Decade of record

2020s

The 2020s contain 2567 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.

2567 events From Jan 1, 2020 To May 6, 2026 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Section 8366 Establishes Nuclear Export Working Group, Builds Bureaucratic Infrastructure for U.S.-Saudi Civil Nuclear Agreement
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +6
confirmed
2025-12-18FY 2026 NDAA Sections 1651-1652 Codify Trump Golden Dome Missile Defense Policy, Lock In 2,440-Vendor Ecosystem Including SpaceX $2B Satellite Constellation
U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +10
confirmed
2025-12-18Johnson Sends House Home for Recess, Delays ACA Subsidy Vote Despite Democratic Demands
Mike Johnson · Hakeem Jeffries · Steve Scalise · Pete Aguilar · +2
reported
2025-12-17ACA Subsidies Discharge Petition Reaches 218 Signatures as Four Republicans Defy Leadership
Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Lawler · Rob Bresnahan · Ryan Mackenzie · +4
reported
2025-12-17Senate Passes $901 Billion Defense Bill with Unprecedented Oversight Provisions Targeting Hegseth
Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Tim Kaine · Frank Bradley · +3
confirmed
2025-12-17Trump Announces Naval 'Blockade' of Venezuelan Oil Tankers, Designates Government as Terrorist Organization
Donald Trump · Marco Rubio · Venezuela · US Navy
confirmed
2025-12-16Border Patrol Chief Bovino Returns to Chicago, Promises Federal Agents 'For Years'
Gregory Bovino · U.S. Border Patrol · DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
confirmed
2025-12-16California Governor Newsom Launches Official State Website Tracking Trump's "Top 10 Criminal Cronies" as Direct Political Confrontation Escalates
Gavin Newsom · Donald Trump · Changpeng Zhao · Ross Ulbricht · +7
confirmed
2025-12-16House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing Exposes How Trump Administration Corrupted DOJ Antitrust Enforcement Through Pay-to-Play Schemes and Political Interference
Jamie Raskin · Roger P. Alford · Pam Bondi · Chad Mizelle · +15
reported
2025-12-16ICE Launches Operation Buckeye in Ohio, Targeting Afghan Refugees Who Fled Taliban and Entered Through Legal CBP One Program
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · Andrew Ginther · Elaine Bryant · +4
confirmed
2025-12-15Congress Repeals Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act via FY 2026 NDAA Language After Al-Khayyat Brothers' Trump-Adjacent Lobbying Campaign
Moutaz Al-Khayyat · Ramez Al-Khayyat · Mohamad Al-Khayyat · Power International Holding · +7
confirmed
2025-12-15Federal Workers Collective Bargaining Bill Passes via Discharge Petition 231-195
Don Bacon · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-12-15Pentagon Reports 82 Killed in 21 Strikes During Operation Southern Spear
Pentagon · Human Rights Watch
confirmed
2025-12-15Seven Die in ICE Custody in December, Four Within Four Days, Deadliest Year Since 2004
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Jean Wilson Brutus · Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir · +1
confirmed
2025-12-14ICE Detention Population Hits All-Time Record of 68,400 -- 75% Increase Since January
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Department of Homeland Security · Donald Trump · Kristi Noem
confirmed
2025-12-13VA Plans to Eliminate 35,000 Healthcare Positions Despite Record Veteran Enrollment
Department of Veterans Affairs · Richard Blumenthal
confirmed
2025-12-12DOJ Expands Voter Data Seizure Campaign to 18 States, Demanding Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses
Department of Justice · Harmeet Dhillon · Jena Griswold · Bill Galvin · +5
reported
2025-12-12House Committee Releases 100,000 Epstein Estate Photos Showing Trump, Bannon, Clinton, Gates
U.S. House Oversight Committee · Donald Trump · Steve Bannon · Bill Clinton · +4
confirmed
2025-12-12Thiel-Backed Quantum Systems Wins $246M German Army Contract for 520 Falke Surveillance Drones
