2020s
The 2020s contain 2812 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-25 | Musk's Super PAC Jumps into Florida's Special Elections
4 src Elon Musk · Jimmy Patronis · Randy Fine · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate Confirms Marty Makary as FDA Commissioner in 56-44 Vote, Architect of Deregulation Agenda
4 src Marty Makary · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Jay Bhattacharya · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Thiel Capital Chief of Staff Michael Kratsios Confirmed as OSTP Director (74-25)
5 src Michael Kratsios · Peter Thiel · Thiel Capital · Scale AI · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Trump SEC pick discloses family fortune of more than $328 million
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Trump Signs EO 'Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections' — Proof of Citizenship, Mail Ballot Restrictions
6 src Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security · Department of Justice · U.S. Postal Service · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Trump's World Liberty Financial Announces USD1 Stablecoin with Binance Backing
4 src Donald Trump · Zachary Folkman · Chase Herro · Zach Witkoff · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-24 | FBI launches task force investigating violent attacks on Tesla
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Kash Patel · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-24 | Government contractor who received $179M in federal contracts buys VP Vance's home for $170K over asking
3 src JD Vance · Christopher Garcia · Health Supply US · 9 EDR LLC · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-24 | Senate Confirms John Phelan as 79th Secretary of the Navy 62-30 Despite Multimillion-Dollar Blue Owl and MSD Holdings
3 src John Phelan · Donald Trump · US Senate · Blue Owl Capital · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-24 | Trump Media shares jump on announcement of ETF deal with Crypto.com
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-23 | SpaceX Secures Over $9.5 Billion in Government Contracts Despite Conflicts of Interest
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Trump Administration · Rep. Stephen Lynch · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-23 | Trump White House Sells Corporate Sponsorships for Easter Egg Roll, Marking New Level of Institutional Capture
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Meta · YouTube · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-22 | First Major Court Battle Over National Guard Deployment Authority
6 src Federal District Court · U.S. Department of Defense · State Governors · Donald Trump · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-22 | Supreme Court Continues to Sidestep Definitive Ruling on Presidential Emoluments
7 src U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · Ethics Watchdogs | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-22 | Trump's National Guard Federalization Triggers Constitutional Crisis in California
3 src Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Pete Hegseth · Charles Breyer · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-21 | DHS eliminates civil rights and oversight offices through mass layoffs
3 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Tricia McLaughlin (DHS) · Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties · Immigration Detention Ombudsman · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-21 | FinCEN interim final rule exempts all U.S.-formed entities and U.S. persons from Corporate Transparency Act beneficial-ownership reporting 8 src | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-21 | Pentagon Alters Musk Meeting After Leaked War Plan Briefing Reports
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pete Hegseth | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-21 | Treasury lifts Tornado Cash sanctions benefiting crypto money laundering
3 src U.S. Treasury Department · OFAC | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Commerce Secretary Lutnick Urges Public to Buy Tesla Stock, Violating Ethics Rules
3 src Howard Lutnick · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Federal Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order Blocking DOGE Access to Social Security Records 2 src | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Musk PAC Offers $100 to Wisconsin Voters for 'Anti-Activist Judge' Petition
3 src Elon Musk · Josh Kaul · Brad Schimel · Susan Crawford · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Paul Weiss becomes first law firm to capitulate with $40M settlement
4 src Paul Weiss Law Firm · Trump Administration · Law firm chair | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Trump Invokes Defense Production Act for Critical Mineral Extraction on Federal Lands
3 src Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Scott Bessent · Doug Burgum | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Trump Rescinds Executive Order After Paul Weiss Agrees to $40M Pro Bono Services
3 src Donald Trump · Paul Weiss Law Firm · Mark Pomerantz | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Trump Signs Executive Order Directing Dismantlement of Department of Education
6 src Donald Trump · Linda McMahon · Heritage Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-19 | Donald Trump Jr. meets Serbian president to promote Trump hotel amid massive protests
4 src Donald Trump Jr. · Aleksandar Vučić · Trump Organization · Affinity Global Development · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-19 | Musk Calls for Judicial Impeachment Wave, Supports GOP Lawmakers
3 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Republican Congressional Caucus | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-19 | SEC Drops Landmark Lawsuit Against Ripple Labs After Political Shifts
3 src Brad Garlinghouse · Donald Trump · Mark Uyeda · SEC Chair · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-19 | White House Forces Out Amtrak CEO Amid Privatization Threats
3 src Donald Trump · Stephen Gardner · Elon Musk · Sean Duffy | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | DOGE Audit Controversy: Inflated Savings Claims and Potential Conflicts of Interest
3 src Elon Musk · U.S. Treasury Department · Democratic Senators | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | Fired FTC Democrats fear Trump will urge regulator to go easy on his Big Tech donors
