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
2024-05-13GAO report finds former CBP Critical Incident Team personnel reassigned to Evidence Collection and Management Inquiry Teams; OPR independence compromised 3 src
Government Accountability Office · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Border Patrol · CBP Office of Professional Responsibility · +1
confirmed
2024-05-13Michael Cohen Testifies Trump Personally Directed Hush Money Scheme and Reimbursement Cover-Up 4 src
Michael Cohen · Donald Trump · Allen Weisselberg · Juan Merchan
confirmed
2024-05-07Stormy Daniels Testifies in Graphic Detail About Sexual Encounter, Trump Visibly Angry 4 src
Stormy Daniels · Donald Trump · Juan Merchan
confirmed
2024-05-06Steward Health Care Declares Bankruptcy After Private Equity Extracts $1.3 Billion, At Least 15 Patient Deaths Linked to Substandard Care 3 src
Senate HELP Committee
confirmed
2024-05-03Noem caught lying about meeting Kim Jong Un in memoir 3 src
Kristi Noem
confirmed
2024-05-01Second Boeing Whistleblower Joshua Dean Dies Suddenly at 45 from MRSA Infection 4 src
Boeing · John Barnett
confirmed
2024-04-26Noem reveals she killed 14-month-old dog and goat in memoir 3 src
Kristi Noem
confirmed
2024-04-24Anduril Wins Air Force Contract for Autonomous Fighter Jet Program 2 src
Anduril Industries · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · Palmer Luckey
confirmed
2024-04-24Chamber of Commerce Sues FTC to Block Non-Compete Ban, Challenging Agency Authority 3 src
U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Business Roundtable
confirmed
2024-04-23Axon Releases Draft One AI System to Automate Police Report Writing from Body Camera Audio 5 src
Axon · OpenAI · Microsoft · Electronic Frontier Foundation
confirmed
2024-04-23Biden Administration Finalizes Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule Despite Fierce Industry Opposition and Republican Backlash 4 src
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Kim Reynolds · Republican Governors · Biden Administration · +1
confirmed
2024-04-23Justice Department Pays $138.7 Million Settlement Over FBI's Failure to Investigate Nassar Allegations 4 src
U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · W. Jay Abbott · Michael Langeman · +3
confirmed
2024-04-15First Criminal Trial of Former U.S. President Begins - Trump Faces 34 Felony Counts in Manhattan 4 src
Donald Trump · Juan Merchan · Alvin Bragg · Todd Blanche
confirmed
2024-03-26DJT Stock Begins Trading as Trump Owns Majority of $8.4 Billion Media Company 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Media & Technology Group · Digital World Acquisition Corp · Donald Trump Jr.
confirmed
2024-03-26Fifth Circuit re-blocks Texas SB 4 pending appeal 4 src
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · State of Texas · Biden Administration
confirmed
2024-03-25H5N1 Bird Flu First Detected in U.S. Dairy Cattle in Texas 3 src
USDA · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Food and Drug Administration
confirmed
2024-03-25Homeland Security Launches Major Sex Trafficking Investigation Against Sean Combs 4 src
U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Sean Combs · Federal Prosecutors
confirmed
2024-03-25UK Lawmakers Accuse Google of Breaking AI Safety Pledge with Gemini 2.5 Pro Release 4 src
Google DeepMind
confirmed
2024-03-22Candace Owens Fired from Daily Wire After Antisemitism Controversy 2 src
Ben Shapiro
confirmed
2024-03-22Irish Data Protection Commission Launches Grok AI Regulatory Investigation 3 src
Elon Musk · Irish Data Protection Commission
confirmed
2024-03-21DOJ Sues Apple for iPhone Monopoly Maintained Through Ecosystem Lock-In and Developer Restrictions 3 src
Department of Justice · Apple · Tim Cook
confirmed
2024-03-20Musk's xAI Grok Faces Mounting Safety Scrutiny, Secures $200M Pentagon Contract 4 src
Elon Musk · xAI · AI Safety Researchers · U.S. Department of Defense
confirmed
2024-03-19SCOTUS allows Texas SB 4 to take effect temporarily 5 src
Supreme Court of the United States · State of Texas · Biden Administration · Samuel Alito · +3
confirmed
2024-03-15State Department Develops Advanced Internal Resistance and Preservation Protocols 3 src
State Department
confirmed
2024-03-09Boeing Whistleblower John Barnett Found Dead During Deposition, Ruled Suicide 4 src
