2020s
The 2020s contain 3090 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | Noem Terminates Temporary Protected Status for Yemen
2 src Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Senate Fails to Advance DHS Funding Bill in 52-47 Vote
3 src United States Senate · John Thune · Chuck Schumer · John Fetterman · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | Bondi Admits Secret Domestic Terrorist List Exists During House Testimony
2 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · House Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | EPA Repeals 2009 Endangerment Finding on Greenhouse Gases
4 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-12 | Homan Announces End to Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota
3 src 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
3 src 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
2 src 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
4 src Pam Bondi · Pramila Jayapal · Department of Justice · Mike Johnson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Body Camera Footage and Agent Texts Released in Marimar Martinez Case, Showing CBP Steered Into Her Vehicle and Bragged About Shooting
3 src Marimar Martinez · Charles Exum · Judge Georgia Alexakis · Gregory Bovino | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Bondi House Testimony Devolves Into Personal Attacks Over Epstein Files and Political Prosecutions
3 src 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
2 src 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
3 src 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
7 src Donald Trump · Mike Lee · John Thune · House Republicans | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Pattern of Grand Jury Resistance to DOJ Political Prosecutions Emerges Across Multiple Districts
5 src 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
2 src Paul Atkins · Securities and Exchange Commission · House Financial Services Committee · Justin Sun · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Senators Durbin and Lee Reintroduce Bipartisan SAFE Act to Reform FISA Surveillance
3 src Dick Durbin · Mike Lee · Senate Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Trump Orders Pentagon to Purchase Coal-Fired Electricity
4 src 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
3 src 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
3 src John Ratcliffe · Tulsi Gabbard · Susie Wiles · Stephen Miller · +1 | 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
3 src Doug Ostrover · Marc Lipschultz · Blue Owl Capital | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | DOJ Appeals Comey and James Case Dismissals Despite Halligan Unlawful Appointment Ruling
2 src 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
4 src Department of Justice · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Jamie Raskin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | Multifaith Coalition Sues Trump's Religious Liberty Commission for Excluding Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, and Non-Christians
3 src Democracy Forward · Dan Patrick · Ben Carson | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | NCRC and AFREF File OCC Comment Letters Opposing WLTC Trust Bank Charter
3 src Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · World Liberty Financial · WLTC Holdings LLC | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-08 | EPA Advances Rollback of Four PFAS Drinking Water Standards
3 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-08 | Hegseth Skips NATO Defense Ministers Meeting in Brussels
3 src Pete Hegseth · Pentagon · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Mark Rutte | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-07 | IRS Admits Unlawfully Sharing Thousands of Taxpayer Records with DHS for Immigration Enforcement
3 src Internal Revenue Service · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Scott Bessent · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-07 | NATO Launches Arctic Sentry Multi-Domain Mission in High North
3 src North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Mark Rutte · Denmark · United Kingdom · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-07 | SEC Denies All Whistleblower Award Claims in First Quarter of FY2026
3 src 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
3 src John Phelan · Jeffrey Epstein · House Oversight Committee · U.S. Navy | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | DOJ Admits Epstein Redaction Errors as Victim Advocates Demand Website Shutdown
2 src Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Brad Edwards · Brittany Henderson | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-06 | Trump Executive Order Authorizes Tariffs on All Iranian Trading Partners
2 src 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
3 src 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
2 src 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
3 src Elon Musk · United States Agency for International Development · Department of Government Efficiency · Marco Rubio | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Hegseth Declares America a "Christian Nation" at National Prayer Breakfast; Says Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for It
3 src Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Russell Vought Tells Congress DOGE Affiliates Are "Institutionalized" as OMB In-House Consultants
3 src 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
