Corporate Capture
The Corporate Capture capture lane traces 564 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
Top 10 actors in this lane
10 actors · 1142–2026
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | NV Energy Declines to Extend Lake Tahoe Wholesale Power Supply, Citing Data-Center Demand; ~49,000 Liberty Utilities Customers Need Replacement Supply by Mid-2027
4 src NV Energy · Liberty Utilities · California Public Utilities Commission · Google · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | AI Industry Super PACs Pour $125 Million Into 2026 Midterms to Block Regulation, Targeting Candidates With Hidden Influence Campaign
7 src OpenAI · Anthropic · Andreessen Horowitz · Marc Andreessen · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-12 | USPS Postmaster DeJoy Signs DOGE Deal to Cut 10,000 Postal Workers
3 src Louis DeJoy · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · U.S. Postal Service · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-11 | Trump Administration Launches Section 301 Trade Probes to Rebuild Tariff Regime After Supreme Court Defeat
4 src Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · U.S. Office of the U.S. Trade Representative · U.S. Department of Commerce · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate Stablecoin Bill Stalls as Democrats Cite Trump Crypto Conflicts of Interest
4 src Donald Trump · U.S. Senate · Elizabeth Warren · Jeff Merkley · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-09 | Anthropic Files Dual Federal Lawsuits Challenging Pentagon's Supply Chain Risk Designation as Unconstitutional Retaliation
8 src Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-08 | Colorado Attorney General and Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Illegal Rejection of State Clean Air Plan Protecting Coal
3 src Phil Weiser · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Earthjustice · Sierra Club · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-08 | EFF and The Intercept Find OpenAI's Pentagon Deal Surveillance Guardrails Unenforceable, Warning of AI-Powered Domestic Surveillance Risk
5 src OpenAI · Sam Altman · U.S. Department of Defense · Electronic Frontier Foundation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-08 | Legal Challenges Mount Against EPA Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
5 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump · Environmental Defense Fund · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-07 | OpenAI Robotics Chief Caitlin Kalinowski Resigns Over Pentagon Deal, Citing Surveillance and Autonomous Weapons Concerns
6 src OpenAI · Caitlin Kalinowski · Sam Altman · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-06 | Anthropic Files Lawsuit Against Pentagon Over Unprecedented National Security Designation
6 src Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | Anthropic Reopens Pentagon Talks as Defense Experts Warn Blacklist Sets Dangerous Precedent for AI Safety
6 src Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Environmental Groups Press Legal Challenge Against EPA's Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
4 src Earthjustice · Clean Air Task Force · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Formally Designates Anthropic a National Security Supply-Chain Risk, First US Company So Labeled
5 src Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-04 | Trump Publicly Champions Crypto Industry in Stablecoin Battle While Family Firm Profits from Same Rules
3 src Donald Trump · Eric Trump · World Liberty Financial · U.S. Congress · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | AI Industry Super PAC Backed by OpenAI Insiders and Palantir Pours Millions Into Blocking AI-Regulation Candidate Alex Bores
5 src OpenAI · Palantir Technologies · Greg Brockman · Joe Lonsdale · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-26 | US-Denmark Announce "Greenland Victory" Defense Cooperation Deal with Mining Rights and Military Access
3 src Donald Trump · Mette Frederiksen · Mute Egede · Mark Rutte · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | New York Demands $13.5 Billion Tariff Refund After Supreme Court Ruling
3 src Kathy Hochul · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Trump State of the Union Calls for Second Reconciliation, Celebrates Venezuela as "New Friend"
3 src Donald Trump · United States Congress | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-21 | Post-SCOTUS Tariff Pivot: Trump Invokes Section 122 Global Tariff and Launches Section 301 Investigations as Legal Workaround
7 src 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
4 src Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Ambassador Bridge Owner Donated $1M to MAGA Before Trump Attacked Rival Bridge
3 src Donald Trump · Manuel Moroun · MAGA Inc. | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs 6-3 in Historic Limitation on Executive Trade Authority
4 src John Roberts · United States Supreme Court · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Trump Demands Netflix Remove Susan Rice from Board During Merger Review
