Decade of record

2020s

The 2020s contain 4339 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.

4339 events From Jan 1, 2020 To Nov 3, 2026 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
2025-01-21Trump Signs EO 14173 'Ending Illegal Discrimination' — Foundational Anti-DEI Order Requiring Federal Contractor Certification 6 src
Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-01-20Chief of Staff Susie Wiles Brings 42 Corporate Lobbying Clients into White House 3 src
Susie Wiles · Mercury Public Affairs · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-01-20Commerce Secretary Lutnick Maintains $600 Million Tether Stake Despite DOJ Investigation and Senate Scrutiny 5 src
Howard Lutnick · Cantor Fitzgerald · Tether · Department of Justice · +2
confirmed
2025-01-20Coordinated Federal Workforce Purge: Schedule F and DOJ Personnel Removal 4 src
Donald Trump · Office of Personnel Management · National Treasury Employees Union · American Federation of Government Employees
confirmed
2025-01-20DISPUTED FRAME: Justin Sun $75M World Liberty Financial investment — date, venue, and White House framing unsupported (correction 2026-08-28) 3 src
Justin Sun · Donald Trump · Trump Family · Securities and Exchange Commission · +2
disputed
2025-01-20Ed Coristine, 19, given access to critical government systems despite cybercrime links 3 src
Edward Coristine · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · State Department · +2
confirmed
2025-01-20Emergence of Coordinated Legal Resistance Networks 3 src
American Civil Liberties Union · New Civil Liberties Alliance
confirmed
2025-01-20Executive Order 14171: Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions (Schedule F) 5 src
Donald Trump · Office of Personnel Management · Heritage Foundation
confirmed
2025-01-20HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Confirmed with Ongoing Vaccine Litigation Referral Fees 6 src
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health (NIH) · Merck · +1
confirmed
2025-01-20ICE Launches Aggressive Raids in Puerto Rico's Dominican Community 4 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Jenniffer González-Colón · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2025-01-20Initial Rescissions order revokes 78 Biden-era executive orders 4 src
Donald Trump · White House
confirmed
2025-01-20J.D. Vance Inaugurated as 50th Vice President 3 src
J.D. Vance · Donald Trump · Peter Thiel · Republican Party
confirmed
2025-01-20JD Vance Sworn In as 50th Vice President, Positioned for Potential Constitutional Crisis Management 3 src
J.D. Vance · Brett Kavanaugh · Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court · +1
confirmed
2025-01-20Justin Sun's $75 Million Crypto Investment Signals Complex Trump Financial Network 4 src
Justin Sun · World Liberty Financial · Securities and Exchange Commission · Donald Trump · +1
confirmed
2025-01-20Pam Bondi Rescinds Journalist Protection Safeguards as AG 3 src
Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice · Merrick Garland
confirmed
2025-01-20Project 2025: Trump Administration Launches Massive Federal Civil Service Restructuring 3 src
Donald Trump · Heritage Foundation · Kevin Roberts · Paul Dans
confirmed
2025-01-20Systematic Coordination Emerges in Federal Worker Purge and Civil Service Dismantling 4 src
Trump Administration · Heritage Foundation · Office of Personnel Management · Paul Dans · +1
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump cabinet worth $450 billion, most concentrated wealth in US history 4 src
Elon Musk · Howard Lutnick
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump Declares National Energy Emergency on First Day to Bypass Environmental Regulations 2 src
Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump Declares Nine National Emergencies in First 100 Days, More Than Any Modern President 3 src
Donald Trump · Brennan Center for Justice
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump designates Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations 3 src
Donald Trump · Department of the Treasury · Department of Justice · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump eliminates ethics requirements and lobbying restrictions 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of Government Ethics · Public Citizen · +2
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump Establishes Department of Government Efficiency via Executive Order, Names Musk Leader 2 srcconfirmed
2025-01-20Trump Implements Unprecedented Wave of Project 2025 Executive Orders 3 src