3 src Linda McMahon · U.S. Department of Education · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-04 | Senate Confirms Peterson to Alaska Federal Bench Despite Election Denial
3 src Senate Judiciary Committee · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-04 | Speaker Johnson Leads Family Research Council's National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance; Characterizes LGBTQ Rights and Environmentalism as "Sins"
3 src Mike Johnson · Tony Perkins · Family Research Council · Freedom From Religion Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-04 | Torrance County NM Extends CoreCivic ICE Contract 12 Hours After New Mexico Senate Passes IGSA Ban
2 src CoreCivic | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-04 | Trump Reverses Position on Netflix-Warner Bros. Merger Involvement After Ethics Criticism
2 src Donald Trump · Netflix · Warner Bros. Discovery · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | Clintons Agree to Epstein Investigation Depositions Under Contempt Threat
3 src 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
2 src U.S. Congress · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | DHS Pays Carlyle Group / Alliance Industrial $68.2M for Oakwood, GA Warehouse — 22 Trump Administration Officials Hold Carlyle Investments
4 src Carlyle Group · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · Jacob Helberg | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-03 | House Votes 217-214 to End Four-Day Partial Government Shutdown
3 src U.S. House of Representatives · Mike Johnson · Nancy Mace · Hakeem Jeffries | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | Deputy AG Blanche Announces No Further Epstein Prosecutions
4 src Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Ro Khanna | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | DHS Pays PCCP LLC $87.4M for Upper Bern Township, PA Warehouse — 52% Markup on 17-Month Hold; Heitman $46.4M Acquisition Loan
5 src Department of Homeland Security · ICE | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | GAO Report Reveals Education Department Paid $38M to Idled Civil Rights Staff
3 src 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
1 src Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-02 | RFK Jr. Announces $100 Million STREETS Initiative for Homelessness and Addiction Treatment
2 src Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-01 | NATO Tariff Deadline Passes After Trump Greenland Framework Agreement
2 src Donald Trump · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Denmark · Mark Rutte | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-01 | SEC Cuts PCAOB Budget 9.4%, Slashes Board Compensation by Half
2 src Securities and Exchange Commission · Paul Atkins | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-31 | 'ICE Out of Everywhere' Protests Hit All 50 States at ICE Facilities and Congressional Offices
4 src Women's March | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-31 | 154 Episcopal bishops sign 'Whose Dignity Matters?' letter naming Renee Good and Alex Pretti as victims of state-sanctioned violence
3 src Alex Pretti | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-31 | SEC Chair Atkins Appoints Trump Loyalists to PCAOB Accounting Oversight Board
3 src Paul Atkins · Securities and Exchange Commission · Elizabeth Warren | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Analysis Shows DOGE Savings Claims Fall Short of $1 Trillion Target, Cost Taxpayers Billions
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Russell Vought | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Comer Announces Walz and Ellison Will Testify on Minnesota Fraud March 4
3 src 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
3 src Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | DOJ Epstein Files Release Exposes 43+ Survivor Names in Historic Privacy Violation
3 src Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | DOJ Releases 3.5 Million Pages of Epstein Files, Claims Full Compliance
4 src 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
5 src 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
1 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Second National Shutdown and 'Day of Truth and Freedom' Draws Tens of Thousands Against ICE 5 src | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Senate Passes Spending Package with Two-Week DHS Continuing Resolution
3 src United States Senate · Chuck Schumer · John Thune · Mike Johnson | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Trump Orders INDYCAR Race on National Mall via Executive Action
3 src Donald Trump · White House · Department of the Interior · Department of Transportation | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Dhillon Refocuses Civil Rights Division on Voter Fraud as 70% of Staff Exit
3 src 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
4 src Blue Owl Capital · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · Big Lots · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Federal Grand Jury Indicts Nine Cities Church Protesters Under 18 U.S.C. § 241 and FACE Act; Superseding Indictment Expands to 39 Defendants
8 src Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Senate Intelligence Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing for NSA Nominee Rudd
3 src Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · Ron Wyden · Roger Wicker | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Supreme Court to Hear Birthright Citizenship Challenge in April
