2020s
The 2020s contain 2567 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-07 | NATO Launches Arctic Sentry Multi-Domain Mission in High North North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Mark Rutte · Joint Force Command Norfolk · Denmark · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-07 | SEC Denies All Whistleblower Award Claims in First Quarter of FY2026 Securities and Exchange Commission · Paul Atkins | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | CNN Reveals Navy Secretary John Phelan Listed on Jeffrey Epstein's 727 Flight Manifest From 2006 London-NYC Flight John Phelan · Jeffrey Epstein · Jean-Luc Brunel · House Oversight Committee · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | DOJ Admits Epstein Redaction Errors as Victim Advocates Demand Website Shutdown Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Brad Edwards · Brittany Henderson | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | Trump Executive Order Authorizes Tariffs on All Iranian Trading Partners Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Commerce · Department of State | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | Trump Executive Order Reorients Arms Sales as Domestic Industrial Policy Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Defense · Department of State · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | Trump Lifts Russia-Related Tariff on India After Oil Purchase Pledge Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Commerce · Department of State · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Federal Judge Orders Elon Musk Deposition Over USAID Dismantling, Rejects Apex Doctrine Claims Elon Musk · Theodore Chuang · United States Agency for International Development · Peter Marocco · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Hegseth Declares America a "Christian Nation" at National Prayer Breakfast; Says Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for It Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · National Prayer Breakfast | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Russell Vought Tells Congress DOGE Affiliates Are "Institutionalized" as OMB In-House Consultants Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Trump Education Department Issues Guidance Allowing Teachers to Pray Visibly With Students During School Day Linda McMahon · U.S. Department of Education · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-04 | Senate Confirms Peterson to Alaska Federal Bench Despite Election Denial Aaron Christian Peterson · Senate Judiciary Committee · Donald Trump · Dan Sullivan | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-04 | Speaker Johnson Leads Family Research Council's National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance; Characterizes LGBTQ Rights and Environmentalism as "Sins" Mike Johnson · Steve Scalise · Tony Perkins · Family Research Council · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-04 | Trump Reverses Position on Netflix-Warner Bros. Merger Involvement After Ethics Criticism Donald Trump · Netflix · Warner Bros. Discovery · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | Clintons Agree to Epstein Investigation Depositions Under Contempt Threat House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · James Comer · Bill Clinton · Hillary Clinton | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | Congress Passes Bipartisan HHS Funding Bill Blocking RFK Jr.'s Proposed 25% Budget Cuts U.S. Congress · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | House Votes 217-214 to End Four-Day Partial Government Shutdown U.S. House of Representatives · Mike Johnson · Nancy Mace · Hakeem Jeffries | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | Deputy AG Blanche Announces No Further Epstein Prosecutions Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Ro Khanna | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | GAO Report Reveals Education Department Paid $38M to Idled Civil Rights Staff U.S. Government Accountability Office · U.S. Department of Education · Linda McMahon · Bernie Sanders · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | Rep. Thanedar Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against AG Pam Bondi Shri Thanedar · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | RFK Jr. Announces $100 Million STREETS Initiative for Homelessness and Addiction Treatment Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · Administration for Children and Families | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-01 | NATO Tariff Deadline Passes After Trump Greenland Framework Agreement Donald Trump · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Denmark · Mark Rutte | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-01 | SEC Cuts PCAOB Budget 9.4%, Slashes Board Compensation by Half Securities and Exchange Commission · Public Company Accounting Oversight Board · Paul Atkins | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-31 | SEC Chair Atkins Appoints Trump Loyalists to PCAOB Accounting Oversight Board Paul Atkins · Securities and Exchange Commission · Public Company Accounting Oversight Board · Demetrios Logothetis · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Analysis Shows DOGE Savings Claims Fall Short of $1 Trillion Target, Cost Taxpayers Billions Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Russell Vought | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Comer Announces Walz and Ellison Will Testify on Minnesota Fraud March 4 House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · James Comer · Tim Walz · Keith Ellison | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | DOJ Arrests Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Over Church Protest Coverage Don Lemon · Georgia Fort · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | DOJ Epstein Files Release Exposes 43+ Survivor Names in Historic Privacy Violation Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | DOJ Releases 3.5 Million Pages of Epstein Files, Claims Full Compliance Department of Justice · Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi · Ro Khanna · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Federal Courts Issue Multiple Permanent Injunctions Blocking Trump's Anti-Voting Executive Order U.S. District Court · American Civil Liberties Union · Brennan Center for Justice · Democracy Docket · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Journalist Don Lemon Arrested in Beverly Hills on Federal Grand Jury Indictment Don Lemon · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Senate Passes Spending Package with Two-Week DHS Continuing Resolution United States Senate · Chuck Schumer · John Thune · Mike Johnson | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Trump Orders INDYCAR Race on National Mall via Executive Action Donald Trump · White House · Department of the Interior · Department of Transportation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Dhillon Refocuses Civil Rights Division on Voter Fraud