John Barnett · Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration
confirmed
2024-03-05Treasury Department Sanctions Intellexa Consortium and Tal Dilian 4 src
U.S. Treasury Department · Office of Foreign Assets Control
confirmed
2024-03-01DOE/EIA settle Riot Platforms/Texas Blockchain Council suit: withdraw the emergency crypto-mining electricity survey, agree to destroy data already collected, commit to a future notice-and-comment survey 4 src
New Civil Liberties Alliance · U.S. Energy Information Administration · Department of Energy · Office of Management and Budget
confirmed
2024-03-01Trump Pressures Georgia Lawmakers to Capture State Election Board 4 src
Donald Trump · Janelle King · Brad Raffensperger · Georgia State Election Board
confirmed
2024-03-01Tunisia Dissolves Democratic Municipal Councils Under Authoritarian Consolidation 3 src confirmed
2024-03-01Wyoming Legislature Passes Second Coal Tax Cut in Two Years, Sacrificing $20 Million Annually to Subsidize Declining Industry 9 src
Mark Gordon
confirmed
2024-02-27DOJ Launches Antitrust Investigation of UnitedHealth's Vertical Integration Strategy and Optum Physician Acquisitions 3 src
Department of Justice · UnitedHealth Group · UnitedHealthcare
confirmed
2024-02-23Federal Agents Charge Two with $400,000 NFT 'Rug Pull' Money Laundering Scheme 3 src
HSI · DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
confirmed
2024-02-23Jury finds NRA, Wayne LaPierre liable for corruption; $6.35M damages ordered 3 src
National Rifle Association · Letitia James
confirmed
2024-02-22AI Regulatory Bodies Begin Scrutiny of xAI's Grok 3 src
Elon Musk · xAI · Federal Trade Commission · Irish Data Protection Commission
confirmed
2024-02-22Riot Platforms and Texas Blockchain Council sue DOE/EIA/OMB over emergency crypto-mining electricity survey (Form EIA-862); federal court grants nationwide TRO within 24 hours 4 src
New Civil Liberties Alliance · U.S. Energy Information Administration · Department of Energy · Office of Management and Budget
confirmed
2024-02-21Venezuelan Dissident Ronald Ojeda Kidnapped and Killed in Santiago, Chile — Cabello Role Rests on Witness Testimony, Not Adjudication 9 src
Tren de Aragua
reported
2024-02-16Judge Engoron Issues $454 Million Fraud Judgment Against Trump, Bans NY Business Operations 4 src
Arthur Engoron · Donald Trump · Letitia James · Donald Trump Jr. · +3
confirmed
2024-02-15AI Ethics Study Highlights Systemic Bias and Misinformation Risks in Grok AI 4 src
Elon Musk
confirmed
2024-02-15Chicago Terminates ShotSpotter Contract After Years of Criticism 3 src
ShotSpotter · Chicago Police Department
confirmed
2024-02-15First Major Grok AI Safety Failure Documented 3 src
Elon Musk · xAI · AI Safety Researchers
confirmed
2024-02-15xAI Grok AI Faces Initial Government Safety Scrutiny 3 src
Elon Musk · xAI · Public Citizen · Color of Change
confirmed
2024-02-12Biden Approves $136 Billion in Targeted Student Debt Relief - 3.7 Million Borrowers Through Alternative Programs 3 src
Joe Biden · Miguel Cardona
confirmed
2024-02-11Ukrainian intelligence confirms systemic Russian military use of Starlink 5 src
Elon Musk · SpaceX · Starlink
confirmed
2024-02-09Meta silent-default political-content suppression: Instagram and Threads toggle defaults OFF without user notification, affects full 2024 election cycle 4 src
Meta · Instagram
confirmed
2024-02-08Michael Mann Wins Defamation Lawsuit After 12-Year Battle Against Climate Deniers 4 src
Michael Mann · Competitive Enterprise Institute
confirmed
2024-02-02Joe Rogan Signs New $250 Million Spotify Deal, No Longer Exclusive 5 src
Joe Rogan · Spotify · The Joe Rogan Experience
confirmed
2024-02-01Russian Military Systematically Acquires and Uses Starlink Terminals in Ukraine 3 src
Elon Musk · Vladimir Putin · Starlink
confirmed
2024-01-26Jury Awards E. Jean Carroll $83.3 Million in Second Defamation Trial Against Trump 4 src
E. Jean Carroll · Donald Trump · Lewis Kaplan
confirmed
2024-01-24Ring ends 'Request for Assistance' feature allowing police to request user footage 3 src
Ring · Amazon
confirmed
2024-01-17Kirk and Wallnau Announce Courage Tour Partnership — TPUSA Faith + NAR Revival Infrastructure Merged for 2024 Election 6 src
Charlie Kirk · Lance Wallnau · TPUSA Faith · America First Policy Institute
confirmed
