2020s
The 2020s contain 2567 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | Senate Fails Second DHS Funding Vote 50-45, Shutdown Continues as Congress Leaves for Recess Chuck Schumer · Kristi Noem · United States Senate | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Treasury Imposes New Iran Sanctions Day Before Geneva Nuclear Talks, Undercutting Diplomacy Scott Bessent · Steve Witkoff · Jared Kushner · U.S. Treasury Department · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | D.C. Circuit Upholds IRS-ICE Taxpayer Data Sharing, Weaponizing Tax Compliance Against Immigrants Harry T. Edwards · Scott Bessent · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Former ICE Attorney Testifies Agency Trains Cadets to Violate Constitution Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · United States Congress | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | France Bars U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner from Accessing Senior Government Officials France · Charles Kushner · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Full DC Circuit Hears Three-Hour Arguments on CFPB Mass Layoffs; Court Grills Administration on Separation of Powers Russell Vought · Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · National Treasury Employees Union · U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Hegseth Threatens Anthropic with Defense Production Act Over Military AI Access Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Judge Bryan Holds Federal Government in Contempt for ICE Transfer Violations Jeffrey Bryan · Daniel Rosen · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | More Than a Dozen States Sue Over CDC Childhood Vaccine Recommendation Rollback Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | New York Demands $13.5 Billion Tariff Refund After Supreme Court Ruling Kathy Hochul · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | NPR Investigation Reveals DOJ Secretly Withheld Epstein Files Containing Abuse Accusations Against Trump Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Robert Garcia · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Trammell Crow's Merrimack NH ICE Detention Deal Scuttled After Pressure From Residents, ACLU, and Governor Ayotte — First Documented Successful Community Block of a WEXMAC-TITUS Transaction Trammell Crow Company · Diamond Realty Investments · Kelly Ayotte · Kristi Noem · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Trump Administration Considers Requiring Banks to Collect Customer Citizenship Information Donald Trump · Department of the Treasury | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Trump Declares Christian Religious Revival in State of the Union, Frames Nation as God's Chosen Instrument Donald Trump · Charlie Kirk · Melissa Deckman · Paul Raushenbush | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Trump Moves Education Department Programs to HHS and State Without Congressional Approval U.S. Department of Education · HHS (Department of Health and Human Services) · Department of State · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Trump Properties Remain Epicenter of Conflicts and Corruption in Second Term Donald Trump · CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Trump State of the Union Calls for Second Reconciliation, Celebrates Venezuela as "New Friend" Donald Trump · United States Congress | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-23 | Binance Dismantled Internal Investigation After Flagging $1B+ to Iranian Networks Binance · Changpeng Zhao · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-23 | Epstein Files Reveal Lutnick Maintained Multi-Year Business Relationship Howard Lutnick · Jeffrey Epstein · Cantor Fitzgerald | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-23 | ICE and CBP Use Free Walkie-Talkie App Zello to Power Operations Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-23 | Judge Cannon Permanently Blocks Jack Smith Classified Documents Report Aileen Cannon · Jack Smith · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-23 | Legal Scholars Assess State Climate Authority After Endangerment Repeal; California Formally Sues EPA California Attorney General Rob Bonta · Massachusetts Attorney General · Connecticut Attorney General · Legal Planet · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-23 | Operation Metro Surge Final Data: Only 578 Arrests Documented of 4,000 Claimed Tom Homan · Kristi Noem · Tim Walz · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-23 | Prairieland Federal Trial Begins in Fort Worth After Mistrial Over Defense Attorney T-Shirt Judge Mark Pittman · Department of Justice · Cameron Arnold (Autumn Hill) · Zachary Evetts · +9 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-22 | DHS Shutdown Emergency Measures: 63,000 TSA Agents Working Without Pay Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · TSA · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-22 | DHS Shutdown Furloughs 50%+ of Cybersecurity Agency Workforce CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-22 | Noem and Lewandowski Secretly Devise TSA PreCheck Suspension, White House Reverses Within Hours Kristi Noem · Corey Lewandowski · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · TSA | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-21 | Independent Analysis Projects 58,000 Additional Deaths and $4.7 Trillion in Costs from EPA Endangerment Repeal U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump · Inside Climate News · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-21 | Post-SCOTUS Tariff Pivot: Trump Invokes Section 122 Global Tariff and Launches Section 301 Investigations as Legal Workaround Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Jamieson Greer · U.S. Office of the U.S. Trade Representative · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-21 | Trump Invokes Section 122 to Impose New Tariffs Within 24 Hours of Supreme Court Ruling Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Ambassador Bridge Owner Donated $1M to MAGA Before Trump Attacked Rival Bridge Donald Trump · Manuel Moroun · MAGA Inc. | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Business Insider Reports Blue Owl Could Not Syndicate $4B Lancaster CoreWeave Debt — 'We Saw It. We Passed' — Blue Owl Denies Characterization Blue Owl Capital · CoreWeave · Chirisa Technology Parks · Machine Investment Group · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | CIA Director Ratcliffe Orders Retraction of 19 Intelligence Products John