as 70% of Staff Exit Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice · Civil Rights Division | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | DHS Pays Blue Owl $119.5M for Vacant Tremont PA Warehouse, Exactly Double Schuylkill County's Fresh Full-Market-Value Assessment Blue Owl Capital · Blue Owl Real Estate Net Lease Property Fund · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Senate Intelligence Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing for NSA Nominee Rudd Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · Joshua Rudd · Ron Wyden · Roger Wicker | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Supreme Court to Hear Birthright Citizenship Challenge in April U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · American Civil Liberties Union · D. John Sauer | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Ten Tech Vendors Offer $600 Million in Discounts to Implement Medicaid Work Requirements U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Donald Trump · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Trump Creates Great American Recovery Initiative for Addiction Crisis Donald Trump · White House · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Kathryn Burgum · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Trump Declares Cuba National Emergency, Threatens Tariffs on Oil Trading Partners Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Commerce · Department of State | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Trump Proclaims 2026 Year of Celebration and Rededication at National Prayer Breakfast Donald Trump · White House | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | Federal Judge Finds ICE Violated 96 Court Orders in Minnesota Patrick Schiltz · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Todd Lyons · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | Federal Reserve Refuses to Comply with DOJ Grand Jury Subpoenas Against Powell Jerome Powell · Federal Reserve · Department of Justice · Jeanine Pirro · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | Ninth Circuit Rules DHS Exceeded Authority Terminating Venezuelan TPS Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · Kristi Noem · National TPS Alliance · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | Rubio Testifies to Senate on Venezuela Policy, Pledges No Further Military Action Marco Rubio · State Department · Senate Foreign Relations Committee · Venezuela · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | Vought Allocates $15 Million in USAID Funds for Personal Security Detail Through 2026 Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · United States Agency for International Development · U.S. Marshals Service | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-27 | DOJ Delegates Ethics Authority to Political Aides Sidelining Career Officials Emil Bove · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-27 | Federal Employment Hits Lowest Level Since 1966 as DOGE Reductions Take Hold Department of Government Efficiency · Office of Personnel Management · Elon Musk · Scott Kupor | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-27 | Trump Executive Order Authorizes Federal Preemption of California Rebuilding Regulations Donald Trump · White House · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · Small Business Administration | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-26 | Bondi Requests Minnesota Voter Rolls Including Public Assistance Data for ICE Enforcement Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Minnesota · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-25 | Denmark Deploys Combat-Ready Troops to Greenland in Operation Arctic Endurance Denmark · Danish Armed Forces · Greenland · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-24 | Border Patrol Agents Kill Alex Pretti, Second Legal Observer Shot in Minneapolis in Three Weeks Alex Pretti · U.S. Border Patrol · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Todd Blanche · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-23 | Minnesota General Strike Becomes Largest in State's History, Spreads to 300 Cities Nationwide Minnesota AFL-CIO · Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 · SEIU Local 26 · UNITE HERE Local 17 · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-23 | NPR Report Reveals Trump Administration Admits DOGE Accessed Personal Social Security Data Beyond Legal Authority Department of Government Efficiency · Social Security Administration · Chuck Borges · NPR | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-23 | OCC Comptroller Gould Refuses Warren Demand to Pause WLFI Charter Review Jonathan Gould · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Elizabeth Warren · World Liberty Financial · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-22 | House Passes Final FY2026 Appropriations Bills in Split Vote U.S. House of Representatives · Mike Johnson · House Committee on Appropriations | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-22 | Maryland Man Arrested on Attempted Murder Charges After Appearing at OMB Director Vought's Home Russell Vought · Colin Demarco · Office of Management and Budget | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-22 | Whistleblowers Reveal Secret ICE Memo Authorizing Agents to Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrants Todd Lyons · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Kristi Noem · Richard Blumenthal · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-21 | Federal Judge Rejects Special Master Request for Epstein Files Paul Engelmayer · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-21 | ICE Launches Operation Catch of the Day in Maine Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Janet Mills | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-21 | Lindsey Halligan Forced Out of DOJ After Unlawful Appointment Ruling Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Eastern District of Virginia | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-21 | Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Presidential Removal Power in Trump v Cook U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · D. John Sauer · Brett Kavanaugh · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-21 | Supreme Court Hears Trump v. Cook, Justices Skeptical of Presidential Power to Fire Federal Reserve Governors Donald Trump · Lisa Cook · U.S. Supreme Court · Brett Kavanaugh · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-21 | Trump Announces Greenland "Framework," Backs Off Tariffs at Davos Donald Trump · Mark Rutte · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Denmark · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-21 | Trump Threatens Tariffs on Eight NATO Allies at Davos Over Greenland, Blasts Europe as 'Not Recognizable' Donald Trump · Mark Rutte · Emmanuel Macron · Mark Carney · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-21 | Whistleblowers Expose ICE Policy Authorizing Warrantless Home