Capture lane

Executive Power Expansion

The Executive Power Expansion capture lane traces 803 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

803 events From Nov 29, 1864 To May 16, 2026 Open in filter view →
Top 10 actors in this lane 10 actors · 1864–2026
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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-05-16Santa Fe New Mexican Court Reporter Phaedra Haywood Surfaces Wormuth-Ellison-Skinner Legal Architecture and Criminal-Information Workaround in NDA Trespass Coverage 2 src
Phaedra Haywood · Santa Fe New Mexican · Gregory Wormuth · Ryan Ellison · +2
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2026-05-13ACLU Files Federal Lawsuit Against Memphis Safe Task Force Alleging Pattern of First Amendment Retaliation Against Civilians Recording Federal Immigration Enforcement 5 src
Hunter Demster · Jessica Choder · American Civil Liberties Union · ACLU Foundation of Tennessee · +13
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2026-04-21ACLU of New Mexico Publishes 'The Invisible Military Bases at the Border' Report Documenting 4,600+ Federal Trespass Cases and 109,651 Acres of National Defense Areas in NM Alone 2 src
American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Attorney's Office (District of New Mexico) · Federal Public Defender (District of New Mexico) · +1
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2026-04-18NYT publishes Kantor/Liptak investigation of leaked 2016 SCOTUS memos documenting the origins of the modern shadow (interim) docket 8 src confirmed
2026-04-13Pentagon Misses Warren-Shaheen WEXMAC Deadline — No Public Response to 13 Armed Services Questions on Navy Detention Contracting 4 src
Elizabeth Warren · Jeanne Shaheen · Pete Hegseth · Department of Defense · +1
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2026-04-07Trump Threatens to Destroy Iranian Civilization Tonight: 8 PM Ultimatum to Destroy All Power Plants and Bridges 5 src
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Iran
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2026-04-03McConnell Joins Democrats to Defend US NATO Membership as Trump Considers Withdrawal 2 src
Mitch McConnell · Donald Trump · Chris Coons · Susan Collins · +3
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2026-04-03US F-15E Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Iran, One Crew Member Rescued, Second Missing 6 src
U.S. Air Force · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth
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2026-04-02Hegseth Fires Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George During Iran War, Installs Former Personal Aide 7 src
Pete Hegseth · Randy George · Christopher LaNeve · Donald Trump
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2026-04-02US Bombs Bridge Near Tehran Killing Eight Civilians, Trump Posts Collapse Video on Truth Social 5 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · Iran
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2026-04-02US Intelligence Assesses Iran Retains Roughly Half Its Missile Launchers After Five Weeks of Strikes 4 src
U.S. Intelligence Community · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth
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2026-04-01OCC final rule amending 12 CFR 5.20 takes effect, replacing 'fiduciary activities' with 'operations of a trust company and activities related thereto' for national trust bank charters 8 src
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · Jonathan Gould · U.S. Department of the Treasury
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2026-04-01Supreme Court Hears Birthright Citizenship Arguments; Gorsuch Exposes Government's Inability to Protect Native American Citizenship 9 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Neil Gorsuch · D. John Sauer · Donald Trump · +1
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2026-03-28No Kings III Protest Announced for March 28 as Movement Plans Third Nationwide Mobilization 4 src
No Kings Movement · Indivisible · American Civil Liberties Union · American Association of University Professors
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2026-03-25Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Surfaces — NSA Intercept Naming Kushner Buried for Eight Months 4 src
Tulsi Gabbard · Jared Kushner · Susie Wiles · Christopher Fox
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2026-03-25Iran Rejects Trump's 15-Point Peace Plan as 'Excessive and Unrealistic,' Demands Lebanon Ceasefire as Precondition 7 src
Donald Trump · Esmail Baghaei · Abbas Araghchi · Masoud Pezeshkian
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2026-03-24Markwayne Mullin Sworn In as DHS Secretary After 54-45 Senate Confirmation; Immediately Pauses WEXMAC-TITUS Warehouse Detention Buildout 8 src
Markwayne Mullin · Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · John Fetterman · +6
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2026-03-23Trump Backs Off Ultimatum, Claims 'Productive Conversations' with Iran — Tehran Flatly Denies Any Talks 4 src
Donald Trump · Iran Foreign Ministry
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2026-03-22Trump Gives Iran 48-Hour Ultimatum to Reopen Hormuz — Threatens to 'Obliterate' Power Plants 3 src
Donald Trump · Islamic Republic of Iran
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2026-03-21US Military Strikes Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility in Major Nuclear Escalation 3 src
U.S. Department of Defense · Iran Atomic Energy Organization · International Atomic Energy Agency
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2026-03-20Hegseth Quotes Psalm 144 at Pentagon Briefing, Calls Iranian Leaders "Religious Fanatics" 5 src
Pete Hegseth · MRFF · PRRI · Mikey Weinstein
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2026-03-20Trump Claims War 'Winding Down' While Deploying 2,500 Additional Marines to Middle East 5 src