3 src 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
2 src 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
3 src Donald Trump · White House · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-29 | Trump Declares Cuba National Emergency, Threatens Tariffs on Oil Trading Partners
3 src 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
2 src Donald Trump · White House | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | Bovino sidelined from Minneapolis command and sent back to El Centro as Homan takes over; DHS disputes 'removed' framing
4 src Gregory Bovino · Tom Homan · Rodney Scott · Tricia McLaughlin · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | Federal Judge Finds ICE Violated 96 Court Orders in Minnesota
3 src 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
3 src Jerome Powell · Federal Reserve · Department of Justice · Jeanine Pirro · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | Ninth Circuit Rules DHS Exceeded Authority Terminating Venezuelan TPS
3 src Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · Kristi Noem · American Civil Liberties Union | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | Rubio Testifies to Senate on Venezuela Policy, Pledges No Further Military Action
4 src Marco Rubio · State Department · Senate Foreign Relations Committee · Venezuela · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-28 | Vought Allocates $15 Million in USAID Funds for Personal Security Detail Through 2026
3 src Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · United States Agency for International Development · U.S. Marshals Service | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-27 | DHS Pays Fundrise $102.4M for 830,000 sqft Williamsport, MD Warehouse — Goldman Sachs Refinanced Seller via $352.7M Loan Portfolio; CBRE Brokered
5 src Goldman Sachs · Goldman Sachs Asset Management · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-27 | DOJ Delegates Ethics Authority to Political Aides Sidelining Career Officials
2 src Emil Bove · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-27 | Federal Employment Hits Lowest Level Since 1966 as DOGE Reductions Take Hold
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Office of Personnel Management · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-27 | Stella Carlson, Witness Whose Video Contradicted Official Pretti Claims, Tells CNN the FBI Has Not Contacted Her
4 src Alex Pretti · CNN · Anderson Cooper | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-27 | Trump Executive Order Authorizes Federal Preemption of California Rebuilding Regulations
3 src 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
2 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Minnesota · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-26 | GOP Candidate Chris Madel Quits Minnesota Governor Race, Calls Operation Metro Surge an 'Unmitigated Disaster'
5 src Jonathan Ross · Renee Good | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-26 | Senate Republicans Break with the Administration over the Minneapolis ICE Killings
8 src Bill Cassidy · Lisa Murkowski · Ted Cruz · Kristi Noem · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-25 | Denmark Deploys Combat-Ready Troops to Greenland in Operation Arctic Endurance
2 src Denmark · Greenland · North Atlantic Treaty Organization | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-25 | Fox's Bartiromo and CNN's Bash both publicly press administration officials over the Pretti shooting narrative
4 src Kash Patel · Gregory Bovino · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-25 | Over 60 Minnesota CEOs sign Chamber of Commerce open letter calling for de-escalation of Operation Metro Surge 3 src | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-24 | At Pretti Killing Scene, DHS Blocks Minnesota BCA Despite Judge-Signed Warrant; Police Chief O'Hara Says Scene Was Contaminated and HSI Takes Over Self-Investigation
5 src Alex Pretti · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kash Patel · U.S. Border Patrol | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-24 | Border Patrol Agents Kill Alex Pretti, Second Legal Observer Shot in Minneapolis in Three Weeks
5 src Alex Pretti · U.S. Border Patrol · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Todd Blanche · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-24 | Stephen Miller labels slain Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti a 'domestic terrorist' hours after federal agents kill him
4 src Stephen Miller · Alex Pretti · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-23 | DHS Pays Rockefeller Group (Mitsubishi Estate) $70M for Surprise, AZ Warehouse — 483% Markup Over 2023 Cost Basis; City Bans Detention But Federal Preemption Nullifies
4 src Department of Homeland Security · ICE · GardaWorld Federal Services | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-23 | Minnesota General Strike Becomes Largest in State's History, Spreads to 300 Cities Nationwide
4 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-23 | NPR Report Reveals Trump Administration Admits DOGE Accessed Personal Social Security Data Beyond Legal Authority
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Social Security Administration · NPR | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-23 | OCC Comptroller Gould Refuses Warren Demand to Pause WLFI Charter Review
3 src 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
3 src U.S. House of Representatives · Mike Johnson | confirmed |