Entries Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Todd Lyons · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Richard Blumenthal | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-20 | DOJ Court Filing Confirms DOGE Shared Social Security Data to Unauthorized Server Department of Government Efficiency · Department of Justice · Social Security Administration · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-20 | DOJ Serves Grand Jury Subpoenas to Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and AG Ellison Over Immigration Enforcement Tim Walz · Jacob Frey · Keith Ellison · Pam Bondi · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-20 | Free America Walkout Draws Hundreds of Thousands Nationwide on Trump Inauguration Anniversary Women's March · Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-20 | Judge Novak Issues "Charade of Masquerading" Ruling; Halligan Departs DOJ Justin R. Novak · Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-20 | Supreme Court Issues Three Unanimous Rulings on Federal Procedures U.S. Supreme Court · Amy Coney Barrett · Samuel Alito | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-20 | Trump Executive Order Directs Restrictions on Institutional Investor Home Purchases Donald Trump · White House · Department of the Treasury · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-19 | ICE Announces 3,000 Arrests in Operation Metro Surge Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-18 | Anti-ICE Protesters Disrupt St. Paul Church Service, Triggering Federal Crackdown on Journalists Cities Church · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · David Easterwood · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-18 | EPA WOTUS Rollback Moves Forward After Public Comment Period U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-18 | EU Convenes Emergency Meeting on Trump Greenland Tariff Threats European Union · Donald Trump · Denmark | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-17 | DOGE Claims $881M in Education Research Contract Cancellations Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. Department of Education · Institute of Education Sciences · Linda McMahon | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-17 | Trump Announces 10% Tariffs on Eight NATO Allies Over Greenland Donald Trump · Denmark · Norway · Sweden · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-17 | Trump Financial Disclosure Reveals Netflix and Warner Bros. Bond Purchases After Merger Announcement Donald Trump · Netflix · Warner Bros. Discovery · Office of Government Ethics | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-16 | DOJ Voter Data Seizure Lawsuits Expand to 24 States Plus DC, Targeting Sensitive Personal Information Department of Justice · Harmeet Dhillon · Brennan Center for Justice · State Democracy Research Initiative | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-16 | SSA Reveals DOGE Staffers Misused Social Security Data, Signed Secret Voter Roll Agreement While Under Court Order Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Steve Davis · Social Security Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-16 | Trump Announces Phase Two of Gaza Plan, Creates 'Board of Peace' with Himself as Chairman Donald Trump · Steve Witkoff · Benjamin Netanyahu · Jared Kushner · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | ACLU Files Class Action Against ICE for Racial Profiling in Minnesota American Civil Liberties Union · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | Federal Judge Rules ICE Violated Fourth Amendment by Breaking Into Minneapolis Home Without Judicial Warrant Jeffrey Bryan · Garrison Gibson · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Tricia McLaughlin | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | Public Citizen Report Documents 159 Cancelled Corporate Enforcement Actions Worth $3.1 Billion Public Citizen · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | Senate Armed Services Committee Holds NSA Nominee Confirmation Hearing Senate Committee on Armed Services · Joshua Rudd · Roger Wicker · Angus King | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act in Minneapolis, Calls Protesters 'Highly Paid Professionals' Donald Trump · Keith Ellison · Tim Walz | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | Trump Unveils 'Great Healthcare Plan' - One-Page Framework with No Specifics, Fails to Address ACA Premium Crisis Donald Trump · Mehmet Oz · CMS | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-14 | FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter's Home, Seizes Devices in Unprecedented Press Freedom Violation Federal Bureau of Investigation · Washington Post · Hannah Natanson · Pam Bondi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-14 | House Democrats Introduce Articles of Impeachment Against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Kristi Noem · Robin Kelly · Angie Craig · Betty McCollum | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-14 | Supreme Court Rules 7-2 in Bost v. Illinois That Candidates Have Standing to Challenge Election Rules U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Ketanji Brown Jackson · Sonia Sotomayor · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-14 | Trump Imposes 25% Tariff on Advanced AI Semiconductors Under Section 232 Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Commerce | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-13 | DHS Whistleblower Leaks Personal Data of 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol Agents DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-13 | DOJ Civil Rights Division Leaders Mass Resign Over Refusal to Investigate Renee Good Killing Harmeet Dhillon · Joseph H. Thompson · Jim Felte · Todd Blanche · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-13 | Internal Documents Reveal ICE Agents Afraid of Minneapolis Deployment After Good Shooting DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-13 | RFK Jr Reshapes CDC Vaccine Panel with Anti-Vaccine Appointees: 'I Was Not Anti-Vaccine. I Am Now.' Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Kimberly Biss · Adam Urato · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-13 | Supreme Court Hears Transgender Sports Ban Cases, Signals Support for Restrictions U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Brett Kavanaugh · Samuel Alito · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-13 | Twelve Federal Prosecutors Resign Over DOJ Handling of Renee Good Shooting Joseph Thompson · Thomas Calhoun-Lopez · Melinda Williams · Todd Blanche · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-13 | Warren Presses OCC to Halt WLFI Bank Charter Review Until Trump Divests Elizabeth Warren · Jonathan Gould · Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · World Liberty Financial · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-12 | Minnesota Attorney General Ellison and Twin Cities Sue DHS Over Operation Metro Surge Keith Ellison · Kristi Noem · Minneapolis · Saint Paul · +1 | confirmed |