Quantum Systems · Peter Thiel · Thiel Capital · German Bundeswehr · +2
confirmed
2025-12-11DHS Secretary Noem Confronted Over Veteran Deportations in Contentious Congressional Hearing
Kristi Noem · Seth Magaziner · Sae Joon Park · Jim Brown · +2
reported
2025-12-11Federal Reserve Board Unanimously Reappoints Regional Bank Presidents in 'Trump-Proofing' Move
Federal Reserve Board · Jerome Powell · Stephen Miran
confirmed
2025-12-11Stephen Miller Attacks 1965 Civil Rights Immigration Law, Suggests America Better Off with 1920s Racial Quotas
Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
confirmed
2025-12-10Danish Intelligence Labels United States a Potential Security Threat for First Time
Danish Defense Intelligence Service · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-12-10DOJ Leaders Attack Federal Judges for Disqualifying Lindsey Halligan as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney
Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Lindsey Halligan · Judge Cameron McGowan Currie · +4
reported
2025-12-10Judge Berman Orders Release of Epstein 2019 Grand Jury Records, Reversing Earlier Decision
Judge Richard M. Berman · Department of Justice · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · +2
reported
2025-12-10Trump Intervenes in Netflix-Warner Bros Antitrust Review, Favoring Politically Connected Paramount
Donald Trump · Netflix · Warner Bros. Discovery · Paramount · +3
reported
2025-12-09"Remigration" - White Nationalist Term Becomes Official Trump Administration Policy Language
Donald Trump · Stephen Miller
confirmed
2025-12-09Department of Justice Eliminates 50-Year-Old Disparate Impact Standard from Civil Rights Enforcement, Requiring Proof of Intentional Discrimination
Pam Bondi · Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice
confirmed
2025-12-09FBI Director Kash Patel Signs Qatar Security Agreements Despite Recent Lobbying History and Ethics Waiver Controversy
Kash Patel · Qatar government · Craig Holman · Public Citizen · +1
reported
2025-12-09Federal Judge Orders Release of Ghislaine Maxwell Grand Jury Materials Under Epstein Files Transparency Act
Paul Engelmayer · Ghislaine Maxwell · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · +1
reported
2025-12-09Third Federal Judge Calls for Lindsey Halligan's Resignation as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney
Leonie Brinkema · Lindsey Halligan · Alina Habba · James Comey · +3
reported
2025-12-08Alina Habba Resigns as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Following Appeals Court Ruling
Alina Habba · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Desiree Grace · +1
reported
2025-12-08Federal Judge Orders Top DOJ Officials to Testify in Criminal Contempt Inquiry Over Secret Alien Enemies Act Deportations That Defied Court Order
James Boasberg · Drew Ensign · Erez Reuveni · Kristi Noem · +2
confirmed
2025-12-08Human Rights Groups Document Systematic Torture at Fort Bliss Immigration Detention Facility: 45+ Detainees Report Beatings, Sexual Abuse, Crushed Testicles, and Coerced Deportations
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · American Civil Liberties Union · Human Rights Watch · +3
confirmed
2025-12-08Paramount Skydance Launches $108.4 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery with Saudi, Qatari, and UAE Backing
David Ellison · Larry Ellison · Saudi Public Investment Fund · Qatar Investment Authority · +12
reported
2025-12-08ProPublica Reveals Trump Committed Same Mortgage Fraud He Now Calls Criminal
Donald Trump · Bill Pulte · ProPublica · Merrill Lynch · +1
reported
2025-12-08State Department Revokes Record 85,000 Visas Including 8,000 Student Visas Since January, More Than Double 2024 Rate
State Department · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2025-12-08Supreme Court Signals Intent to Overturn 90-Year Precedent Protecting Independent Agency Leaders from Presidential Firing, Expanding Executive Power