3 src Donald Trump · Netflix · Susan Rice | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | DHS Signs $1 Billion Palantir Agreement for Immigration Surveillance
3 src DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Palantir · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | House Democrats Probe World Liberty Financial UAE Bank Charter and Trump Family Conflicts
3 src Donald Trump · World Liberty Financial · United Arab Emirates | 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
7 src Food and Drug Administration · Marty Makary · Vinay Prasad · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | Trump Invokes Defense Production Act for Bayer/Monsanto Glyphosate, Potentially Shielding Corporation from 100,000+ Cancer Lawsuits
3 src Donald Trump · Bayer AG · Brooke Rollins · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-15 | Pentagon Extends Defense Contractor "Naughty List" Review Period
3 src Pentagon · Pete Hegseth · RTX · General Dynamics · +2 | 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 | |
| 2026-02-04 | Trump Reverses Position on Netflix-Warner Bros. Merger Involvement After Ethics Criticism
2 src Donald Trump · Netflix · Warner Bros. Discovery · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | Trump Orders INDYCAR Race on National Mall via Executive Action
3 src Donald Trump · White House · Department of the Interior · Department of Transportation · +1 | 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 | |
| 2026-01-15 | Public Citizen Report Documents 159 Cancelled Corporate Enforcement Actions Worth $3.1 Billion
2 src Public Citizen · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-09 | Exxon CEO Tells Trump Venezuela Is 'Uninvestible' at White House Oil Summit
4 src Donald Trump · Darren Woods · Marco Rubio · Chris Wright · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-01 | Trump Administration Drops 100+ Corporate Enforcement Actions, Penalties Fall 97 Percent
9 src Trump Administration · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Trade Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-18 | Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Case as Judge Rules No Monopoly Despite Instagram/WhatsApp Acquisitions
3 src Judge James Boasberg · Meta · Mark Zuckerberg · Federal Trade Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-04 | Axon acquires Carbyne for $625 million, consolidating Israeli 911 surveillance tech with US police body camera giant
3 src Axon · Carbyne · Ehud Barak · Peter Thiel · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-27 | Trump Family Crypto Platform Tied to Pardoned Binance Executive Generated $500M
2 src Binance · Changpeng Zhao · Donald Trump · Trump Family · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-23 | Billionaire Timothy Mellon's $130M Military Donation During Shutdown Raises Oligarchy Concerns
3 src Timothy Mellon · Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · Pentagon | reported | |
| 2025-10-23 | White House Releases List of 37 Corporate Donors for Trump's $300M Ballroom Project
3 src Trump · Google · Amazon · Meta · +6 | reported | |
| 2025-10-15 | OCC Conditionally Approves Erebor Bank Charter in Record Four Months
6 src Palmer Luckey · Joe Lonsdale · Peter Thiel · Founders Fund · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Valinor Enterprises Launches as Palantir/Anduril Alumni Defense-Tech Incubator
5 src Julie Bush · Trae Stephens · Paul Kwan · Grant Verstandig · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-13 | Pro-Trump Fund Fraudulently Markets Fake Treasury Event, Sells Sponsorships
2 src 1789 Capital · Scott Bessent · U.S. Treasury Department · Corporate Sponsors | reported | |
| 2025-10-05 | Private Prison Company CoreCivic Secures $300 Million in New ICE Contracts
2 src CoreCivic · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Trump Administration · U.S. Congress | reported | |
| 2025-10-04 | Trump Targets Corporate Deals Across 30+ Industries Before Midterm Elections
2 src Trump Administration · Pfizer · Eli Lilly · AstraZeneca · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-26 | Grover Norquist and 35 Conservative Groups Urge Trump to Let ACA Tax Credits Expire While Opposing Corporate Tax Credit Expirations
4 src Grover Norquist · Americans for Tax Reform · Club for Growth · Americans for Prosperity · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-26 | White House Solicits Input on Dismantling AI Regulations to Boost Industry
2 src White House · Office of Science and Technology Policy | reported | |
| 2025-09-25 | Microsoft Terminates Israeli Unit 8200's Azure Access for Mass Surveillance of Palestinian Civilians
4 src Microsoft · Brad Smith · Unit 8200 · Yossi Sariel · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-09-22 | DOJ Eliminates Consumer Protection Branch, Guts Civil Rights Division Enforcement
4 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · DOJ Civil Division | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-10 | Commerce Secretary Lutnick Forces Corporations to Provide Government Equity Stakes
2 src Howard Lutnick · U.S. Department of Commerce · Intel · Lockheed Martin · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-08 | CBS Appoints Trump Ally Kenneth Weinstein as Network Ombudsman Following Merger Pressure