Ratcliffe · Central Intelligence Agency | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | DHS Plans Unified Biometric Matching Engine Across Agencies DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | FCC Chair Urges Broadcasters to Air 'Pro-America' Patriotic Content Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Federal Judge Blocks DOJ from Searching Washington Post Reporter's Seized Devices, Cites Cannot Trust Government William B. Porter · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Hannah Natanson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Justice Department Fires Judge-Appointed Virginia U.S. Attorney Department of Justice · James W. Hundley | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs 6-3 in Historic Limitation on Executive Trade Authority John Roberts · United States Supreme Court · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Trump Demands Netflix Remove Susan Rice from Board During Merger Review Donald Trump · Netflix · Susan Rice | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | US Sanctions Three RSF Commanders for Darfur Atrocities, Critics Call Response Performative Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury · Rapid Support Forces | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Analysis Shows Congress Rejected Nearly All DOGE Spending Cuts in FY2026 Budget Department of Government Efficiency · Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | DHS Signs $1 Billion Palantir Agreement for Immigration Surveillance DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Palantir · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | FCC Chair Confirms Investigation of ABC Over Equal-Time Violations on The View Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · ABC | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | House Democrats Probe World Liberty Financial UAE Bank Charter and Trump Family Conflicts Donald Trump · World Liberty Financial · United Arab Emirates | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | HUD Proposes Barring Families with Undocumented Members from Subsidized Housing HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | ICE Expands to Twin Cities Suburbs Using Covert Tactics, Palantir ELITE Neighborhood Targeting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Palantir Technologies · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Pardoned Honduran Ex-President Receives ICE Detainer Removal and Luxury Hotel Transfer Juan Orlando Hernández · Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Trump Issues DOGE Deregulatory Executive Order Requiring 60-Day Regulatory Review at All Agencies Including Independent Bodies Donald Trump · Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Venezuela Amnesty Law Passes: Government Claims 3,200 Released, Foro Penal Verifies Only 540 Delcy Rodriguez · Jorge Rodriguez · Foro Penal | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | 400 Christian Leaders Issue Ash Wednesday Letter Condemning Trump Administration as "Cruel and Oppressive," Calling White Christian Nationalism a Heresy Cardinal Blase Cupich · Interfaith clergy coalition · Trump Administration · Pete Hegseth | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | EPA Endangerment Finding Repeal Published in Federal Register; Coalition Lawsuits Filed Same Day U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Earthjustice · Natural Resources Defense Council · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | FDA Commissioner Makary and Deputy Prasad Announce End of Two-Trial Drug Approval Standard in NEJM — Most Significant FDA Safety Change Since 1962 Food and Drug Administration · Marty Makary · Vinay Prasad · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | Federal Court Permanently Blocks Trump Administration's DEI Ban in Schools Nationwide Judge Landya McCafferty · U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire · American Civil Liberties Union · ACLU of New Hampshire · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor to Lead Pentagon Worship Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | Native Americans Detained by ICE During Minneapolis Operations Without Records Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Oglala Sioux Tribe | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | Trump Invokes Defense Production Act for Bayer/Monsanto Glyphosate, Potentially Shielding Corporation from 100,000+ Cancer Lawsuits Donald Trump · Bayer AG · Brooke Rollins · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Bloomberg Reveals Al-Khayyat Brothers Won $12 Billion in Syrian Reconstruction Contracts in Two Months After Caesar Act Repeal Moutaz Al-Khayyat · Ramez Al-Khayyat · Mohamad Al-Khayyat · Power International Holding · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | DOJ Faces Legal Complaint After FBI Raided Washington Post Reporter's Home Without Disclosing Press Protections Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Hannah Natanson · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | DOJ Obtained Voter Files Covering 37 Million Voters via Secret Agreements Department of Justice · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Eric Trump Invests in Israeli AI Drone Maker Xtend as Company Announces $1.5B Nasdaq Listing via Reverse Merger Eric Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Xtend · Unusual Machines · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson to Lead Official Pentagon Prayer Service Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Orders Firing of Army Public Affairs Chief in Continuing Milley-Era Purge Pete Hegseth · Dan Driscoll · Dave Butler · Mark Milley · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | ICE 287(g) Agreements with Local Police Explode to 1,400+ Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Maryland Governor Signs Emergency Ban on State-Local ICE Partnerships Wes Moore · Maryland General Assembly | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-15 | Pentagon Extends Defense Contractor "Naughty List" Review Period Pentagon · Pete Hegseth · RTX · General Dynamics · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | Bondi Claims All Epstein Files Released, Sends Six-Page Justification Letter to Congress Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Robert Garcia · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | DHS Shutdown Begins as Congress Fails to Reach Immigration Reform Deal United States Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · John Thune · Chris Murphy · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | DHS Shutdown Begins But Immigration Enforcement Continues DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Chuck Schumer | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | Scott Shambaugh Firing Exposes DOGE's Indiscriminate Purge of Technical Expertise Scott Shambaugh · Department of Government Efficiency · National Institute of Standards and Technology · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | Trump Threatens Executive Order on Voter ID Despite Prior Court Defeats Donald Trump · White House · Chuck Schumer | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | ACLU Files Amended Tincher v. Noem Complaint with 80+ Declarations of ICE First Amendment Retaliation American Civil Liberties Union · NewsGuild-CWA · Status Coup News · Kristi Noem · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Federal Judge Blocks $600M Health Grant Cuts to Democratic States Manish Shah · Kwame Raoul · Phil Weiser · Keith Ellison · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | House Democrats Launch Investigation into DOJ Congressional Surveillance Jamie Raskin · Pramila Jayapal · Robert Garcia · Pam Bondi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Jim O'Neill and Mike Stuart Depart HHS in Leadership Shakeup Ahead of Midterms Jim O'Neill · Mike Stuart · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Noem Terminates Temporary Protected Status for Yemen Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Senate Fails to Advance DHS Funding Bill in 52-47 Vote United States Senate · John Thune · Chuck Schumer · John Fetterman · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | Bondi Admits Secret Domestic Terrorist List Exists During House Testimony Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · House Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | EPA Repeals 2009 Endangerment Finding on Greenhouse Gases U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | Homan Announces End to Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota Tom Homan · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Tim Walz · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | One Year After DOGE Cuts, 322,000 Federal Workers Displaced in Largest Peacetime Workforce Reduction Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Russell Vought · Office of Personnel Management | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | Trust in Federal Health Agencies Plummets Under RFK Jr. Despite Restoration Promises Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | AG Bondi Photographed with Rep. Jayapal's Epstein Files Search History Pam Bondi · Pramila Jayapal · Department of Justice · Mike Johnson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Bondi House Testimony Devolves Into Personal Attacks Over Epstein Files and Political Prosecutions Pam Bondi · Jamie Raskin · Thomas Massie · Pramila Jayapal · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | CBP Signs Clearview AI Contract for "Tactical Targeting" Using 60 Billion Image Database U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Clearview AI · Founders Fund | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Denmark Purchases US Missiles to Defend Greenland as NATO Allies Arm Against Fellow Member Denmark · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Germany · United Kingdom | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | House Passes SAVE America Act Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote, Heads to Senate Donald Trump · Chip Roy · Mike Lee · John Thune · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Pattern of Grand Jury Resistance to DOJ Political Prosecutions Emerges Across Multiple Districts Jeanine Pirro · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Mark Kelly · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | SEC Chair Atkins Grilled by Congress Over 60% Crypto Enforcement Decline Paul Atkins · Securities and Exchange Commission · Maxine Waters · House Financial Services Committee · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Senators Durbin and Lee Reintroduce Bipartisan SAFE Act to Reform FISA Surveillance Dick Durbin · Mike Lee · Senate Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Trump Orders Pentagon to Purchase Coal-Fired Electricity Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · Department of Energy · Peabody Energy | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-10 | Grand Jury Rejects DOJ Attempt to Indict Six Democratic Lawmakers Over Military Oath Video Department of Justice · Jeanine Pirro · Mark Kelly · Elissa Slotkin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-10 | White House Convenes High-Level Meeting on FISA Section 702 Surveillance Authority Renewal John Ratcliffe · Tulsi Gabbard · Susie Wiles · Stephen Miller · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | Bloomberg Reveals Blue Owl Co-CEOs Pledged $1.9B in Firm Shares as Collateral for Personal Loans Before 60% Stock Plunge Doug Ostrover · Marc Lipschultz · Blue Owl Capital | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | DOJ Appeals Comey and James Case Dismissals Despite Halligan Unlawful Appointment Ruling Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | DOJ Opens Epstein Files Reading Room to Congress Under Restrictive Conditions Department of Justice · Patrick Davis · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | Multifaith Coalition Sues Trump's Religious Liberty Commission for Excluding Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, and Non-Christians Interfaith Alliance · Muslims for Progressive Values · Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund · Hindus for Human Rights · +8 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | NCRC and AFREF File OCC Comment Letters Opposing WLTC Trust Bank Charter National Community Reinvestment Coalition · Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · World Liberty Financial · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-08 | EPA Advances Rollback of Four PFAS Drinking Water Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-08 | Hegseth Skips NATO Defense Ministers Meeting in Brussels Pete Hegseth · Pentagon · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Elbridge Colby · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-07 | IRS Admits Unlawfully Sharing Thousands of Taxpayer Records with DHS for Immigration Enforcement Internal Revenue Service · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Scott Bessent · +1 | confirmed |