Donald Trump · Russell Vought · Tom Homan · John Ratcliffe · +2
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump Issues Blanket Pardons and Commutations for ~1,500 January 6 Defendants 2 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump Issues Mass Pardons to 1,500 January 6 Defendants Including Violent Offenders 3 src
Donald Trump · Enrique Tarrio · Proud Boys
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump Replaces Lina Khan with Andrew Ferguson, Signals Antitrust Rollback 3 src
Donald Trump · Andrew Ferguson · Lina Khan · Federal Trade Commission · +1
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump Signs 'Unleashing American Energy' EO on Day One: Lifts LNG Export Pause, Opens Federal Lands, Targets EV Mandates 5 src
Donald Trump · Chris Wright · Doug Burgum
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump signs 37 executive orders on first day, implementing Project 2025 priorities 4 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · White House · United Nations
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump Signs Comprehensive Immigration Executive Orders Package: Ends Asylum, Reinstates Remain in Mexico, Kills Parole Programs, Declares Border 'Invasion' 8 src
Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security · Customs and Border Protection · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump Signs EO 14168: 'Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism,' Mandating Federal Recognition of Only Two Sexes 6 src
Donald Trump · Office of Personnel Management · Department of Education · Department of Health and Human Services · +1
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump signs Executive Order 14148 rescinding 78 Biden directives 3 src
Donald Trump · J.D. Vance
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump Signs Unconstitutional Executive Order Challenging Birthright Citizenship 4 src
Donald Trump · Department of Justice · U.S. Supreme Court · American Civil Liberties Union
confirmed
2025-01-20Trump-2 Day-1 Proclamation 10887 — J6 Mass Clemency (Proud Boys + Oath Keepers + ~1,500 Defendants) as Forgiveness-Over-Accountability Ratchet Click 6b 7 src
Donald Trump · Enrique Tarrio · Stewart Rhodes · Kelly Meggs · +1
confirmed
2025-01-20Young Black Lawyers Organizing Coalition (YBLOC) Legal Resistance Summit 3 src confirmed
2025-01-19Melania Trump launches $MELANIA coin with suspicious trading netting insiders $99.6M 4 src
Melania Trump · World Liberty Financial · Chris Murphy
confirmed
2025-01-17Crypto firms pour $18 million into Trump inauguration 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Coinbase · Ripple
confirmed
2025-01-17RFK Jr. Absent from CDC Bird Flu Pandemic Preparedness Exercise During Transition 2 src
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
confirmed
2025-01-17Tahnoon bin Zayed (UAE National Security Advisor) Lieutenants Buy 49% of Trump-Family World Liberty Financial for $500M — Days Before Inauguration; $187M to Trump Family, $31M to Witkoff Family 14 src
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan · Donald Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Eric Trump · +11
confirmed
2025-01-17Tahnoon-Lieutenant UAE Vehicle Acquires 49% of World Liberty Financial for $500M Three Days Before Inauguration — Phase 4 Anchor 2 src
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan · Donald Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Eric Trump · +2
confirmed
2025-01-17Trump launches crypto memecoin days before inauguration 12 src
Donald Trump · Melania Trump
confirmed
2025-01-15Grok AI Demonstrates Major Safety and Misinformation Vulnerabilities 3 src
Elon Musk · xAI
confirmed
2025-01-15Louisiana Grand Jury Indicts New York Physician for Providing Medication Abortion 3 srcconfirmed
2025-01-15Northern Mariana Islands in "Very Dire" Fiscal Crisis as Tourism Collapse and Federal Aid Ends 2 src
Government Accountability Office (GAO) · U.S. Congress
confirmed
2025-01-15Patrizia Cavazzoni's FDA to Pfizer Move Epitomizes Regulatory Capture 3 src
Food and Drug Administration · Pfizer · Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
confirmed
2025-01-14Bondi OGE Form 278e (Nominee) Certified, Disclosing 106,250 DJT Shares + 31,250 DJT Warrants ($1M-$5M Each) From Renatus LLC Consulting Merger with DWAC-TMTG 4 src
Pam Bondi · Office of Government Ethics · Trump Media & Technology Group · Digital World Acquisition Corp · +2
confirmed
2025-01-14Defense Secretary Nominee Hegseth Declines to Rule Out Military Force Against Greenland and Panama 2 src