3 src Kenneth Weinstein · Donald Trump · CBS News · Paramount · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-05 | FTC Reverses Nationwide Noncompete Ban, Leaving 30 Million Workers Bound by Restrictive Contracts
2 src Andrew Ferguson · Federal Trade Commission · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-05 | Transportation Department Drops Rule Requiring Airlines to Compensate Passengers for Delays
3 src Sean Duffy · Department of Transportation · Airlines · Donald Trump | reported | |
| 2025-08-29 | Government Waives Performance Benchmarks for Intel Despite $11 Billion in Federal Support
3 src Trump · Intel · U.S. Department of Commerce | reported | |
| 2025-08-27 | Silicon Valley Launches $200 Million Super PAC to Block AI Regulations Ahead of Midterms
3 src Meta · Andreessen Horowitz · Greg Brockman · OpenAI | reported | |
| 2025-08-26 | Commerce Secretary Lutnick Discloses Trump Considering Equity Stakes in Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Palantir
3 src Howard Lutnick · Trump · Lockheed Martin · Boeing · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-08-26 | Exxon Held Secret Negotiations With Sanctioned Russian Oil Giant Rosneft Over Sakhalin Return
2 src Exxon Mobil · Rosneft · Vladimir Putin · Trump | reported | |
| 2025-08-22 | U.S. Government Takes 10% Equity Stake in Intel Through CHIPS Act Conversion
3 src Howard Lutnick · Trump · U.S. Department of Commerce · Intel | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-04 | Trump Sons Launch $300M SPAC Targeting US Manufacturing Revival
3 src Eric Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Kevin McGurn · Kyle Wool | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Corporate PACs Donated $174 Million to Lawmakers Who Attempted to Overturn 2020 Election
2 src Koch Industries · American Crystal Sugar · AT&T · Corporate PACs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Qualcomm Donates $1 Million to Trump-Aligned Dark Money Group
2 src Qualcomm · Securing American Greatness · Taylor Budowich · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-31 | Trump Mobile Launches Comprehensive Wireless Service with Telehealth and Insurance
3 src Eric Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Pat O'Brien · Don Hendrickson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-04 | First Federal School Voucher Program Signed into Law — Tax Credit Scholarships for Private and Religious Schools in One Big Beautiful Bill
7 src Donald Trump · Linda McMahon · Heritage Foundation · ALEC | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-04 | Musk's Lobbying Team Secures Sweeping Legislative Wins in Texas
3 src Elon Musk · SpaceX Lobbyists · Tesla Lobbyists · Greg Abbott · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-15 | Trump Military Parade Sponsored by Companies with Close Political Ties, Raising Ethical Concerns
3 src Donald Trump · Norman Eisen · Dana White | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | NASA Proposal Shifts $6 Billion, Prioritizing Mars Missions and Commercial Space Interests
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · NASA Leadership · SpaceX · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-21 | Pilgrim's Pride, Fined $100M, Donates $5M to Trump Inauguration Under Scrutiny
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Pilgrim's Pride · Senator Elizabeth Warren | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-21 | Trump Raised $239 Million for Inauguration, More Than Doubling Previous Record
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Inaugural Committee | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-19 | Amazon and Meta are among the corporate sponsors of the White House Easter Egg Roll
4 src Donald Trump · Melania Trump · Amazon · Meta · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-17 | Judge Rules Google Operates Illegal Ad Tech Monopoly, Orders Divestiture of Ad Business
3 src Judge Leonie Brinkema · Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-09 | US-China Tariff Escalation Reaches 145% as Tit-for-Tat Retaliation Nears Total Decoupling
7 src Donald Trump · Xi Jinping · Scott Bessent · Howard Lutnick | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-23 | SpaceX Secures Over $9.5 Billion in Government Contracts Despite Conflicts of Interest
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Trump Administration · Rep. Stephen Lynch · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-23 | Trump White House Sells Corporate Sponsorships for Easter Egg Roll, Marking New Level of Institutional Capture
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Meta · YouTube · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-21 | Pentagon Alters Musk Meeting After Leaked War Plan Briefing Reports
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pete Hegseth | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Trump Invokes Defense Production Act for Critical Mineral Extraction on Federal Lands
3 src Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Scott Bessent · Doug Burgum | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Johnson says Congress will investigate attacks against Tesla owners, vehicles
