| 2014-05-15 | FCC Approves Paid Prioritization "Fast Lanes" Proposal Despite Massive Public Backlash Tom Wheeler · Federal Communications Commission · Google · +5 | 8 |
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| 2014-05-12 | Hunter Biden Joins Burisma Board While Father Leads Ukraine Policy Hunter Biden · Burisma Holdings · Joe Biden · +1 | 4 |
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| 2014-05-01 | Eric Trump says all funding comes from Russia, not U.S. banks Eric Trump · James Dodson · Trump Organization | 3 |
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| 2014-05-01 | Former NSA Director Keith Alexander Founds IronNet Cybersecurity, Charges $1 Million/Month for Intelligence Expertise Keith Alexander · IronNet Cybersecurity · National Security Agency · +1 | 4 |
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| 2014-04-25 | Flint Switches to Corrosive River Water to Save Money, Poisoning Entire City Darnell Earley · Flint Department of Public Works · Michigan Department of Environmental Quality | 3 |
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| 2014-04-02 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Aggregate Campaign Contribution Limits in McCutcheon v. FEC U.S. Supreme Court · Chief Justice John Roberts · Shaun McCutcheon · +7 | 10 |
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| 2014-03-18 | Annexation of Crimea: Putin's Strategic Asset Seizure Vladimir Putin · Sergey Aksyonov · Viktor Yanukovych · +2 | 5 |
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| 2014-03-18 | Putin Formally Signs Treaty Annexing Crimea, Escalating International Conflict Vladimir Putin · Sergey Aksyonov · Joe Biden · +4 | 7 |
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| 2014-03-01 | Trump Foundation Buys $20,000 Portrait of Trump at Charity Auction, Hangs in Trump Golf Club Donald Trump · Trump Foundation | 2 |
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| 2014-02-26 | Ways and Means Chairman Proposes Carried Interest Reform That Private Equity Lobbying Defeats Dave Camp · House Ways and Means Committee · Carlyle Group · +2 | 5 |
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| 2014-02-24 | Oracle Acquires BlueKai Data Broker for $400 Million, Expands Surveillance Operations Oracle · BlueKai · Larry Ellison | 3 |
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| 2014-02-19 | Facebook Acquires WhatsApp for $19 Billion to Dominate Messaging Market Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · WhatsApp · +3 | 6 |
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| 2014-02-06 | Max Baucus Confirmed as Ambassador After Healthcare Industry Staffers Become Lobbyists Max Baucus · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · Merck · +2 | 5 |
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| 2014-01-21 | Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and Wife Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges Bob McDonnell · Maureen McDonnell · Jonnie Williams | 3 | |
| 2014-01-17 | Obama Announces Limited NSA Reforms While Preserving Core Surveillance Programs Barack Obama · National Security Agency · FISA Court · +1 | 4 |
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| 2014-01-16 | NSA DISHFIRE Program Collects Nearly 200 Million Text Messages Daily Worldwide National Security Agency · GCHQ · Edward Snowden | 3 |
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| 2014-01-14 | Verizon Lawsuit Successfully Overturns FCC Net Neutrality Rules, Court Demands Title II Reclassification Verizon Communications · DC Circuit Court of Appeals · Federal Communications Commission · +1 | 4 |
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| 2014-01-01 | Anonymous LLCs Enable $300B+ Annual Russian Money Flow into US Real Estate US Treasury · FinCEN · Russian Oligarchs · +1 | 4 |
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| 2014-01-01 | Candiru Spyware Company Founded by Israeli Veterans Eran Shorer · Yaakov Weizman · Isaac Zack · +5 | 8 |
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| 2014-01-01 | CNP Membership Includes DeVos and Mercer Families - Billionaire Donor Integration Council for National Policy · DeVos family · Mercer family · +4 | 7 |
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| 2014-01-01 | Erik Prince Founds Frontier Services Group with Chinese State Investment from CITIC, Controlled by Chang Zhenming Erik Prince · Chang Zhenming · CITIC Group · +1 | 4 |
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| 2014-01-01 | Flint Water Crisis (2014-2024) - 12,000 Children Poisoned, Zero Accountability Rick Snyder · Darnell Earley · Mona Hanna-Attisha · +2 | 5 |
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| 2014-01-01 | Francisco Partners Acquires 70% Stake in NSO Group for $130 Million Francisco Partners · NSO Group · Shalev Hulio · +1 | 4 |
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| 2014-01-01 | Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak tries to avoid security detail for Epstein island visits Ehud Barak · Jeffrey Epstein · Israeli security detail | 3 |
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| 2014-01-01 | Reported: Epstein corresponded and met with FSB Academy graduate Sergei Belyakov (2014–2017) Jeffrey Epstein · Sergei Belyakov (FSB Academy graduate) · Russian Ministry of Economic Development · +4 | 7 | |
