Decade of record

2020s

The 2020s contain 3456 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.

3456 events From Jan 1, 2020 To Sep 14, 2026 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
2025-03-10Pro Bono Legal Support Network Expansion 3 srcdisputed
2025-03-10Strategic Litigation Coordination Summit: Multi-State Legal Resistance 3 src
American Civil Liberties Union · New Civil Liberties Alliance
confirmed
2025-03-0928-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
2025-03-09Chinese Investors Secretly Invest Millions in Elon Musk's Private Companies 3 src
Elon Musk · SpaceX
confirmed
2025-03-09CIVICUS reports U.S. civic freedoms in decline, democracy at risk 4 src
United States
confirmed
2025-03-08Trump's Justice Department fires head of organized crime drug task force 3 src
Donald Trump · Todd Blanche
confirmed
2025-03-07Bondi Fires DOJ Pardon Attorney Who Refused to Restore Mel Gibson's Gun Rights at Trump's Request 3 src
Pam Bondi · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-03-07Crypto giant Tether CEO on cooperating with Trump administration: ‘We’ve never been shady’ 5 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-03-07Elon Musk's Starlink Expands Rapidly in Federal Government Infrastructure 3 src
Elon Musk · SpaceX · Starlink · Donald Trump · +4
confirmed
2025-03-07FCC Grants Starlink Controversial Direct-to-Cell Service Approval at Higher Power Levels 3 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · T-Mobile
confirmed
2025-03-07SpaceX Confirms Starlink Loan Agreement with FAA for Infrastructure Testing 3 src
Elon Musk · SpaceX · Federal Aviation Administration · Verizon · +1
confirmed
2025-03-07Trump Sends Letter to Khamenei Demanding Nuclear Negotiations with 60-Day Deadline 3 src
Donald Trump · Ali Khamenei · United Arab Emirates
confirmed
2025-03-06Cabinet Meeting Explodes as Rubio and Duffy Clash with Musk Over DOGE Cuts 3 src
Elon Musk · Marco Rubio · Sean Duffy · Donald Trump · +1
confirmed
2025-03-06Federal layoffs surge to 62,530 in first two months as DOGE cuts dominate 4 src
Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Federal Agencies
confirmed
2025-03-06Trump Issues Border Tariff Executive Orders Using Drug Enforcement Pretext 8 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-03-05Musk'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
2025-03-05Scale AI Wins Pentagon "Thunderforge" Contract for AI Military Planning, Partnering with Anduril 2 src
Scale AI · Alexandr Wang · Pentagon · Anduril Industries · +1
confirmed
2025-03-05Target Hospitality and CoreCivic Restart Dilley Family Detention Under New $246M / $180M Annual Contracts 3 src
CoreCivic · ICE
confirmed
2025-03-05Trump issues ethics waiver allowing crypto czar David Sacks to retain investments 4 src
David Sacks · White House · Elizabeth Warren · Craft Ventures · +1
confirmed
2025-03-04DAEO Ethics Waiver Abrogates Patel's One-Year Qatar Recusal 12 Days After FBI Confirmation 6 src
Kash Patel · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Office of Government Ethics · +2
confirmed
2025-03-04People are paying millions to dine with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-03-03Consumer watchdog payouts in limbo as agency is defanged by Trump administration 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Russell Vought
confirmed
2025-03-03DOGE Demands $4 Million from OPM for Workforce Reduction Planning 3 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management
confirmed
2025-03-03Trump Raises China Tariffs to 20 Percent Using Synthetic Opioid Justification 12 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-03-02Treasury announces suspension of Corporate Transparency Act enforcement against U.S. citizens and domestic reporting companies 6 src confirmed
2025-03-02Trump Establishes Strategic Crypto Reserve, Expanding U.S. Digital Asset Strategy 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Treasury Department · U.S. Department of Commerce
confirmed
2025-03-02Trump's Truth Social Posts Name XRP in Crypto Reserve; Ripple-Linked Lobbyist Drafted Text Without Disclosing Client Conflict 8 src
Donald Trump · Brian Ballard
confirmed
2025-03-01Abu Dhabi MGX commits $2 billion to Trump's WLF stablecoin 4 src
World Liberty Financial · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-03-01Blue Owl $425M Net Lease CMBS Loan Transferred to Special Servicer SitusAMC as Occupancy Collapses to 36% 3 src
Blue Owl Capital · Big Lots
confirmed
2025-03-01Commerce Department changes broadband policies benefiting Starlink up to $20B 4 src
Howard Lutnick · U.S. Department of Commerce · Elon Musk · Starlink
confirmed
2025-03-01FAA approves 4,000 Starlink terminals worth $400 million 4 src
Federal Aviation Administration · Starlink · Tesla · State Department · +1
confirmed
2025-03-01Federal Agencies Fire 62,530 Workers in Two Months - 41,311% Increase Over 2024 3 src
Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Department of Interior · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
confirmed
2025-03-01Federal candidates asked to confirm January 6 'inside job' and 2020 'stolen' 4 src
Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Federal Agencies
confirmed
2025-03-01Federal job applicants required to write MAGA loyalty essays 4 src
Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Federal Agencies
confirmed
2025-03-01HBO Documentary Exposes Systematic Corruption Through FBI Wiretaps of Officials 3 src
Federal Bureau of Investigation
confirmed
2025-03-01Investigation Finds 58% of Accounts Supporting Far-Right Portuguese Parties Were Fake 3 src confirmed
2025-03-01Project 2025 Authors Fill Key Administration Positions 3 src
Brendan Carr · Tom Homan · Linda McMahon · Karoline Leavitt · +2
confirmed
2025-03-01SEC offers $50,000 buyouts to staff investigating Elon Musk 4 src
Securities and Exchange Commission · Elon Musk
confirmed
2025-03-01Trump crypto ventures generate $350 million through March 2025 3 src
Donald Trump · World Liberty Financial · CIC Digital LLC
confirmed
2025-02-28Multiple international democracy research groups declare U.S. in democratic crisis 4 src
Freedom House · V-Dem Institute · United States
confirmed
2025-02-28SEC pauses Justin Sun investigation after $75M Trump investment 4 src
Securities and Exchange Commission · Justin Sun · World Liberty Financial
confirmed
2025-02-28Trump Misses Transition Donor Disclosure Deadline, Declines Federal Funding 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Susie Wiles · General Services Administration
confirmed
2025-02-27Attorney General Bondi Releases First Phase of Declassified Epstein Files, Initiating Multi-Phase Document Releases Through November 2025 8 src
Pamela Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · +1
confirmed
2025-02-27Bondi and Patel Stage Epstein Files Photo Op with Conservative Influencers — Contents Already Public 3 src
Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-02-27CFPB Drops Major Lawsuits Against Capital One and Other Financial Firms 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Russell Vought
confirmed
2025-02-27EIU Democracy Index 2024 Reports Historic Low in Global Democracy Score 3 src confirmed
2025-02-27SEC Declares Meme Coins Not Subject to Securities Regulations 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Securities and Exchange Commission
confirmed
2025-02-27US SEC, Tron founder Justin Sun explore resolution of civil fraud case 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Securities and Exchange Commission
confirmed
2025-02-27White House Stages Theatrical "Phase 1" Epstein Files Release 3 src
Trump Administration · Pam Bondi
confirmed
2025-02-26ICE arrests increase 627% in first month under Trump vs Biden era 5 src
Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem
confirmed
2025-02-26Musk's DOGE leads systematic CFPB shutdown, raising regulatory conflict concerns 4 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Russell Vought · Elizabeth Warren · +4
confirmed
2025-02-26Trump order calls for creation of DOGE-linked agency payment-tracking systems 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-02-26White House Seizes Control of Press Pool, Removes Reuters and Bloomberg Alongside AP 5 src
White House · Associated Press · Reuters · Bloomberg News · +1
confirmed
2025-02-25Axon Reports $2.1 Billion Revenue for 2024, Achieving Third Consecutive Year of 30%+ Growth Through Subscription Lock-In Model 3 src
Axon · Rick Smith
confirmed
2025-02-25Constellis FY2025-2026 contract sweep: $700M WEXMAC 2.0, $249M GTMO MACC, $95M FDA, $113M ICE skip-tracing — all competitive, six new vehicles 9 src
Triple Canopy
confirmed
2025-02-25FAA approves 4,000 Starlink terminals, considers canceling $2.4B Verizon contract 4 src
Federal Aviation Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX · Starlink · +2
confirmed
2025-02-25Leonardo Granted Second ELSAG Patent (US 12,236,780 B2): RF Device-Fingerprint Tracking 'Without a Camera' and Statistical Forecasting of a Target's Future Location 4 srcconfirmed
2025-02-25Trump Administration Introduces Expansive Special Government Employee Status for Private Sector Leaders 4 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency
confirmed
2025-02-25Trump to launch 'gold card' visa program for $5 million to the rich 5 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-02-24SEC Closes Investigation into Robinhood Crypto Division Without Enforcement Action 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-02-22Musk’s cost-cutting team is laying off workers at the auto safety agency overseeing his car company 5 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-02-22Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman and Navy Chief in Unprecedented Military Purge 4 src
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Jack Reed
confirmed
2025-02-21Acting ICE Director Vitello removed for failing to meet impossible deportation quotas 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2025-02-21Attorney General Bondi Says Epstein Files "Sitting on My Desk" 3 src
Pam Bondi · John Roberts · Fox News
confirmed
2025-02-21CFPB Drops Lawsuit Against Solo Funds, Signaling Regulatory Capture 3 src
Donald Trump · Russell Vought
confirmed
2025-02-21Coinbase says SEC intends to drop lawsuit against crypto exchange 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Securities and Exchange Commission
confirmed
2025-02-21DOGE put him in the Treasury Department. His company has federal contracts worth millions 5 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-02-21DOJ drops immigration discrimination case against SpaceX 4 src