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · John Roberts · +4
confirmed
2025-12-08Trump Administration Fires Nearly 100 Immigration Judges in Ideological Purge Targeting Immigrant Defense Backgrounds While Court Backlog Exceeds 3.4 Million Cases
Department of Justice · Executive Office for Immigration Review · Tania Nemer · Kyra Lilien · +2
confirmed
2025-12-07ICE Data Reveals 75,000 Arrests Had No Criminal History in Quota-Driven Dragnet
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Stephen Miller · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Deportation Data Project · +3
confirmed
2025-12-07Judge Blocks DOJ from Using Evidence Seized from Comey's Attorney in Fourth Amendment Ruling
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly · Daniel Richman · James Comey · Department of Justice · +4
reported
2025-12-07Trump Criticizes Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar for Not Switching Parties After Pardon
Donald Trump · Henry Cuellar · U.S. Department of Justice
reported
2025-12-06National Park Service Removes MLK Day and Juneteenth from Fee-Free Days, Adds Trump's Birthday
Interior Department · National Park Service · Donald Trump · Doug Burgum · +6
confirmed
2025-12-06National Weather Service Enters Winter With Critical Staffing Crisis After DOGE Purge
National Weather Service · NOAA · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · +3
confirmed
2025-12-06Trump DOT waives $11 million Southwest Airlines fine, dismantling corporate accountability
Trump Administration · Sean Duffy · Department of Transportation · Southwest Airlines · +2
confirmed
2025-12-06Trump Issues Memo Ordering Comprehensive Review of Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Elevating Political Control Over Medical Science
Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · +3
confirmed
2025-12-06Trump Pardons Sports Executive Tim Leiweke After Golf Conversation With Trey Gowdy
Donald Trump · Tim Leiweke · Trey Gowdy · Oak View Group · +1
reported
2025-12-05ACIP Chair Admits Vaccine Panel Members Feel Like "Puppets on a String," Exposing Political Manipulation
Dr. Kirk Milhoan · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Dr. Cody Meissner · +3
confirmed
2025-12-05CDC Panel Ends Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination for Newborns After RFK Jr. Reconstitutes Committee
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · American Academy of Pediatrics · +3
confirmed
2025-12-05Federal Judge Orders Release of Epstein Grand Jury Materials from 2005-2007 Florida Investigations
Rodney Smith · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · +3
reported
2025-12-05NPR First Amendment Lawsuit Against Trump Reaches Pivotal Court Hearing on Retaliatory Funding Cuts
NPR · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss · +11
confirmed
2025-12-05RFK Jr.'s Reconstituted CDC Panel Votes to Roll Back Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendation
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · Donald Trump · +1
confirmed
2025-12-05Supreme Court Grants Review of Trump's Birthright Citizenship Challenge, Setting Stage for Constitutional Crisis
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · D. John Sauer · American Civil Liberties Union · +5
disputed
2025-12-05Trump Official Signals Rollback of Census Racial Categories to Erase Marginalized Communities from Federal Data
Mark Calabria · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Census Bureau · Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights · +2
reported
2025-12-04Admiral Reveals Boat Strike Survivors Were Waving Before Execution; Hegseth Refuses to Release Video Evidence
Admiral Frank Bradley · Pete Hegseth · Senator Jack Reed · Representative Jim Himes · +3
reported
2025-12-04American Alliance for Equal Rights Sues Hispanic Scholarship Fund Seeking to Eliminate Race-Conscious Scholarships
American Alliance for Equal Rights · Edward Blum · Hispanic Scholarship Fund · U.S. District Court for D.C.