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | Russia Proposes Mars Exploration Collaboration with Elon Musk
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Kirill Dmitriev · Elon Musk · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | Starlink Installed at White House, Raising Major Security Concerns
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX DOGE Team · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | TPUSA Faith Forward Pastors Summit, Free Chapel Gainesville — Cross-Track Integration of NAR, Pentecostal, and Evangelical Streams Under Kirk's Platform
8 src Charlie Kirk · Jentezen Franklin · John Bevere · Samuel Rodriguez · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-18 | Trump Administration Eliminates Key NASA Scientific and Policy Offices
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Janet Petro · Katherine Calvin | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-17 | First Criminal Charges Filed Under Texas Abortion Ban: Midwife Faces 20 Years
3 src Maria Margarita Rojas · Jose Ley · Texas Attorney General · Ken Paxton | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-17 | Pulte Purges 14 Directors from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Boards, Installs Himself as Chairman of Both GSEs
8 src Bill Pulte · FHFA · Fannie Mae · Freddie Mac · +19 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-17 | Trump administration accused of ‘quid pro quo’ for fast-tracking controversial fossil fuel proposal in Michigan
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-17 | Trump's World Liberty Financial Raises $550 Million in Crypto Token Sales
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · World Liberty Financial · Justin Sun | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-16 | Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | 40 Million Americans Face SNAP Benefits Reduction Under New Work Requirements
3 src Trump Administration · USDA · department-of-health-human-services · U.S. Department of Labor | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Federal Judiciary Responds to Mounting Constitutional Threats in Emergency Closed-Door Conference
3 src Federal Judiciary Leadership · Judge Richard Sullivan · U.S. Marshals Service · Judicial Conference Leadership · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Kilmar Abrego Garcia Wrongfully Deported to El Salvador Despite Court-Ordered Protection
4 src Kilmar Abrego Garcia · ICE · Trump Administration · El Salvador · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Senator Blumenthal opens investigation into Trump crypto ventures
4 src Richard Blumenthal · Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Supreme Court Conducts Unprecedented Hearing on Presidential Emoluments
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · Constitutional Scholars | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Trump administration coerces law firms into $940 million of free legal work
5 src Trump Administration · Major law firms · Paul Weiss · Kirkland & Ellis · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-15 | Trump Administration Used Diplomatic Pressure to Advance Starlink in Gambia
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Sharon Cromer · Lamin Jabbi · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-14 | AG Pam Bondi Announces Federal Investigation into Tesla Vandalism
4 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-14 | Trump Signs Proclamation 10903 Invoking 1798 Alien Enemies Act Against Tren de Aragua, First Use Outside Declared War Since World War II Donald Trump · Stephen Miller · Marco Rubio · James Boasberg · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-13 | ICE makes 32,809 arrests in first 50 days of Trump administration
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-13 | Inside Elon Musk's 'Digital Coup' in Trump Administration
3 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-13 | Judge Alsup Orders Reinstatement of Fired Probationary Employees, Rules OPM Mass Terminations Unlawful
4 src Judge William Alsup · AFGE · AFSCME · Office of Personnel Management · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-13 | Top Trump official's crypto ties raise red flags as the administration touts digital assets
4 src Donald Trump · Howard Lutnick · Elizabeth Warren · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-13 | Trump family has held deal talks with Binance following crypto exchange’s guilty plea
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Anduril Wins $642M Marine Corps Counter-Drone Contract for Base Protection Worldwide
4 src Anduril Industries · U.S. Marine Corps · Palmer Luckey · U.S. Department of the Navy | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Announces Historic Rollback of 31 Pollution Rules
5 src Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Eliminates Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights
5 src Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Johnson says Congress will investigate attacks against Tesla owners, vehicles
3 src Mike Johnson · Elon Musk · Marjorie Taylor Greene · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Justice Department Significantly Downsizes Public Corruption Investigation Unit
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Pam Bondi · Eric Adams · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Trump Raises Steel and Aluminum Tariffs to 25% on All Countries, Eliminating All Exemptions; EU and Canada Retaliate
5 src Donald Trump · European Commission · Justin Trudeau · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Trump Turns White House Lawn into Tesla Showroom, Purchases Model S to Support Musk
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · White House Staff | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | DHS Awards $200 Million Ad Contract to Republican Firms Without Full Competitive Bidding
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Kristi Noem · Jay Connaughton · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | Education Department announces 50% workforce reduction
4 src Linda McMahon · U.S. Department of Education · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | FAA Reviews Verizon Contract Amid Starlink Competition