Donald Trump · Pentagon · U.S. Central Command · U.S. Marine Corps
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2026-03-20Trump Issues 30-Day Waiver Allowing Purchase of 140M Barrels of Iranian Oil to Ease Price Surge 5 src
Treasury Department · Donald Trump · Sen. Richard Blumenthal
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2026-03-19Booker War Powers Resolution Fails 47-53 — Only Paul Crosses Party Lines for Yes, Fetterman for No 4 src
Sen. Cory Booker · Sen. Rand Paul · Sen. John Fetterman
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2026-03-19Comey Subpoenaed in DOJ 'Grand Conspiracy' Probe Targeting Obama-Era Intelligence Officials 3 src
James Comey · Jason A. Reding Quinones · Judge Aileen Cannon · John Brennan · +1
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2026-03-19D.C. Circuit Allows DOJ to Proceed With Appeals Challenging Law Firm Executive Order Rulings 3 src
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals · Perkins Coie · WilmerHale · Jenner & Block · +1
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2026-03-19Pentagon Requests $200 Billion War Supplemental — Hegseth Says 'It Takes Money to Kill Bad Guys' 6 src
Pete Hegseth · Pentagon · Congress
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2026-03-18DNI Gabbard Admits Iran Was 'Not Rebuilding Enrichment' Before War — Omits Finding from Oral Testimony 6 src
Tulsi Gabbard · John Ratcliffe · Kash Patel · Sen. Mark Warner · +1
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2026-03-18Mullin DHS Confirmation Hearing Marked by Confrontation with Rand Paul and Shift on ICE Warrant Policy 3 src
Markwayne Mullin · Sen. Rand Paul · Senate Homeland Security Committee
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2026-03-18No Kings Coalition Confirms 3,000+ Events for March 28, Targeting 9 Million Participants 3 src
No Kings Movement · Indivisible · MoveOn · ACLU · +3
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2026-03-18Wyden Accuses DAG Blanche of Blocking Unredacted DEA Memo on Epstein Drug Trafficking Investigation 4 src
Sen. Ron Wyden · Todd Blanche · DEA
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2026-03-17CREW Testifies Trump Corruption Weakens Government and Threatens National Security 1 src
CREW · Donald Sherman · House Foreign Affairs Committee
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2026-03-17Joe Kent Resigns as NCTC Director — 'Iran Posed No Imminent Threat, War Driven by Israel Lobby' 6 src
Joe Kent · Donald Trump · National Counterterrorism Center
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2026-03-17Maryland Senate Committee Advances "No Kings Act" Making Federal Agents Liable for Civil Rights Violations 3 src
Maryland General Assembly
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2026-03-16Republican Leadership Actively Avoids Public Hearings on Iran War 3 src
Sen. John Thune · Senate Republicans
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2026-03-13Iran War Two-Week Assessment — 5,300+ Killed, $11B+ Spent, 3.2M Displaced 3 src
U.S. Central Command · Hengaw Organization for Human Rights · Refugees International
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2026-03-13US Air Force Bombs Kharg Island Oil Hub, Strikes 90+ Military Targets Across Iran 4 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Central Command · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Air Force
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2026-03-12DOJ Proposes Rule Giving Attorney General Veto Power Over Bar Complaints Against Government Lawyers 4 src
U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Ed Martin · +1
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2026-03-12ICE Reveals $38.3 Billion Detention Expansion Plan for 92,600-Bed Mega-Center Network 5 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Donald Trump
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2026-03-12Iran Launches New Wave of Gulf Attacks as Oil Prices Spike, Bahrain Reports Fuel Tank Strikes 5 src
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · Bahrain Defense Force · Bapco Energies · +3
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2026-03-12New Iran Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Issues First Statement Vowing Revenge and Permanent Hormuz Closure 6 src
Mojtaba Khamenei · Islamic Republic of Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Donald Trump · +1
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2026-03-12UNHCR Reports 3.2 Million Iranians Displaced as UN Warns of "Humanitarian Explosion" 6 src
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · United Nations · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · +3
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2026-03-11Evidence Points to US Tomahawk Strike on Minab Girls School Killing 170+, War Crime Investigation Demanded 7 src
U.S. Central Command · U.S. Department of Defense · Defense Intelligence Agency · Pete Hegseth · +7
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2026-03-11Iran Sets Ceasefire Conditions as China and Russia Launch Diplomatic Intervention 5 src
Masoud Pezeshkian · Kazem Gharibabadi · Wang Yi · Zhai Jun · +7
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2026-03-11Iran Strikes Cargo Ship in Strait of Hormuz, IRGC Vows "Not One Litre of Oil" to Pass 6 src
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Navy · +2
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2026-03-11Lead Prosecutor in DOJ Criminal Probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell Replaced 4 src
U.S. Department of Justice · Jerome Powell · Federal Reserve · Donald Trump · +1
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2026-03-11Mullin DHS Confirmation Hearing Formally Scheduled for March 18 Amid Rand Paul Friction 4 src
Markwayne Mullin · Rand Paul · Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2026-03-11Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to End Deportation Protections for 350,000 Haitians 5 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem · U.S. Supreme Court
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2026-03-11Trump 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
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2026-03-10DOGE Spending Cuts Leave U.S. Government Hollowed Out as Iran War Escalates 2 src
Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of State · +2
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2026-03-10Hegseth Announces "Most Intense Day of Strikes" on Iran as US Targets Drone Manufacturing 6 src
Pete Hegseth · Dan Caine · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +2
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2026-03-10Public Citizen Report Finds Trump Removed More Inspectors General Than All Prior Presidents Combined 4 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Office of Inspector General · Public Citizen
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2026-03-10Senate Democrats Demand Public Hearings on Iran War After Closed Briefing Raises Alarms 3 src
Chuck Schumer · Elizabeth Warren · Jacky Rosen · Pete Hegseth · +3
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2026-03-10Washington Post Investigation Details How ICE Systematically Defied Court Orders During Minneapolis Enforcement Surge 4 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Department of Justice · Patrick Schiltz · +1
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2026-03-09Anthropic 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
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2026-03-09DOJ Appeals Blocked Executive Orders Targeting Law Firms, Claims Judges "Bent Over Backwards" to Rule Against Trump 4 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Justice · Perkins Coie · WilmerHale · +3
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2026-03-09DOJ Pursues Retaliatory Investigations of Democratic Officials and Federal Reserve Chair 4 src
U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Jeanine Pirro · Jerome Powell · +4
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2026-03-09DOJ Releases Additional Epstein Files After NPR Investigation Exposes Withheld Trump-Related Documents 4 src
U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein · Donald Trump · +1
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2026-03-09Iran Launches Missiles and Drones at Gulf Nations and US Bases in Escalating Retaliation 4 src
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +4
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2026-03-09Rand Paul Schedules Mullin DHS Confirmation Hearing for March 18, Signals Tough Questioning 3 src
Markwayne Mullin · Rand Paul · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
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2026-03-09Senate Democrats Demand Hegseth and Rubio Testify on Iran War, Threaten Repeated War Powers Votes 5 src
Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · Tim Kaine · Chris Murphy · +8
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2026-03-08Iran Names Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader After Father Killed in US-Israeli Strike 4 src
Mojtaba Khamenei · Iran Assembly of Experts · Islamic Republic of Iran · Donald Trump · +1
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2026-03-08Trump Threatens Legislative Blockade Until Congress Passes SAVE America Voter ID Act 4 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Congress · Senate Republicans · Senate Democrats
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2026-03-07DOJ Appeals Four Court Rulings Blocking Trump Executive Orders Targeting Political Opponent Law Firms 3 src
U.S. Department of Justice · Jenner and Block · Perkins Coie · Susman Godfrey · +2
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2026-03-07ICE Tells Court Its Minnesota Deployment Has Been Reduced to 47 Deportation Officers 1 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Jeffrey Bryan · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2026-03-07Iran's President Apologizes for Strikes on Neighbors While IRGC Continues Independent Military Operations, Revealing Leadership Split 8 src
Masoud Pezeshkian · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Iran · Abbas Araghchi · +4
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2026-03-07Trump Administration Escalates Campaign to Strip Federal Judges of Power to Block Presidential Orders 4 src
Trump Administration · U.S. Supreme Court · U.S. Department of Justice · U.S. House of Representatives
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2026-03-07Trump Hosts Shield of the Americas Summit at His Own Doral Resort, Launches Military Cartel Coalition 7 src
Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Marco Rubio · Pete Hegseth · +1
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2026-03-07War Enters Second Week as Trump Warns Iran "Will Be Hit Very Hard" and U.S. Evacuates Citizens from Middle East 6 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth · +2
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2026-03-06Anthropic Files Lawsuit Against Pentagon Over Unprecedented National Security Designation 6 src
Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth
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2026-03-06DOJ and FBI National Security Divisions Decimated by Purges as U.S. Confronts Iran War 2 src
U.S. Department of Justice · U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation · Kash Patel · Donald Trump · +1
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2026-03-06DOJ Public Integrity Section Collapses to Two Lawyers, Gutting Federal Anti-Corruption Enforcement 3 src
U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · U.S. Public Integrity Section