Department of Justice · Elon Musk · SpaceX · Tesla
confirmed
2025-02-21Supreme Court declines to let firing of OSC chief take immediate effect 4 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Hampton Dellinger
confirmed
2025-02-20Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That Resigns Amid Facial Recognition Controversies 3 src
Hoan Ton-That · Clearview AI · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-02-20Consensys SEC case dropped after $100,000 inauguration donation 5 src
Donald Trump · Securities and Exchange Commission
confirmed
2025-02-20Kyle Lutnick Appointed to Newmark Group Board as Father Becomes Commerce Secretary
Brandon Lutnick · Howard Lutnick · Cantor Fitzgerald
confirmed
2025-02-20Study Finds 50% Spike in Pregnancy-Related Sepsis and Deaths in Texas After Abortion Ban 3 src confirmed
2025-02-20X Threatens Interpublic Group with Potential Government Interference Over Ad Spending 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk
confirmed
2025-02-19SpaceX Engineers Onboarded to FAA During Mass Staff Firings 3 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Sean Duffy
confirmed
2025-02-18The French billionaire working his Trump ties to spare his luxury empire 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-02-18Trump Administration Terminates Critical Privacy Officials at OPM, Blocking Public Information Access 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency
confirmed
2025-02-18Trump Asserts Unitary Executive Control Over DOJ, Echoing Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre 3 src
Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Heritage Foundation
confirmed
2025-02-18Trump Signs Order to Claim Power Over Independent Agencies 4 src
Donald Trump · Federal Trade Commission · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Communications Commission · +2
confirmed
2025-02-18White House Posts "ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight" Video Packaging State Violence as Entertainment 3 src
White House · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-02-17Coins, watches and more: A look at Trump's crypto-related ventures, by the numbers 3 src
Donald Trump · Eric Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Barron Trump · +1
confirmed
2025-02-17DHS Launches $200M "Stronger Border, Stronger America" Ad Campaign at Trump's Direction 4 src
Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · Tricia McLaughlin · Corey Lewandowski · +1
confirmed
2025-02-17Trump Leverages Presidential Position in PGA-LIV Golf Merger Negotiations 3 src
Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-02-15154,000 Federal Employees Accept Deferred Resignation Program Buyouts 7 src
Trump Administration · Office of Personnel Management · Federal employees
confirmed
2025-02-15Attorney General Bondi Establishes 'Weaponization Working Group' to Target Prosecutors 3 src
Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-02-15Capital One CFPB case dropped after $1 million inauguration donation 6 src
Donald Trump · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
confirmed
2025-02-15CFPB ordered to close offices and cease all work 3 src
Russell Vought · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-02-15Coordinated Litigation Strategy Workshop 3 src
Constitutional Defense Network
confirmed
2025-02-15DOJ Kleptocracy Initiative Shuttered: Major Setback for Anti-Corruption Enforcement 3 src
Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Transparency International
confirmed
2025-02-15Federal Courts Grapple with Unprecedented Emoluments Enforcement Challenge 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-02-15Federal Judges Address Escalating Threats to Judicial Independence 3 src
John Roberts · Federal Judiciary · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Marshals Service
confirmed
2025-02-15Multi-Organizational Civil Rights Litigation Coordination Summit 4 src
Earthjustice · American Civil Liberties Union
confirmed
2025-02-15Pro Bono Legal Support Coordination Mechanism Launched 3 src
American Civil Liberties Union · Institute for Justice · New Civil Liberties Alliance · Lawyers for Good Government
confirmed
2025-02-15Strategic Litigation Framework Developed by Legal Resistance Network 3 src
Electronic Frontier Foundation · American Civil Liberties Union
confirmed
2025-02-15Supreme Court Confronts Unprecedented National Guard Federalization Crisis 3 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · State Governors
confirmed
2025-02-15Trump Administration Systematically Removes DOJ Prosecutors 3 src
James McHenry · Jack Smith · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · +1
confirmed
2025-02-15Trump systematically fires federal officials investigating Elon Musk's companies 3 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk
confirmed
2025-02-14DOE Resumes LNG Export Approvals: Commonwealth LNG First Permit, Five Major Facilities Approved by September 7 src
Chris Wright · Department of Energy
confirmed
2025-02-14DOGE Orchestrates Mass Firing of Nearly 25,000 Probationary Federal Workers Across Government 3 srcconfirmed
2025-02-14DOJ Public Corruption Division Systematic Dismantling Coordinated Across Agencies 5 src
Emil Bove · Danielle Sassoon · Eric Adams · Dale Ho
confirmed