| 2014-01-01 | Tony Perkins Serves as CNP Vice President - Family Research Council Integration Tony Perkins · Family Research Council · Council for National Policy | 3 |
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| 2013-12-23 | Wells Fargo Sales Practices Investigation Begins Wells Fargo Board · John Stumpf · Scott Reckard (LA Times Reporter) | 3 |
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| 2013-12-16 | Federal Judge Rules NSA Bulk Phone Data Collection Likely Unconstitutional Richard Leon · National Security Agency · Larry Klayman | 3 |
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| 2013-12-09 | American Airlines-US Airways Merger Creates Airline Oligopoly: Big Four Control 75% of Market American Airlines · US Airways · Department of Justice · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-12-05 | Tech Companies Launch Transparency Reports After NSA Revelations Google · Microsoft · Yahoo · +4 | 7 |
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| 2013-11-11 | Citigroup Lobbyists Write 70 of 85 Lines in House Banking Deregulation Bill Citigroup · House Financial Services Committee · Wall Street | 3 |
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| 2013-11-09 | Trump Holds Miss Universe in Moscow, Partners with Putin-Connected Agalarovs for Trump Tower Moscow Donald Trump · Aras Agalarov · Emin Agalarov · +2 | 5 |
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| 2013-11-01 | Cantor Fitzgerald Signs Referral Agreement with Prince Andrew's Urramoor Limited Cantor Fitzgerald · Howard Lutnick · Prince Andrew · +2 | 5 |
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| 2013-10-24 | NSA Monitored Angela Merkel's Phone and 35 Other World Leaders National Security Agency · Angela Merkel · Barack Obama · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-10-21 | Microsoft and Google Challenge NSA Gag Orders in Federal Court Microsoft · Google · Brad Smith · +2 | 5 |
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| 2013-10-20 | South Dakota EB-5 official Richard Benda dies amid investigation into $550K theft Richard Benda · Joop Bollen · Marty Jackley · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-10-02 | Yahoo's Secret FISA Court Battle Against PRISM Revealed Yahoo · National Security Agency · FISA Court · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-10-01 | Healthcare.gov Launch Disaster Costs $1.7B from $93M Contract CGI Federal · Healthcare.gov · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +3 | 6 |
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| 2013-09-30 | Darnell Earley Appointed as Flint Emergency Manager, Will Oversee Disastrous Water Switch Darnell Earley · Rick Snyder | 2 |
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| 2013-09-27 | SAIC Splits into Leidos and New SAIC, Restructuring the Largest Intelligence Contractor Science Applications International Corporation · Leidos · John P. Jumper · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-09-17 | Brazil's President Cancels US State Visit Over NSA Spying on Dilma Rousseff Dilma Rousseff · Barack Obama · National Security Agency · +3 | 6 |
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| 2013-09-17 | Pam Bondi Receives Illegal $25,000 Trump Foundation Donation During Trump University Investigation Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | 2 |
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| 2013-09-17 | Trump Foundation Donates $25,000 to Bondi PAC After Florida Considers Joining Trump University Lawsuit Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | 2 |
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| 2013-08-24 | New York Attorney General Sues Trump University for $40 Million, Calls It "Straight Up Fraud" Eric Schneiderman · Donald Trump · Michael Sexton | 3 |
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| 2013-08-21 | Chelsea Manning Sentenced to 35 Years for WikiLeaks Disclosures Chelsea Manning · U.S. Army · Department of Justice · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-08-12 | Attorney General Holder Announces Smart on Crime Initiative: First Federal Retreat from Mandatory Minimums Eric Holder · Barack Obama · DOJ | 3 |
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| 2013-08-08 | Lavabit Encrypted Email Service Shuts Down Rather Than Comply with NSA Demands Ladar Levison · Lavabit · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +2 | 5 |
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| 2013-08-05 | Jeff Bezos Purchases Washington Post for $250 Million Jeff Bezos · Donald Graham · Washington Post Company | 3 |
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| 2013-08-01 | Chicago Police Launch Strategic Subject List "Heat List" Predictive Policing Program Chicago Police Department | 1 |
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| 2013-08-01 | FAA Safety Official Ali Bahrami Leaves for Aerospace Industries Association During Boeing 737 MAX Development Ali Bahrami · Federal Aviation Administration · Boeing · +2 | 5 |
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| 2013-08-01 | Retired General James Mattis Joins General Dynamics Board Five Months After Marine Corps Retirement James Mattis · General Dynamics · Marine Corps | 3 |