Pete Hegseth
confirmed
2025-01-14Jack Smith releases final report concluding Trump would have been convicted for January 6 crimes 3 src
Jack Smith · Donald Trump · Mike Pence · Merrick Garland
confirmed
2025-01-14Pete Hegseth Dismisses Sexual Assault and Alcohol Abuse Allegations as "Smear Campaign" at Confirmation Hearing 6 src
Pete Hegseth · Senate Armed Services Committee
confirmed
2025-01-13Bannon Vows to Destroy 'Truly Evil' Elon Musk, Declares MAGA Civil War 3 src
Steve Bannon · Elon Musk · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-01-13Trump Inauguration Raises Record $245 Million with $161 Million from Corporations Facing Federal Enforcement 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Inaugural Committee · Amazon · Meta · +3
confirmed
2025-01-10Trump Receives Unconditional Discharge for 34 Felony Convictions, Zero Penalties 5 src
Donald Trump · Juan Merchan
confirmed
2025-01-09DOJ Blocks Epstein File Releases, Pam Bondi Lies About "Client List" 4 src
Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · US Intelligence
confirmed
2025-01-08GSA Awards Secret 20-Year Lease for Gilroy ICE Detention Site to ECG 6 LLC (Elmwood Capital Group); Not Discovered Until April 2026 — Real-Estate-LLC Concealment Evolves the Warehouse-Buildout Pattern 4 src
General Services Administration · Elmwood Capital Group · ICE · DHS · +1
confirmed
2025-01-07Donald Trump Jr. Makes Unofficial Visit to Greenland, Distributes MAGA Hats 2 src
Donald Trump Jr. · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-01-07Meta Eliminates Fact-Checking Program Citing "Political Bias" After Trump Pressure 6 src
Mark Zuckerberg · Meta · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-01-06First U.S. H5N1 Bird Flu Death Reported in Louisiana Patient 3 src
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Food and Drug Administration
confirmed
2025-01-01ISIS-Inspired New Orleans Attack Kills 14 People on New Year's Day 3 srcconfirmed
2025-01-01Nine law firms capitulate to $940M extortion campaign 4 src
Paul Weiss · Kirkland & Ellis · Latham & Watkins · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-01-01Systematic assault on judicial independence begins 4 src
Trump Administration · Federal Judiciary
confirmed
2025-01-01Trump's Second Term Tariff Exemptions Made in Secret Without Public Process 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Reyes Holdings · Ballard Partners
confirmed
2024-12-31Healthcare Industry Spends Record $744 Million on Federal Lobbying in 2024, Pharmaceutical Sector Leads at $384 Million 4 src
PhRMA · American Medical Association · American Hospital Association · Health insurance industry · +1
confirmed
2024-12-30Federal Appeals Court Upholds $5 Million Carroll Verdict Against Trump 4 src
E. Jean Carroll · Donald Trump · Second Circuit Court of Appeals
confirmed
2024-12-24H-1B Civil War Peaks - Musk vs Bannon/Loomer on Immigration Policy 3 src
Elon Musk · Steve Bannon · Laura Loomer · Vivek Ramaswamy
confirmed
2024-12-23North Carolina Republicans Strip Governor's Power to Appoint Election Board Members 3 src
North Carolina Legislature
confirmed
2024-12-22Trump Declares Greenland 'Absolute Necessity' and Names PayPal Co-Founder as Denmark Ambassador 2 src
Donald Trump · Mette Frederiksen
confirmed
2024-12-21Senate Judiciary Democrats release final investigative report on SCOTUS ethics crisis — 20-month probe of Thomas, Alito, Scalia gifts and recusal patterns 5 src reported
2024-12-20Kushner's Affinity Partners Gets Additional $1.5 Billion from Qatar Investment Authority and Abu Dhabi's Lunate — Fund Period Extended to 2029; AUM Grows to $4.8 Billion 6 src
Jared Kushner · Affinity Partners · Qatar Investment Authority · Lunate · +1
confirmed
2024-12-19SEC Charges Cantor Fitzgerald $6.75 Million for Misleading SPAC Disclosures 3 src
Securities and Exchange Commission · Cantor Fitzgerald · Howard Lutnick
confirmed
2024-12-18California Governor Newsom Declares State of Emergency Over H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak 3 src
Gavin Newsom
confirmed
2024-12-13ABC Settles Trump's Stephanopoulos Defamation Suit: $15 Million Toward a Presidential Library, $1 Million in Legal Fees 4 src
Donald Trump · ABC News · American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. · Alejandro Brito
reported
2024-12-13McKinsey Agrees to $650 Million Criminal Settlement for Role in 'Turbocharging' Opioid Sales for Purdue Pharma 3 src
McKinsey & Company · U.S. Department of Justice · Purdue Pharma · Food and Drug Administration