confirmed
2025-12-04Amnesty International documents torture and enforced disappearances at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome detention facilities
Amnesty International · Amy Fischer · Ana Piquer · Ron DeSantis · +5
confirmed
2025-12-04Appeals Court Halts Removal of National Guard from Washington DC, Preserving Militarized Presence in Capital
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · Donald Trump · Judge Jia Cobb · U.S. District Court for D.C. · +2
confirmed
2025-12-04Bondi Directive Weaponizes Tax Enforcement Against Groups Labeled "Antifa"
Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Internal Revenue Service · +6
reported
2025-12-04Bondi Orders FBI to Compile "Domestic Terrorism" List Targeting Political Beliefs
Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Donald Trump · Kash Patel · +1
reported
2025-12-04Brad Parscale Secretly Advised Honduran Right-Wing Candidate as Trump Endorsed Her and Pardoned Convicted Narco-President
Brad Parscale · Donald Trump · Nasry Asfura · Juan Orlando Hernández · +2
confirmed
2025-12-04Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche Warns DOJ Tracks Lawyers' Public Criticism of Prosecutions
Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · White-collar defense lawyers · American Conference Institute · +4
reported
2025-12-04DHS Announces Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis, Largest Immigration Enforcement Operation in U.S. History
Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Customs and Border Protection (CBP) · Kristi Noem · +4
confirmed
2025-12-04DOJ Orders Prison Auditors to Eliminate PREA Rape Protections for Transgender Inmates
Department of Justice · Bureau of Justice Assistance · Bureau of Prisons · American Civil Liberties Union · +3
confirmed
2025-12-04DOJ Seeks to Detain Jan 6 Pardoned Defendant Taylor Taranto After Surveilling Rep. Jamie Raskin's Neighborhood
Taylor Taranto · Rep. Jamie Raskin · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · +2
confirmed
2025-12-04FDA Vaccine Chief Vinay Prasad Circulates Unsubstantiated Memo Claiming COVID Vaccines Killed At Least Ten Children
Dr. Vinay Prasad · FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · FDA Commissioner Martin Makary · +1
confirmed
2025-12-04GAO Opens Investigation Into FHFA Director Bill Pulte for Weaponized Criminal Referrals Targeting Trump Critics
Government Accountability Office (GAO) · Bill Pulte · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Letitia James · +5
confirmed
2025-12-04Grand Jury Rejects DOJ's Weaponized Prosecution of NY Attorney General Letitia James
Letitia James · U.S. Department of Justice · Norfolk Virginia Grand Jury · Judge Cameron McGowan Currie · +8
reported
2025-12-04ICE Escalates Operations Targeting Somali Immigrants in Minnesota Following Trump's Attacks on Community
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · Somali American Community · Tim Walz · +3
confirmed
2025-12-04Illinois Secretary of State Warns Federal Immigration Agents and Rental Companies That License Plate Tampering Violates State Law
Alexi Giannoulias · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Gov. JB Pritzker · +2
confirmed
2025-12-04Macron Warns Zelenskyy U.S. May Betray Ukraine on Territory
Emmanuel Macron · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Friedrich Merz · Mark Rutte · +6
confirmed
2025-12-04New York Times Sues Pentagon Over Restrictive Media Rules Requiring Publication Approval, Violating First Amendment
The New York Times · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · NPR · +3
confirmed
2025-12-04Sahil Lavingia Re-Enters Government at IRS After DOGE Firing for Speaking to Press About Government Efficiency
Sahil Lavingia · Sam Corcos · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · +3
confirmed
2025-12-04Supreme Court Reinstates Texas Mid-Decade Congressional Map Designed for Republican Advantage Despite Racial Gerrymandering Findings
Supreme Court of the United States · Greg Abbott · Donald Trump · Texas Legislature · +6
confirmed
2025-12-04Trump Administration Releases National Security Strategy Denouncing Democratic Allies, Embracing Authoritarian Partnerships
Donald Trump · National Security Council · Antonio Costa · Carl Bildt · +8
reported
2025-12-04Trump eliminates CISA retention incentives, agency loses 33% of cybersecurity workforce amid escalating threats
Donald Trump · CISA · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Chris Krebs · +4
confirmed
2025-12-04Trump Reduces Work Permit Validity to 18 Months Citing Single DC Shooting