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| 2013-08-01 | Russia Grants Snowden Temporary Asylum After 39 Days in Moscow Airport Edward Snowden · Russia · Vladimir Putin · +2 | 5 |
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| 2013-07-02 | Director of National Intelligence Clapper Apologizes for "Clearly Erroneous" Testimony to Congress James Clapper · Ron Wyden · Dianne Feinstein | 3 |
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| 2013-07-01 | ALEC Coordinates 139 Education Privatization Bills Across States - Systematic Public School Defunding Campaign American Legislative Exchange Council · ALEC Education and Workforce Development Task Force · Center for Media and Democracy · +6 | 9 |
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| 2013-07-01 | North Carolina Passes "Monster" Voter Suppression Law Hours After Shelby County Decision North Carolina General Assembly · Republican Party | 2 |
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| 2013-07-01 | Reuters: AT&T nurtured and bankrolled OANN; founder says AT&T asked for a conservative network AT&T · One America News Network · Robert Herring Sr. · +2 | 5 | |
| 2013-06-25 | ALEC States Immediately Implement Voter Restrictions After Shelby County Decision Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott · North Carolina Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-06-25 | Shelby County Decision Guts Voting Rights Act Preclearance Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito · John Roberts · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-06-23 | Snowden Flees Hong Kong for Moscow Seeking Asylum Amid U.S. Diplomatic Pressure Edward Snowden · WikiLeaks · Sarah Harrison · +2 | 5 |
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| 2013-06-21 | Obama Prosecutes 8 Whistleblowers Under Espionage Act, More Than All Presidents Barack Obama · Eric Holder · Edward Snowden · +4 | 7 |
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| 2013-06-21 | Skilling Sentence Reduced to 14 Years, Marking Accountability Erosion Jeffrey Skilling · Department of Justice · Sim Lake | 3 |
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| 2013-06-17 | Supreme Court Allows Antitrust Challenge to Pay-for-Delay Drug Settlements Costing Consumers $3.5 Billion Annually Supreme Court of the United States · Federal Trade Commission · Solvay Pharmaceuticals · +3 | 6 |
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| 2013-06-14 | U.S. Charges Edward Snowden with Espionage and Theft of Government Property Edward Snowden · Department of Justice · Eric Holder | 3 |
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| 2013-06-10 | Booz Allen Fires Snowden, Exposing How a Contractor Employee of Three Months Accessed NSA's Deepest Secrets Edward Snowden · Booz Allen Hamilton · Ralph Shrader · +2 | 5 |
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| 2013-06-09 | Edward Snowden Reveals Identity as NSA Whistleblower in Hong Kong Video Edward Snowden · Glenn Greenwald · Laura Poitras | 3 |
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| 2013-06-06 | Washington Post and Guardian Reveal NSA PRISM Program for Direct Server Access Edward Snowden · Glenn Greenwald · Bart Gellman · +6 | 9 |
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| 2013-06-05 | Guardian Publishes First Snowden Leak on NSA Verizon Phone Records Collection Edward Snowden · Glenn Greenwald · National Security Agency · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-06-05 | Roger Stone's Early Connections to Russian Information Networks Roger Stone · Guccifer 2.0 | 2 | |
| 2013-06-05 | Snowden Reveals NSA Mass Surveillance and PRISM Program Edward Snowden · Glenn Greenwald · Laura Poitras · +2 | 5 |
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| 2013-06-01 | Aleksandr Kogan creates 'This Is Your Digital Life' Facebook app; data later used by Cambridge Analytica Aleksandr Kogan · Facebook · Cambridge Analytica · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-06-01 | Elliptic Founded as First Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Firm Elliptic · Adam Joyce · Tom Robinson · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-06-01 | Former CIA Director David Petraeus Becomes Chairman of KKR Global Institute, Converting Intelligence Access Into Private Equity Value David Petraeus · KKR · Central Intelligence Agency | 3 |
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| 2013-06-01 | Justice O'Connor Expresses Regret Over Bush v. Gore Damage to Court Reputation Sandra Day O'Connor · U.S. Supreme Court · Bush v. Gore majority | 3 |
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| 2013-05-21 | Senate Investigates Google Tax Avoidance, Exposes 2.4% Foreign Tax Rate Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations · Carl Levin · John McCain · +3 | 6 |
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| 2013-05-02 | Obama Nominates Telecom Industry Lobbyist Tom Wheeler as FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler · Barack Obama · Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) · +3 | 6 |