confirmed
2024-12-11Trump Organization launches $530M Saudi Arabia tower weeks before inauguration 5 src
Eric Trump · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Dar Global
confirmed
2024-12-10FTC Blocks Kroger-Albertsons $24.6B Grocery Merger, Citing Labor and Consumer Harm 3 src
Federal Trade Commission
confirmed
2024-12-06Bloomberg Reports Pentagon Contract Giving Ukraine Starshield Access; Space Systems Command Says 3,000 Terminals Served Under Two Contracts 1 srcreported
2024-12-06McKinsey Pays $73 Million Final Settlement to South Africa in State Capture Resolution 3 src
McKinsey & Company · U.S. Department of Justice · Eskom
confirmed
2024-12-06Palantir and Anduril Launch AI Defense Consortium, Later Expand to SpaceX, OpenAI, and Scale AI 5 src
Palantir Technologies · Anduril Industries · Alex Karp · Palmer Luckey · +4
confirmed
2024-12-06USDA Issues Federal Order Requiring Mandatory Raw Milk Testing for H5N1 3 src
USDA · Food and Drug Administration · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
confirmed
2024-12-05McKinsey Africa Agrees to Pay $122 Million Settlement for Bribery of South African Officials 3 src
U.S. Department of Justice · Eskom
confirmed
2024-12-05PayPal Mafia Member David Sacks Named White House AI & Crypto Czar 5 src
David Sacks · Donald Trump · Peter Thiel · Elon Musk · +2
confirmed
2024-12-04OpenAI Partners with Anduril to Integrate AI into Weapons Systems 2 src
OpenAI · Anduril Industries · U.S. Department of Defense · Palmer Luckey
confirmed
2024-12-04UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Assassinated in Manhattan, Exposing Public Rage at Health Insurance Industry 3 src
UnitedHealthcare · UnitedHealth Group
confirmed
2024-12-03South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol Declares Martial Law, Triggering Democratic Crisis 3 src
Democratic Party
confirmed
2024-12-03South Korean Democratic Resistance Against Presidential Martial Law 3 src confirmed
2024-12-01President Biden Issues Full Pardon for Son Hunter Despite Repeated Promises Not To 4 src
Joe Biden · Hunter Biden · Department of Justice
confirmed
2024-12-01Sophisticated Swatting Campaign Targets Over 50 Congress Members in December 3 srcconfirmed
2024-11-27Donald Trump Jr. Joins Unusual Machines Advisory Board, Receives 200,000 Shares, Stock Triples 5 src
Donald Trump Jr. · Unusual Machines · Donald Trump · Pentagon · +1
confirmed
2024-11-26Varda Space Industries Wins $48M AFRL "Prometheus" Contract for Military Hypersonic Reentry Testing 7 src
Founders Fund · Peter Thiel · Pentagon
confirmed
2024-11-24Vitali Klitschko Confronts Joe Rogan for Promoting Russian Propaganda on Ukraine, Rogan Defends Kremlin Narratives 3 src
Joe Rogan · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · RT (Russia Today)
confirmed
2024-11-22Judge Merchan Grants Indefinite Postponement of Trump Sentencing After Election Victory 4 src
Juan Merchan · Donald Trump · Alvin Bragg
confirmed
2024-11-19Texas offers Trump 1,402 acres for deportation facilities in "Jocelyn Initiative" 3 src
Donald Trump · Tom Homan · Greg Abbott
confirmed
2024-11-15Anthropic Secures Comprehensive FedRAMP High Certification for Government AI Deployment 3 src
Anthropic · Palantir · General Services Administration · AWS
confirmed
2024-11-14Crypto Industry Advances Self-Regulatory Framework Amid Global Compliance Push 3 src
Securities and Exchange Commission · CFTC
confirmed
2024-11-14Milo Yiannopoulos Launches Tarantula Management Firm Offering Trump Administration Access 2 src
Milo Yiannopoulos · Marjorie Taylor Greene
confirmed
2024-11-13NLRB Rules Captive Audience Meetings Are Illegal Employer Coercion (Likely Reversed 2025) 2 src
National Labor Relations Board · Biden Administration · Workers
confirmed
2024-11-07Wolfe on Webbon Election Night Livestream — "Our Separation From Vance Is Not That Far" 3 src
J.D. Vance
confirmed
2024-11-06Private Prison Stocks Soar After Trump's 2024 Victory: CoreCivic Up 29%, GEO Group Up 42% in Single Session 4 src
Donald Trump · CoreCivic · GEO Group · Tom Homan · +1
confirmed
2024-11-05Puerto Rico Votes 58.6% for Statehood in Non-Binding Referendum as Congress Ignores Colonial Status 3 src
Jenniffer González-Colón · U.S. Congress
confirmed
2024-11-05Record $1.9 Billion in Dark Money Floods 2024 Federal Election Cycle 2 src
Charles Schwab
confirmed
2024-11-04Joe Rogan Endorses Trump on Election Eve, Marking Major Podcast Influence on Political Discourse 4 src
Joe Rogan · Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Kamala Harris · +1
confirmed