3 src Mike Johnson · Elon Musk · Marjorie Taylor Greene · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Trump Turns White House Lawn into Tesla Showroom, Purchases Model S to Support Musk
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · White House Staff | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | Trump turns the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Tesla | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-25 | Axon Reports $2.1 Billion Revenue for 2024, Achieving Third Consecutive Year of 30%+ Growth Through Subscription Lock-In Model
3 src Axon · Rick Smith | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-25 | Trump Administration Introduces Expansive Special Government Employee Status for Private Sector Leaders
4 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-20 | X Threatens Interpublic Group with Potential Government Interference Over Ad Spending
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Linda Yaccarino · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-13 | How the Trumps Turned Social Media Platform Litigation into a Profitable Strategy
3 src Donald Trump · Alphabet Inc. · Google · YouTube · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Trump Administration Systematically Halts Regulatory Investigations into Musk's Business Empire
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Federal Regulatory Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-10 | Trump signs order pausing enforcement of foreign bribery ban
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · William Barr · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-30 | Amazon Raises Ad Spending on Elon Musk's X Platform
3 src Jeff Bezos · Elon Musk · Andy Jassy · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-30 | Not just Big Tech: under-the-radar corporations rushed to donate to Trump's inauguration
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · CoreCivic · GEO Group · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-29 | Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle Trump lawsuit over suspended accounts
3 src Donald Trump · Mark Zuckerberg · Meta Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-21 | Trump Signs EO 14173 'Ending Illegal Discrimination' — Foundational Anti-DEI Order Requiring Federal Contractor Certification
6 src Donald Trump · Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-13 | Trump Inauguration Raises Record $245 Million with $161 Million from Corporations Facing Federal Enforcement
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Inaugural Committee · Amazon · Meta · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-19 | SEC Charges Cantor Fitzgerald $6.75 Million for Misleading SPAC Disclosures
3 src Securities and Exchange Commission · Cantor Fitzgerald · Howard Lutnick · View, Inc. · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-13 | McKinsey Agrees to $650 Million Criminal Settlement for Role in 'Turbocharging' Opioid Sales for Purdue Pharma
3 src McKinsey & Company · U.S. Department of Justice · Purdue Pharma · Martin Elling · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-10 | FTC Blocks Kroger-Albertsons $24.6B Grocery Merger, Citing Labor and Consumer Harm
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Kroger Company · Albertsons Companies · Judge Nelson | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-06 | McKinsey Pays $73 Million Final Settlement to South Africa in State Capture Resolution
3 src McKinsey & Company · South Africa National Prosecuting Authority · U.S. Department of Justice · McKinsey South Africa · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-05 | McKinsey Africa Agrees to Pay $122 Million Settlement for Bribery of South African Officials
3 src McKinsey Africa · U.S. Department of Justice · Vikas Sagar · South African National Prosecuting Authority · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-20 | FDA Commissioner Califf's Pharmaceutical Industry Revolving Door Scrutinized
3 src Robert Califf · Food and Drug Administration · Verily Life Sciences · Joe Manchin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-19 | General Dynamics Virginia-Class Submarine Program Revealed to Be $17 Billion Over Budget with 2-3 Year Delays
3 src General Dynamics · Huntington Ingalls Industries · Ken Calvert · Carlos Del Toro · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-20 | Defense Contractors Market Ukraine War as "Battle-Tested" Surveillance Technology Proving Ground
3 src Anduril Industries · Palantir Technologies · Clearview AI · Defense Industry | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-16 | Humana Pays $90 Million to Settle First-of-Its-Kind Medicare Part D Fraud Case for Fraudulent Bidding
3 src Humana · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · Department of Justice · Steven Scott (whistleblower) | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-09 | Oracle Agrees to $115 Million Settlement Over Mass Surveillance Data Brokerage
3 src Oracle · Judge Richard Seeborg · Irish Council for Civil Liberties | confirmed |