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| 2013-04-23 | CIA Paid Psychologists Mitchell and Jessen $81 Million to Design Torture Program James Mitchell · Bruce Jessen · Central Intelligence Agency · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-04-15 | Congress Quietly Guts STOCK Act Online Disclosure Requirements Barack Obama | 1 |
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| 2013-04-03 | Edwin Feulner Retires as Heritage Foundation President After 36 Years Building Conservative Movement Infrastructure Edwin Feulner · Heritage Foundation · Jim DeMint · +5 | 8 | |
| 2013-03-15 | Northrop Grumman Global Hawk Drone Costs Surge to $222 Million Per Aircraft Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-03-11 | Federal Court Rules Texas 2011 Redistricting Intentionally Discriminated Against Latino Voters Texas Legislature · Republican Party · MALDEF | 3 |
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| 2013-03-06 | Holder Testifies Some Banks Are Too Big to Jail Eric Holder · Department of Justice · JPMorgan Chase · +4 | 7 |
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| 2013-03-01 | Amazon AWS Wins $600 Million CIA Cloud Contract Amazon Web Services · Central Intelligence Agency · IBM | 3 |
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| 2013-03-01 | Trump Foundation Paid $25,000 to Settle Trump University Legal Claim Using Charity Funds Donald Trump · Trump Foundation · Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi | 3 |
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| 2013-02-20 | Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty to $750,000 Campaign Fund Fraud Jesse Jackson Jr. · Sandra Stevens Jackson | 2 |
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| 2013-01-29 | DOJ Criminal Division Chief Lanny Breuer Resigns After PBS Frontline Documentary 'The Untouchables' Exposes 'Too Big to Jail' Policy Resulting in Zero Major Bank Executive Prosecutions Compared to 900+ Convictions in 1980s S&L Crisis Lanny Breuer · Eric Holder · Department of Justice · +4 | 7 |
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| 2013-01-14 | Jeffrey Sterling Indicted Under Espionage Act for Alleged Leak to James Risen Jeffrey Sterling · James Risen · Central Intelligence Agency · +2 | 5 |
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| 2013-01-03 | Google's Political Influence Derails FTC Antitrust Investigation Federal Trade Commission · Google Inc. · Larry Page · +4 | 7 |
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| 2013-01-02 | Obama Signs American Taxpayer Relief Act Making 82% of Bush Tax Cuts Permanent - 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal Locks in $2.8 Trillion in Tax Cuts for Wealthy Barack Obama · Joe Biden · Mitch McConnell · +5 | 8 |
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| 2013-01-01 | 70% of $80 billion intelligence budget goes to private contractors Intelligence Community · Private contractors · Edward Snowden · +3 | 6 |
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| 2013-01-01 | Four Firms Control 85%+ of Multiple U.S. Industries, Documenting Oligopolistic Market Structure Airlines · Telecom companies · Pharmaceutical companies · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-01-01 | Google Ad Tech Systematically Takes 30-50% Cut From Publishers Google · Online publishers · Advertisers · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-01-01 | Kansas Implements Kris Kobach's Proof-of-Citizenship Voting Law and Expands Interstate Crosscheck Kris Kobach · Kansas Secretary of State | 2 |
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| 2013-01-01 | Lance Wallnau Popularizes "Seven Mountains Mandate": The Theology of Institutional Capture Goes Mainstream Lance Wallnau · C. Peter Wagner · Loren Cunningham · +1 | 4 |
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| 2013-01-01 | Wells Fargo Fires 5,300 Low-Level Workers While Executives Keep Jobs Wells Fargo · John Stumpf · Carrie Tolstedt | 3 |
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| 2012-12-11 | HSBC Pays $1.9B for Money Laundering, No Executives Jailed HSBC · Lanny Breuer · Department of Justice · +3 | 6 |
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| 2012-12-11 | Michigan Passes Right-to-Work in Lame Duck Surprise Using Verbatim ALEC Language Rick Snyder · American Legislative Exchange Council · Mackinac Center · +5 | 8 |
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| 2012-12-05 | ACA Architect Liz Fowler Leaves White House for Johnson & Johnson After Industry-Friendly Healthcare Legislation Elizabeth Fowler · Johnson & Johnson · WellPoint · +3 | 6 |
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| 2012-11-15 | BP Pleads Guilty to Felony Charges and Agrees to Record $4.5 Billion Criminal Settlement BP (British Petroleum) · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · +5 | 8 |
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| 2012-11-06 | North Carolina Democrats Win Popular Vote But Lose 9 of 13 Congressional Seats Democratic Party · Republican Party · North Carolina General Assembly | 3 |
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| 2012-10-23 | John Kiriakou Pleads Guilty - Only Person Jailed Over CIA Torture Program John Kiriakou · Central Intelligence Agency · Obama Administration · +1 | 4 |
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