2024-01-16JetBlue-Spirit Merger Blocked by Court, Rare Victory for Biden Antitrust Enforcers 3 src
Department of Justice
confirmed
2024-01-15Independent AI Safety Researchers Publish Initial Grok AI Safety Assessment 3 src
xAI · Elon Musk · Samuel Marks · Boaz Barak
confirmed
2024-01-15Systematic Supreme Court Ethics Violations Exposed: Thomas-Crow Revelations Reveal Institutional Corruption 3 src
Clarence Thomas · Harlan Crow · Senate Judiciary Committee · ProPublica
confirmed
2024-01-05Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 Door Plug Blows Out at 16,000 Feet, Exposing Continued Boeing Safety Failures 4 src
Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration
confirmed
2024-01-05Boeing 737 MAX Scandal Summary - 346 Deaths, $2.5B Fine, Zero Executive Prosecutions 4 src
Boeing · Federal Aviation Administration · 346 crash victims · Department of Justice · +1
confirmed
2024-01-04House Oversight minority report: at least $7.8M from 20 foreign governments to Trump businesses (partial records) 4 src
Trump Organization · Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
confirmed
2024-01-03Jeffrey Epstein Associates Documents Released to Public 3 src
Virginia Giuffre · Ghislaine Maxwell · Bill Clinton · Alan Dershowitz
confirmed
2024-01-01Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events 4 src
Clarence Thomas · Koch Network · Charles Koch · David Koch · +1
confirmed
2024-01-01New Hampshire LLC Structure Enables Corporate Tax Avoidance While 81% of Businesses Pay No State Business Tax 13 src confirmed
2024-01-01Oracle Spends $11 Million on Federal Lobbying, Focuses on TikTok Data Storage Deal 3 src
Oracle · U.S. Senate · Senate Intelligence Committee
confirmed
2024-01-01Union Membership Collapses to 9.9%, Completing 70-Year Labor Destruction Campaign 3 src
American workers · Bureau of Labor Statistics
confirmed
2023-12-31Biden Leaves 14 Inspector General Positions Vacant, Some for Over 2,000 Days 4 src
Joe Biden · Joseph Cuffari · Inspectors General
confirmed
2023-12-31Investigation Reveals $6.6 Million in Gifts to Supreme Court Justices 3 src
Supreme Court Justices · Harlan Crow · Paul Singer · Clarence Thomas · +1
confirmed
2023-12-31Northrop Grumman Spends $10.86 Million on Lobbying with 29 Revolving Door Officials 3 src
Northrop Grumman · U.S. Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee
confirmed
2023-12-27Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Dalfen Industrial Acquire Roxbury NJ Warehouse from Adler Roxbury LLC — Off-Market JLL Deal; Price Undisclosed 4 src
Goldman Sachs Asset Management · Dalfen Industrial
confirmed
2023-12-18FTC and DOJ Release 2023 Merger Guidelines Rejecting Consumer Welfare Standard 3 src
Federal Trade Commission · Department of Justice · Lina Khan · Jonathan Kanter
confirmed
2023-12-15AI Safety Experts Reveal Grok Vulnerability Patterns 4 src
AI Safety Researchers · xAI · Elon Musk
confirmed
2023-12-15Security Experts Raise Alarms About Grok AI's Lack of Safety Guardrails 3 src
Elon Musk · xAI · AI Safety Researchers
confirmed
2023-12-14Vance Introduces College Endowment Accountability Act: 35% Excise Tax on Large University Endowments 4 src
J.D. Vance · Ron Wyden · U.S. Senate
confirmed
2023-12-12Trump Launches Third 'Mugshot' NFT Collection Generating $9.9 Million Revenue 3 src
Donald Trump
confirmed
2023-12-11Vance Endorses Claremont Institute's 'Up from Conservatism' at Capitol Hill Event 4 src
J.D. Vance · Claremont Institute
confirmed
2023-12-07Washington Post Workers Strike Against Bezos—First Walkout in Nearly 50 Years Over Job Cuts and Stalled Negotiations 3 src
Jeff Bezos · Washington Post
confirmed
2023-12-01Chamber of Commerce Sues FTC Over 'Black-Box Environment' Lack of Transparency 3 src
U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan
confirmed
2023-12-01Vance Endorses Claremont Institute Authoritarian Policy Document 4 src
J.D. Vance · Claremont Institute
confirmed
2023-11-21Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao Plead Guilty to Money Laundering in $4.3 Billion DOJ Settlement 5 src
Changpeng Zhao · Binance · Department of Justice · Merrick Garland · +6
confirmed
2023-11-20ICIJ Cyprus Confidential Investigation Exposes Wyoming as Premier U.S. Tax Haven Overtaking Delaware 2 src
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists · Transparency International
