growth Through Subscription Lock-In Model Axon · Rick Smith | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-25 | FAA approves 4,000 Starlink terminals, considers canceling $2.4B Verizon contract Federal Aviation Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX/Starlink · Department of Government Efficiency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-25 | Trump Administration Introduces Expansive Special Government Employee Status for Private Sector Leaders Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-25 | Trump to launch 'gold card' visa program for $5 million to the rich Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-24 | SEC Closes Investigation into Robinhood Crypto Division Without Enforcement Action Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Dan Gallagher · Robinhood Crypto Division | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-22 | Musk’s cost-cutting team is laying off workers at the auto safety agency overseeing his car company Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-22 | Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman and Navy Chief in Unprecedented Military Purge Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · General Charles Q. Brown Jr. · Admiral Lisa Franchetti · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | Acting ICE Director Vitello removed for failing to meet impossible deportation quotas Caleb Vitello · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | Attorney General Bondi Says Epstein Files "Sitting on My Desk" Pam Bondi · John Roberts · Fox News | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | CFPB Drops Lawsuit Against Solo Funds, Signaling Regulatory Capture Donald Trump · Russell Vought · Travis Holoway · Lauren Saunders | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | Coinbase says SEC intends to drop lawsuit against crypto exchange Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Gary Gensler · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | DOGE put him in the Treasury Department. His company has federal contracts worth millions Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | DOJ drops immigration discrimination case against SpaceX Department of Justice · Elon Musk · SpaceX · Tesla | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | Supreme Court declines to let firing of OSC chief take immediate effect US Supreme Court · Hampton Dellinger | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-20 | Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That Resigns Amid Facial Recognition Controversies Hoan Ton-That · Clearview AI · Hal Lambert · Richard Schwartz · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-20 | Consensys SEC case dropped after $100,000 inauguration donation Consensys · Donald Trump · Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-20 | Kyle Lutnick Appointed to Newmark Group Board as Father Becomes Commerce Secretary Kyle Lutnick · Brandon Lutnick · Howard Lutnick · Newmark Group · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-20 | Study Finds 50% Spike in Pregnancy-Related Sepsis and Deaths in Texas After Abortion Ban Texas Department of Health · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · University of Texas | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-20 | X Threatens Interpublic Group with Potential Government Interference Over Ad Spending Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Linda Yaccarino · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-19 | SpaceX Engineers Onboarded to FAA During Mass Staff Firings Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Sean Duffy · Brady Glantz · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-18 | The French billionaire working his Trump ties to spare his luxury empire Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-18 | Trump Administration Terminates Critical Privacy Officials at OPM, Blocking Public Information Access Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-18 | Trump Asserts Unitary Executive Control Over DOJ, Echoing Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre Donald Trump · Michael C. Dorf · Department of Justice · Heritage Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-18 | Trump Signs Order to Claim Power Over Independent Agencies Donald Trump · Federal Trade Commission · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Communications Commission · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-18 | White House Posts "ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight" Video Packaging State Violence as Entertainment White House · Donald Trump · deportees | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-17 | Coins, watches and more: A look at Trump's crypto-related ventures, by the numbers Donald Trump · Eric Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Barron Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-17 | DHS Launches $200M "Stronger Border, Stronger America" Ad Campaign at Trump's Direction Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · Tricia McLaughlin · Corey Lewandowski · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-17 | Trump Leverages Presidential Position in PGA-LIV Golf Merger Negotiations Donald Trump · Jay Monahan · Yasir al-Rumayyan · PGA Tour · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | 154,000 Federal Employees Accept Deferred Resignation Program Buyouts Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Federal employees | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Attorney General Bondi Establishes 'Weaponization Working Group' to Target Prosecutors Pam Bondi · Weaponization Working Group · Department of Justice · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Capital One CFPB case dropped after $1 million inauguration donation Capital One · Donald Trump · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | CFPB ordered to close offices and cease all work Russell Vought · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Coordinated Litigation Strategy Workshop Constitutional Defense Network · ACLU Litigation Team · National Lawyers Guild · Democracy 2025 Network · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | DOJ Kleptocracy Initiative Shuttered: Major Setback for Anti-Corruption Enforcement Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative · KleptoCapture Task Force · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Federal Courts Grapple with Unprecedented Emoluments Enforcement Challenge U.S. Supreme Court · Federal District Courts · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Federal Judges Address Escalating Threats to Judicial Independence Chief Justice John Roberts · Chief Judge