4 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Verizon Communications · SpaceX · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | Greenland Election Produces New Government Rejecting Trump Acquisition Demands
2 src Jens-Frederik Nielsen · Mute Egede · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | Judge Cooper rules DOGE subject to FOIA due to "unusual secrecy" and "substantial authority"
4 src Judge Christopher Cooper · Department of Government Efficiency · Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | Musk Pledges $100M to Trump Political Operation
3 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | SEC Revokes Staff's Investigative Authority, Requiring Direct Commissioner Approval
3 src Donald Trump · Mark Uyeda · Hester Peirce · Caroline Crenshaw | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | Trump calls Tesla boycott ‘illegal’ and says he’s buying one to support Musk
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Tesla | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | Amazon pays $40 million for Melania documentary in apparent quid pro quo arrangement
3 src Amazon · Jeff Bezos · Melania Trump · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | CIVICUS places U.S. on democracy watchlist
3 src CIVICUS Monitor · United States | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | Constitutional Defense Legal Strategy War Room Established
3 src Constitutional Law Experts · Strategic Litigation Team · Legal Research Consortium · Democracy 2025 · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | It's 'shoot first and ask questions later' as DOGE tries to dismantle CFPB: Official
7 src Department of Government Efficiency · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | Legal Resistance Network Litigation Summit
3 src National Association of Attorneys General · State Attorney General Networks · Civil Liberties Organizations · Constitutional Litigation Experts | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | National Legal Defense Fund Established to Defend Nonprofits and Democracy
3 src Democracy Forward · Lawyers for Good Government · MacArthur Foundation · Kenneth Rainin Foundation · +10 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | Pro Bono Legal Support Network Expansion
3 src Pro Bono Defense Network · Legal Aid Organizations · Constitutional Rights Funding Coalition · Pro Bono Net · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-10 | Strategic Litigation Coordination Summit: Multi-State Legal Resistance
3 src State Attorney General Networks · American Civil Liberties Union · Civil Liberties Defense Center · New Civil Liberties Alliance · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-09 | 28-year-old political operative appointed ICE Deputy Director despite lacking required experience
3 src Madison Sheahan · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-09 | Chinese Investors Secretly Invest Millions in Elon Musk's Private Companies
3 src Elon Musk · Chinese Investors · SpaceX | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-09 | CIVICUS reports U.S. civic freedoms in decline, democracy at risk
4 src CIVICUS Monitor · United States · International civil society organizations | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-08 | Trump's Justice Department fires head of organized crime drug task force
3 src Donald Trump · Adam Cohen · Todd Blanche | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | Bondi Fires DOJ Pardon Attorney Who Refused to Restore Mel Gibson's Gun Rights at Trump's Request
3 src Pam Bondi · Elizabeth Oyer · Mel Gibson · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | Crypto giant Tether CEO on cooperating with Trump administration: ‘We’ve never been shady’
5 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | Elon Musk's Starlink Expands Rapidly in Federal Government Infrastructure
3 src Elon Musk · SpaceX · Starlink · Donald Trump · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | FCC Grants Starlink Controversial Direct-to-Cell Service Approval at Higher Power Levels
3 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Jay Schwarz · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | SpaceX Confirms Starlink Loan Agreement with FAA for Infrastructure Testing
3 src Elon Musk · SpaceX · Federal Aviation Administration · L3Harris Technologies · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | Trump Sends Letter to Khamenei Demanding Nuclear Negotiations with 60-Day Deadline
3 src Donald Trump · Ali Khamenei · United Arab Emirates | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-06 | Cabinet Meeting Explodes as Rubio and Duffy Clash with Musk Over DOGE Cuts
3 src Elon Musk · Marco Rubio · Sean Duffy · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-06 | Federal layoffs surge to 62,530 in first two months as DOGE cuts dominate
4 src Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Federal Agencies · Challenger Gray & Christmas | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-06 | Trump Issues Border Tariff Executive Orders Using Drug Enforcement Pretext
8 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-05 | Musk's America PAC launches $1 million TV ad buy touting Trump's first 6 weeks in office
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · America PAC | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-05 | Scale AI Wins Pentagon "Thunderforge" Contract for AI Military Planning, Partnering with Anduril
2 src Scale AI · Alexandr Wang · Pentagon · Defense Innovation Unit · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-05 | Trump issues ethics waiver allowing crypto czar David Sacks to retain investments
4 src David Sacks · White House · David Warrington · Sen. Elizabeth Warren · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-04 | DAEO Ethics Waiver Abrogates Patel's One-Year Qatar Recusal 12 Days After FBI Confirmation
6 src Kash Patel · Jolene A. Lauria · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-04 | People are paying millions to dine with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-03 | Consumer watchdog payouts in limbo as agency is defanged by Trump administration
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Russell Vought | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-03 | DOGE Demands $4 Million from OPM for Workforce Reduction Planning
3 src 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
12 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed |