Capture lane

Democratic Erosion

The Democratic Erosion capture lane traces 522 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

522 events From Jan 1, 1142 To Jun 18, 2026 Open in filter view →
Top 10 actors in this lane 10 actors · 1142–2026
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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-01-24Stephen 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
2026-01-23Minnesota General Strike Becomes Largest in State's History, Spreads to 300 Cities Nationwide 4 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
confirmed
2026-01-22MARCH Multifaith Clergy Gathering at Westminster Presbyterian Draws ~1,000, Precedes ~100 Clergy Arrests at MSP Airport 5 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-01-22Whistleblowers Reveal Secret ICE Memo Authorizing Agents to Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrants 4 src
Todd Lyons · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Kristi Noem · Richard Blumenthal · +1
confirmed
2026-01-21Supreme Court Hears Trump v. Cook, Justices Skeptical of Presidential Power to Fire Federal Reserve Governors 4 src
Donald Trump · Lisa Cook · U.S. Supreme Court · Brett Kavanaugh · +2
confirmed
2026-01-21Trump Announces Greenland "Framework," Backs Off Tariffs at Davos 3 src
Donald Trump · Mark Rutte · North Atlantic Treaty Organization · Denmark · +1
confirmed
2026-01-21Trump Threatens Tariffs on Eight NATO Allies at Davos Over Greenland, Blasts Europe as 'Not Recognizable' 4 src
Donald Trump · Mark Rutte · Emmanuel Macron · North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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2026-01-20Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley says ICE agents stopped off-duty officers of color during Operation Metro Surge 6 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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2026-01-20DOJ Serves Grand Jury Subpoenas to Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and AG Ellison Over Immigration Enforcement 4 src
Tim Walz · Jacob Frey · Keith Ellison · Pam Bondi · +2
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2026-01-20Five Minnesota Physicians Hold Capitol Press Conference on ICE Surge's Health Toll, Flanked by Two Physician-Senators 4 srcconfirmed
2026-01-20Free America Walkout Draws Hundreds of Thousands Nationwide on Trump Inauguration Anniversary 3 src
Women's March · Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-01-19ICE Announces 3,000 Arrests in Operation Metro Surge 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem
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2026-01-18EU Convenes Emergency Meeting on Trump Greenland Tariff Threats 2 src
European Union · Donald Trump · Denmark
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2026-01-17Trump Announces 10% Tariffs on Eight NATO Allies Over Greenland 3 src
Donald Trump · Denmark · France · Germany · +2
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2026-01-16SSA Reveals DOGE Staffers Misused Social Security Data, Signed Secret Voter Roll Agreement While Under Court Order 3 src
Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Social Security Administration
confirmed
2026-01-16Trump Announces Phase Two of Gaza Plan, Creates 'Board of Peace' with Himself as Chairman 4 src
Donald Trump · Steve Witkoff · Benjamin Netanyahu · Jared Kushner · +2
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2026-01-15Federal Judge Rules ICE Violated Fourth Amendment by Breaking Into Minneapolis Home Without Judicial Warrant 4 src
Jeffrey Bryan · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Tricia McLaughlin
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2026-01-15Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act in Minneapolis, Calls Protesters 'Highly Paid Professionals' 2 src
Donald Trump · Keith Ellison · Tim Walz
confirmed
2026-01-14Federal Agents Tear-Gas Jackson Family Vehicle in North Minneapolis; Six-Month-Old Loses Consciousness, Hospitalized 4 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-01-13DOJ Civil Rights Division Leaders Mass Resign Over Refusal to Investigate Renee Good Killing 3 src
Harmeet Dhillon · Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi
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2026-01-13ProPublica documents 40+ cases of immigration agents using banned chokeholds and neck restraints; Minnesota Reformer republishes amid Operation Metro Surge 5 src
ProPublica · Department of Homeland Security (DHS) · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-01-13Twelve Federal Prosecutors Resign Over DOJ Handling of Renee Good Shooting 5 src
Todd Blanche · Harmeet Dhillon · U.S. Department of Justice
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2026-01-12Minnesota Attorney General Ellison and Twin Cities Sue DHS Over Operation Metro Surge 3 src
Keith Ellison · Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
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2026-01-12Senator Tillis Announces Opposition to All Trump Fed Nominees Over Powell Investigation 2 src
Thom Tillis · Donald Trump · Jerome Powell · Department of Justice
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2026-01-10ACA Subsidy Extension Passes House via Discharge Petition 230-196 2 src
Brian Fitzpatrick · Mike Lawler · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump
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2026-01-10ICE Detains Five Native Americans in Minneapolis Based on Appearance, Tribal Leaders Condemn Racial Profiling 4 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-01-08Alberto Castaneda Mondragon Hospitalized at HCMC With Catastrophic Head Injury After ICE Arrest; Lawsuit Alleges Agents Beat Him 4 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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2026-01-08CBP Agents Tackle and Detain Two U.S. Citizen Teenagers at Richfield Target Store 2 src
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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2026-01-08DHS Announces Operation Salvo Results in New York City 2 src
Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +1
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2026-01-08DHS Subpoenas I-9 Employment-Eligibility Records for 7,000+ Hennepin Healthcare Employees 3 src
Department of Homeland Security
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2026-01-08Minneapolis Public Schools Cancel Classes, Offer Remote Learning Through February Due to ICE Operations 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
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2026-01-07Border Patrol Agents Pepper Spray Students at Roosevelt High School During Dismissal 3 src
U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-01-07GOP Senator Tillis Calls Miller's Greenland Comments 'Insane,' Demands He Be Fired 2 src
Thom Tillis · Stephen Miller · Donald Trump
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2026-01-07ICE Agent Kills Legal Observer Renee Nicole Good During Minneapolis Raid 3 src
Jonathan Ross · Renee Nicole Good · Greg Bovino · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +2
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2026-01-07National Guard Troops Return Home After Supreme Court Blocks Trump Deployment to Chicago, Portland, LA 3 src
Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · U.S. Northern Command · U.S. Supreme Court
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2026-01-04Worldwide Protests Condemn U.S. Invasion of Venezuela, Over 100 U.S. Cities Plan Demonstrations 2 src
Donald Trump
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2025-12-31DOJ Expands Epstein Document Review to 5.2 Million Pages, Enlisted 400 Attorneys 2 src
Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna
confirmed
2025-12-30Bannon Reveals He Is Organizing 'Irish National Party,' Promises 'Irish Trump' 2 src
Steve Bannon
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2025-12-29Bannon Turns Against Vice President JD Vance Amid Escalating MAGA Civil War 2 src
Steve Bannon · J.D. Vance
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2025-12-29Trump Administration Replaces H-1B Visa Lottery with Wage-Based Selection 2 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2025-12-24DOJ Announces Discovery of Over 1 Million Additional Epstein Documents on Christmas Eve 2 src
Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna
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2025-12-23Supreme Court Blocks Trump National Guard Deployment to Chicago, Ruling 'Regular Forces' Means Military 14 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · John Roberts · Brett Kavanaugh · +8
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2025-12-22State Dept OIG Refers Witkoff/Sacks UAE Ethics Probe Request to Office of Investigations; Senators Press for Full Investigation 3 src
Elizabeth Warren · Elissa Slotkin · Steve Witkoff · David Sacks
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2025-12-21Bannon Declares Conservative Movement Civil War at AmericaFest, Attacks Ben Shapiro as 'Cancer' 2 src
Steve Bannon · Ben Shapiro · Turning Point USA
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2025-12-21CBS News Editor Bari Weiss Pulls 60 Minutes CECOT Prison Abuse Segment Hours Before Broadcast 5 src
Bari Weiss · CBS News · 60 Minutes · Sharyn Alfonsi · +3
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2025-12-21DOJ Exposes Epstein Victims' Names While Over-Redacting Perpetrator Information 2 src
Department of Justice · Brad Edwards · Brittany Henderson
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2025-12-20DOJ Removes 15+ Epstein Files After Release, Including Trump-Maxwell Photo 4 src
Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Ghislaine Maxwell · Jeffrey Epstein · +1
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2025-12-19DOJ Releases Heavily Redacted Epstein Files, 550+ Pages Completely Blacked Out 5 src
Department of Justice · Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein · +1
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2025-12-19Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration Emergency Request to Silence Immigration Judges, First Major Loss on Shadow Docket 4 src
Supreme Court of the United States · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Leonie Brinkema · +1
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2025-12-15Federal Workers Collective Bargaining Bill Passes via Discharge Petition 231-195 2 src
Mike Johnson · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-12-15Seven Die in ICE Custody in December, Four Within Four Days, Deadliest Year Since 2004 6 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2025-12-12House Committee Releases 100,000 Epstein Estate Photos Showing Trump, Bannon, Clinton, Gates 3 src