confirmed
2023-11-14Class Action Lawsuit Alleges UnitedHealth Uses AI with 90% Error Rate to Deny Medicare Advantage Claims, Causing Patient Deaths 3 src
UnitedHealth Group · UnitedHealthcare
confirmed
2023-11-13Supreme Court adopts first-ever Code of Conduct — non-binding, unenforceable, no external oversight 5 srcconfirmed
2023-11-09Senate Judiciary Subpoenas Harlan Crow Over Thomas Gifts After Resistance 5 src
Senate Judiciary Committee · Dick Durbin · Harlan Crow · Clarence Thomas · +1
confirmed
2023-11-08Tenet Media Officially Launches Conservative Content Network with Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson and Others 2 src
Tenet Media · Lauren Chen · Liam Donovan · Tim Pool · +2
confirmed
2023-11-06Trump Takes Stand in NY Fraud Trial, Delivers Combative Testimony Calling Case "Witch Hunt" 4 src
Donald Trump · Arthur Engoron · Letitia James · Trump Organization · +1
confirmed
2023-11-04xAI Launches Grok with Minimal Safety Guardrails 3 src
Elon Musk · xAI · Anthropic
confirmed
2023-11-02Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted on All Counts in 'One of the Biggest Financial Frauds in American History' 3 src
Sam Bankman-Fried · FTX · U.S. Department of Justice
confirmed
2023-10-25Mike Johnson Elected Speaker of the House: A Christian Nationalist Becomes Second in Line to the Presidency 3 src
Mike Johnson · WallBuilders
confirmed
2023-10-09Dataminr Provides LAPD Real-Time Surveillance of Gaza War Protests, Expanding First Amendment Monitoring 2 src
Dataminr · LAPD
confirmed
2023-10-05Metro Emergency Communications deploys Carbyne AI-powered 911 system in Provo, Orem, and Lindon, Utah 3 src
Carbyne
confirmed
2023-10-02IronNet Cybersecurity Collapses Into Bankruptcy, Former NSA Director Alexander's $1.2B Venture Implodes 5 src
Keith Alexander · IronNet Cybersecurity · Mike Rogers
confirmed
2023-10-02IronNet Files for Bankruptcy: Former NSA Director Keith Alexander's $1.2B Cybersecurity Venture Collapses, SEC Charges Follow 2 src
Keith Alexander · IronNet Cybersecurity · Securities and Exchange Commission
confirmed
2023-10-01Russian RT Employees Begin Funneling Money Through Tenet Media to US Influencers 4 src
RT (Russia Today) · Tenet Media · Tim Pool · Benny Johnson · +2
confirmed
2023-09-26FTC Sues Amazon for Illegal Monopoly Maintenance Through Anti-Discounting and Seller Coercion 3 src
Federal Trade Commission · Amazon · Andy Jassy
confirmed
2023-09-15Doug Wilson Speaks at Vance-Founded American Moment Event in Dirksen Senate Office Building 3 src
Doug Wilson · J.D. Vance · American Moment
confirmed
2023-09-13Charlie Kirk Platforms Lance Wallnau at TPUSA Faith Pastors Summit, San Diego — NAR/Seven Mountains Integration 5 src
Charlie Kirk · Lance Wallnau · TPUSA Faith
confirmed
2023-09-08Fifth Circuit Finds Biden Administration Violated First Amendment Through Social Media Coercion 4 src
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · White House · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
confirmed
2023-09-06Riot Platforms discloses $31.7M in ERCOT power and demand-response credits for August 2023 — record single-month curtailment payout to a Bitcoin miner 2 src
ERCOT
confirmed
2023-09-01FTC Issues Policy Statement on Orange Book Patent Gaming: Pharmaceutical Evergreening as Unfair Competition Under Section 5 4 src
Federal Trade Commission · Food and Drug Administration · Mylan
confirmed
2023-08-29X reverses 2019 ban, allows U.S. political ads; verified accounts prioritized in recommendations 4 src
X · Twitter · Elon Musk
confirmed
2023-08-28QIA Buys Witkoff's Park Lane Hotel for $623M — Phase 4 Cross-Family Capital Predicate (14 Months Before Witkoff Peace-Envoy Appointment) 2 src
Steve Witkoff · Qatar Investment Authority · Donald Trump
confirmed
2023-08-25DHS S&T Awards SAIC $59.2M DEBIASE Contract — Largest R&D Award in Leaked Dataset Funds Biometric Scaling from Airports to Land/Sea Ports 7 src
DHS Science and Technology Directorate
confirmed
2023-08-24Trump Surrenders at Fulton County Jail, Mugshot Taken - First Presidential Mugshot in History 4 src
Donald Trump
confirmed
2023-08-15Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Receives Top Secret Clearance for Intelligence Community 3 src
Oracle · Intelligence Community · U.S. Department of Defense · Central Intelligence Agency
confirmed