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Joseph Edlow · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Rahmanullah Lakanwal · +2
confirmed
2025-12-04Trump's 1,600+ Clemency Grants Bypass DOJ Review as 13 Recipients Re-Arrested for New Crimes
Donald Trump · Ed Martin · Liz Oyer · Eliyahu Weinstein · +7
confirmed
2025-12-04Veterans Warn Trump's Afghan Asylum Freeze Endangers U.S. Allies and Undermines Future Military Partnerships
Donald Trump · Shawn VanDiver · Thomas Kasza · Afghan Evac Coalition · +4
confirmed
2025-12-0325% of Foreign Service Officers Resigned or Forced Out, Diplomatic Corps Collapses
American Foreign Service Association · John Dinkelman · Department of State · Foreign Service · +1
confirmed
2025-12-03Bovino Launches 'Operation Catahoula Crunch' in New Orleans, Texts 'We Are a Massive Wrecking Crew'
Gregory Bovino · U.S. Border Patrol · DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
confirmed
2025-12-03DOJ Sues Six Additional States Demanding Protected Voter Registration Data
Department of Justice · Pamela Bondi · Harmeet K. Dhillon · Delaware · +7
confirmed
2025-12-03Goldman v. Blue Owl Capital Inc. Securities Fraud Class Action Filed in S.D.N.Y. Alleging Concealment of BDC Redemption Crisis
Blue Owl Capital · Doug Ostrover · Marc Lipschultz · Alan Kirshenbaum · +5
confirmed
2025-12-03Pentagon IG Finds Hegseth Shared SECRET//NOFORN Classified Information on Signal, Violated National Security Protocols
Pete Hegseth · Jeffrey Goldberg · Mike Waltz · JD Vance · +5
disputed
2025-12-03State Department Orders H-1B Visa Denials for Content Moderation and Fact-Checking Workers
State Department · Marco Rubio · Tech companies · H-1B visa applicants · +5
reported
2025-12-03Treasury Secretary Proposes White House Veto Power Over Federal Reserve Regional Bank Presidents
Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury · Federal Reserve · Jerome Powell · +2
confirmed
2025-12-03U.S. Institute of Peace Rebranded as 'Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace' After Armed Takeover
Donald Trump · State Department · U.S. Institute of Peace · Federal Judiciary
reported
2025-12-03University of Alabama Shutters Black and Female Student Magazines Under DEI Directives
University of Alabama · Steven Hood · Pamela Bondi · Alice Magazine · +2
confirmed
2025-12-03Veterans Affairs Creates Database of Non-Citizen Employees for Deportation Targeting
Doug Collins · Veterans Affairs · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1
reported
2025-12-03White House Launches 'Media Bias Portal' Denunciation System Targeting Journalists and News Outlets
Donald Trump · White House Press Office · Andrew Feinberg · Eric Garcia · +3
reported
2025-12-02Dell Family Announces $6.25 Billion Donation to Trump Accounts in Largest Private Child Investment
Michael Dell · Susan Dell · Donald Trump · U.S. Treasury Department
reported
2025-12-02FDA Cancer Drug Chief Dr. Richard Pazdur Resigns After Three Weeks Under Political Pressure
Dr. Richard Pazdur · Marty Makary · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Food and Drug Administration · +8
reported
2025-12-02Trump Pardons Former Honduran President Convicted of Drug Trafficking
Donald Trump · Juan Orlando Hernández · Tim Kaine · Dick Durbin · +2
confirmed
2025-12-02USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins Threatens to Cut SNAP Funding to 21 Democratic-Led States Over Refusal to Provide Recipient Data, Defying Court Injunction
Brooke Rollins · USDA · Donald Trump · Judge Maxine Chesney · +3
reported
2025-12-02Voice of America Bureau Closures Surrender Strategic Information Space to Russia and China
Donald Trump · Kari Lake · Voice of America · Federal Judiciary · +1
reported
2025-12-01Mohamad Al-Khayyat Delivers Trump-Emblem-Carved Stone to Rep. Joe Wilson for White House, Days Before FY 2026 NDAA Caesar Act Repeal Vote
Mohamad Al-Khayyat · Joe Wilson · Donald Trump · Thomas Barrack · +2
confirmed
2025-12-01Palantir Wins Record £240M UK Ministry of Defence Contract After Hiring Four Ex-MOD Officials
Palantir Technologies · UK Ministry of Defence · Barnaby Kistruck · Laurence Lee · +3
confirmed
2025-12-01SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral Holsey Offers Resignation Over Boat Strike Legality Concerns
Alvin Holsey · Pete Hegseth · Adam Smith · SOUTHCOM
confirmed
2025-12-01Trump Administration Drops 100+ Corporate Enforcement Actions, Penalties Fall 97 Percent
Trump Administration · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Trade Commission
confirmed
2025-11-30Kristi Noem Denies Defying Court Order on National Television, Calls Judges "Activist"
Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · Kristen Welker · +2
confirmed