U.S. House Oversight Committee · Donald Trump · Steve Bannon · Bill Clinton · +4
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2025-12-09Heritage Foundation promotes 'Heritage 2.0' 2026 policy priorities (document released March 2025) — no personnel pillar; Project 2025 four-pillar architecture not continued 3 src
Heritage Foundation · Kevin Roberts
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2025-12-06Trump Issues Memo Ordering Comprehensive Review of Childhood Vaccine Schedule, Elevating Political Control Over Medical Science 6 src
Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · +1
confirmed
2025-12-05ACIP Chair Admits Vaccine Panel Members Feel Like "Puppets on a String," Exposing Political Manipulation 7 src
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · American Academy of Pediatrics · American Medical Association
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2025-12-04Appeals Court Halts Removal of National Guard from Washington DC, Preserving Militarized Presence in Capital 6 src
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · Donald Trump · D.C. National Guard
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2025-12-04Brad Parscale Secretly Advised Honduran Right-Wing Candidate as Trump Endorsed Her and Pardoned Convicted Narco-President 7 src
Donald Trump · Juan Orlando Hernández
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2025-12-04DOJ Seeks to Detain Jan 6 Pardoned Defendant Taylor Taranto After Surveilling Rep. Jamie Raskin's Neighborhood 7 src
Jamie Raskin · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Barack Obama
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2025-12-04GAO Opens Investigation Into FHFA Director Bill Pulte for Weaponized Criminal Referrals Targeting Trump Critics 7 src
Government Accountability Office (GAO) · Bill Pulte · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Letitia James · +3
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2025-12-04Illinois Secretary of State Warns Federal Immigration Agents and Rental Companies That License Plate Tampering Violates State Law 7 src
U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · JB Pritzker
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2025-12-04Macron Warns Zelenskyy U.S. May Betray Ukraine on Territory 6 src
Emmanuel Macron · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Mark Rutte · Donald Trump · +4
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2025-12-04New York Times Sues Pentagon Over Restrictive Media Rules Requiring Publication Approval, Violating First Amendment 7 src
New York Times · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · NPR · +1
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2025-12-04Supreme Court Reinstates Texas Mid-Decade Congressional Map Designed for Republican Advantage Despite Racial Gerrymandering Findings 7 src
Supreme Court of the United States · Greg Abbott · Donald Trump · Texas Legislature · +1
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2025-12-0325% of Foreign Service Officers Resigned or Forced Out, Diplomatic Corps Collapses 7 src
Department of State
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2025-12-03DOJ Sues Six Additional States Demanding Protected Voter Registration Data 7 src
Department of Justice · Pamela Bondi · Maryland · Brennan Center for Justice · +1
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2025-12-02ICE agent testifies under oath in Oregon federal court that the Palantir-built ELITE targeting app drove an 8-arrests-per-day quota and produced leads that were 'generally not accurate' 5 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Department of Homeland Security (DHS) · Palantir Technologies
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2025-11-24DOGE Disbanded Eight Months Early After Musk Departure and Trump Feud 3 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Department of Government Efficiency
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2025-11-21Marjorie Taylor Greene Announces Resignation After Trump Calls Her "Traitor" Over Epstein Files 3 src
Marjorie Taylor Greene · Donald Trump · Ro Khanna
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2025-11-207th Circuit Blocks Release of 615 Immigrants One Day Before Court-Ordered Deadline 5 src
Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2025-11-20Federal Charges Dismissed Against Marimar Martinez After Government's Own Evidence Contradicts CBP Account 2 src
Marimar Martinez · Charles Exum · U.S. Border Patrol · Judge Georgia Alexakis
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2025-11-18Epstein Files Transparency Act Passes House 427-1 After Discharge Petition 2 src
Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Marjorie Taylor Greene · Lauren Boebert · +3
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2025-11-13Epstein Files Discharge Petition Ripens at 218 Signatures Despite Intense Trump Pressure Campaign 5 src
Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Lauren Boebert · Marjorie Taylor Greene · +3
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2025-11-12Rep. Adelita Grijalva Sworn In as 218th Signature on Epstein Files Discharge Petition, Forces Mandatory Vote 4 src
Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Mike Johnson · House Democrats
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2025-11-10Heritage Foundation Board Members Resign Over Kevin Roberts Defending Tucker Carlson's Fuentes Interview 3 src
Kevin Roberts · Tucker Carlson · Nick Fuentes · Heritage Foundation
confirmed
2025-10-27Tucker Carlson Interviews Nick Fuentes, Exposing Republican Rift Over Antisemitism 3 src
Tucker Carlson · Nick Fuentes · Ben Shapiro · Ted Cruz · +2
confirmed
2025-10-25ICE Deports Man to Laos Despite Federal Court Order Blocking Removal, Ignoring Torture and Persecution Risk 6 src
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) · Trump Administration
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2025-10-16Judge Alexakis Orders CBP Agent Exum's Vehicle Returned from Maine After Government Released Evidence Out of State 2 src
Judge Georgia Alexakis · Charles Exum · U.S. Border Patrol
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2025-10-04Pirro's DC Office Dismisses 21% of Cases in 8 Weeks vs 0.5% Over Previous Decade 8 src
Jeanine Pirro · Department of Justice · Trump Administration
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2025-09-25Trump Signs NSPM-7 Labeling Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity, and 'Anti-Americanism' as Domestic Terrorism Indicators 5 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · American Civil Liberties Union · +1
confirmed
2025-09-23Warren and Slotkin File Formal Ethics-Probe Request to State Dept OIG, Commerce OIG, and OGE Over Witkoff/Sacks UAE Chip-Deal Conflicts 3 src
Elizabeth Warren · Elissa Slotkin · Steve Witkoff · David Sacks
confirmed
2025-09-22Lindsey Halligan, Trump's Personal Attorney With No Prosecutorial Experience, Appointed Acting U.S. Attorney EDVA to Pursue Political Prosecutions 5 src
Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · James Comey · +2
confirmed
2025-09-21Charlie Kirk Memorial Service - Trump and Musk Publicly Reconcile 3 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Turning Point USA · Charlie Kirk
confirmed
2025-09-19Trump Appointee George Cook Named Acting Census Director in Unprecedented Triple Role 2 src
U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Department of Commerce · Donald Trump
reported
2025-09-12ICE agent fatally shoots Silverio Villegas González in Franklin Park; Cook County rules homicide as bodycam contradicts DHS account 4 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2025-09-11Trump Administration Threatens National Guard Deployment to Chicago 3 src
Donald Trump · Heritage Foundation · Stephen Miller
reported
2025-09-10Charlie Kirk Assassinated at Utah Valley University During Turning Point USA Event 3 src
Charlie Kirk · Donald Trump · J.D. Vance · Turning Point USA
confirmed
2025-09-08ICE Launches Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, Appoints Bovino as Commander-at-Large 5 src
Gregory Bovino · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +2
confirmed
2025-09-06Trump Administration Explores Federal Takeover of 9/11 Memorial and Museum 3 src
Trump · Kathy Hochul
reported
2025-09-01Mass Inspector General Firings Implement Project 2025 Plan 3 src
Donald Trump · Chuck Grassley · Chuck Schumer · Elizabeth Warren · +2
confirmed
2025-08-28RFK Jr. Fires CDC Director Susan Monarez After She Refuses to Approve Unscientific Vaccine Directives 3 src
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Trump
reported
2025-08-26Diplomatic Security Service Agents Begin Patrolling Washington DC Streets, Making Arrests for Minor Offenses 3 src
State Department · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Trump
reported
2025-08-25Trump Attempts First-Ever Firing of Federal Reserve Governor, Lisa Cook Sues 2 src
Donald Trump · Lisa Cook · Bill Pulte · Federal Reserve
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2025-08-242,300 Armed National Guard Troops Deploy in Washington DC Carrying M17 Pistols and M4 Rifles 3 src
Trump · National Guard · U.S. Department of Defense
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2025-08-20US Imposes Unprecedented Sanctions on Four International Criminal Court Officials 5 src
Marco Rubio · Volker Türk
confirmed
2025-08-19Trump Installs Unconfirmed Loyalists as US Attorneys, Bypassing Senate 3 src
Donald Trump · Alina Habba · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice
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2025-08-18DOJ Escalates Investigation of Senator Adam Schiff: Ed Martin Appointed Special Attorney, Investigation Stalls, Then Grand Jury Probes the Investigators 8 src
Adam Schiff · Pam Bondi · Ed Martin · Bill Pulte · +3
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2025-08-18Texas Democrats End 2-Week Standoff, Return for Trump-Ordered Redistricting Vote 3 src
Texas House Democrats · Greg Abbott · Ken Paxton · Donald Trump
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2025-08-18Trump Appoints Missouri AG to Unprecedented FBI Co-Deputy Director Role 3 src
Donald Trump · Dan Bongino · Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation
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2025-08-15Trump Attempts DC Police Takeover with Loyalist, Blocked by Federal Judge 3 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · DC Metropolitan Police
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2025-08-11Trump Federalizes DC Police and Deploys 800 National Guard Troops Despite Declining Crime 3 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · DC Metropolitan Police
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