James Boasberg · Federal Judiciary · U.S. Supreme Court · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Multi-Organizational Civil Rights Litigation Coordination Summit Lawyers for Civil Rights · Brennan Center · EarthJustice · American Civil Liberties Union · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Pro Bono Legal Support Coordination Mechanism Launched Democracy 2025 · American Civil Liberties Union · Institute for Justice · New Civil Liberties Alliance · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Strategic Litigation Framework Developed by Legal Resistance Network Constitutional Litigation Consortium · Electronic Frontier Foundation · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Supreme Court Confronts Unprecedented National Guard Federalization Crisis U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · State Governors · Brian Schwalb · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Trump Administration Systematically Removes DOJ Prosecutors James McHenry · Michael Ben'Ary · Jack Smith · Donald Trump · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-15 | Trump systematically fires federal officials investigating Elon Musk's companies Donald Trump · Elon Musk · FDA officials · EEOC officials · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-14 | DOE Resumes LNG Export Approvals: Commonwealth LNG First Permit, Five Major Facilities Approved by September Chris Wright · Department of Energy · Commonwealth LNG · Venture Global · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-14 | DOGE Orchestrates Mass Firing of Nearly 25,000 Probationary Federal Workers Across Government | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-14 | DOJ Public Corruption Division Systematic Dismantling Coordinated Across Agencies Emil Bove · Danielle Sassoon · Hagan Scotten (Assistant US Attorney) · Eric Adams · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-14 | DOJ Public Integrity Section Gutted After Mass Resignations Over Adams Case Department of Justice · Emil Bove · Eric Adams · Danielle Sassoon · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-14 | How Trump's Justice Department has Gutted the Government's Ability to Chase Public Corruption Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-14 | Vance Munich Security Conference Speech: 'Internal Threat' Framing Articulates Skinner State Chapter Values-Realignment Framework JD Vance · Munich Security Conference · European leaders (Boris Pistorius / Kaja Kallas) | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-13 | Acting NASA Chief Confirms DOGE Audit of Space Agency Spending Elon Musk · Janet Petro · Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-13 | How the Trumps Turned Social Media Platform Litigation into a Profitable Strategy Donald Trump · Alphabet Inc. · Google · YouTube · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-13 | India's Modi talks space and 'good governance' with Musk in Washington Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-13 | OPM Orders Mass Firing of Nearly 25,000 Probationary Federal Employees Across All Agencies Office of Personnel Management · Charles Ezell · Donald Trump · DOGE · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-13 | Seven SDNY Prosecutors Resign in 36 Hours Rather Than Drop Adams Corruption Charges: 'Thursday Afternoon Massacre' Danielle Sassoon · Emil Bove · John Keller · Kevin Driscoll · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-13 | Trump Fires Top Ethics and Whistleblower Protection Officials Donald Trump · David Huitema · Hampton Dellinger · Colleen Shogan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-12 | DOJ Moves to Undermine Independence of Regulatory Agencies Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Sarah Harris · Richard Durbin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-12 | State Department Plans $400 Million Purchase of Tesla Cybertrucks State Department · Tesla · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Anduril Takes Over Microsoft's $22 Billion Army IVAS Augmented Reality Headset Program Anduril Industries · Microsoft · Palmer Luckey · U.S. Army · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Associated Press barred from White House events; later restored by court Associated Press · White House | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Trump Administration Explores Consolidating Banking Regulators Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Trump Administration Halts CFPB Operations, Freezing Consumer Protection Investigations Donald Trump · Russell Vought · Elizabeth Warren | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Trump Administration Systematically Halts Regulatory Investigations into Musk's Business Empire Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Federal Regulatory Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Trump Signs Executive Order for Large-Scale Federal Workforce Cuts Under DOGE Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Trump Sons Join Advisory Board of Trump Tower Broker-Dealer Dominari Securities, Stock Surges 83% Donald Trump Jr. · Eric Trump · Dominari Securities · Dominari Holdings · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | White House will not release visitor logs during Trump's second term Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Tom Blanton · National Security Archive | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | CFPB offices ordered closed, staff told cannot perform work tasks Russell Vought · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Rohit Chopra | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | Early crypto traders had speedy profit on Trump coin as others suffered losses Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | EPA Administrator Zeldin Plans 65% Workforce Cut While Terminating $20 Billion Climate Grants Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · JBS · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | Musk Recruits Engineers for Department of Government Efficiency via Targeted Online Networks Elon Musk · Anthony Jansco · Steve Davis · Peter Thiel | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | Stephen Miller Emerges as "Prime Minister" with Unprecedented Power Across All Policy Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · Susie Wiles | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | Trump Executive Order Pauses Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Donald Trump · Pamela Bondi · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | Trump pardons multiple financial criminals and white-collar offenders Donald Trump · Rod Blagojevich · Todd Chrisley · Julie Chrisley · +6 | confirmed |