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2026-03-06Post-Firing Analysis Details Five Major Controversies That Ended Noem's DHS Tenure 3 src
Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · Markwayne Mullin · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · +1
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2026-03-06Trump Demands Iran's "Unconditional Surrender," Refuses Any Negotiated End to War 7 src
Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · Masoud Pezeshkian · Pete Hegseth · +2
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2026-03-0524 State Attorneys General Sue Trump Over New Tariffs After Supreme Court Struck Down Previous Ones 3 src
New York Attorney General Letitia James · U.S. Court of International Trade · U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration
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2026-03-05Anthropic 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
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2026-03-05House Judiciary Committee Passes Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act, Threatening Federal Funding Cuts 4 src
Tom McClintock · House Judiciary Committee · U.S. House of Representatives · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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2026-03-05Iran Secretly Contacts CIA to Discuss End of War; Trump Says It Is "Too Late" for Talks 7 src
Donald Trump · Central Intelligence Agency · Iran · Abbas Araghchi · +3
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2026-03-05Second Minnesota Federal Judge Threatens Contempt Against Feds Over ICE Detainees' Missing Property 2 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Justice · Patrick Schiltz · Jeffrey Bryan
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2026-03-05Trump Fires DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Names Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Replacement 7 src
Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Markwayne Mullin · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2026-03-05Trump Fires Kristi Noem as DHS Secretary, Nominates Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Replacement 6 src
Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Markwayne Mullin · Corey Lewandowski · +2
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2026-03-05U.S. Strikes Target Iran's Space and Remaining Nuclear Infrastructure as Campaign Enters Second Week 5 src
U.S. Central Command · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Iran · +2
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2026-03-04Democratic State AGs File Record 71 Lawsuits Against Trump Administration in First Year of Second Term 3 src
Democratic State Attorneys General · New York Attorney General Letitia James · California Attorney General Rob Bonta · American Immigration Council
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2026-03-04DHS $220 Million Self-Deportation Ad Campaign Faces Senate Scrutiny; Contracts Bypassed Competitive Bidding 5 src
Kristi Noem · John Kennedy · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Safe America Media · +1
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2026-03-04House Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution 212-219, Completing Congress's Abdication of War Authority 7 src
Mike Johnson · Thomas Massie · Warren Davidson · Jared Golden · +6
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2026-03-04Internal ICE Data Exposes Vast Inflation in DHS Deportation Figures 4 src
Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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2026-03-04Iran Strikes Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar with Ballistic Missiles, Breaching U.S. Defense Shield 5 src
Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +1
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2026-03-04Judge Bryan Weighs Contempt for U.S. Attorney Rosen Over ICE Property Seizures 2 src
Jeffrey Bryan · Daniel Rosen · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Justice
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2026-03-04OPM Data Confirms Federal Workforce Shrunk 12% Under DOGE, 386,000 Positions Eliminated 4 src
Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Office of Personnel Management · +2
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2026-03-04Pentagon Claims Iran's Navy Destroyed and Senior Naval Leadership Killed in Operation Epic Fury 5 src
Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · Iran · +1
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2026-03-04Pentagon 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
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2026-03-04Pentagon Uses Banned Anthropic Claude to Select 1,000+ Iran Strike Targets While Simultaneously Blacklisting the Company 6 src
Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · +1
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2026-03-04Senate Formally Defeats Iran War Powers Resolution 47-53, Ceding War Authority to Trump 7 src
Tim Kaine · Chuck Schumer · Adam Schiff · Rand Paul · +5
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2026-03-04Treasury, State, and HHS Begin Phasing Out Anthropic Products Following Trump Executive Directive 4 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of the Treasury · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +1
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2026-03-03DOJ Drops Then Rapidly Reverses Course on Law Firm Retaliation Cases in Chaotic 24-Hour Reversal 4 src
U.S. Department of Justice · Jenner and Block · Perkins Coie · WilmerHale · +2
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2026-03-03Iranian Drones Strike U.S. Embassy in Riyadh as War Spreads Across Middle East 5 src
Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Department of Defense · +2
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2026-03-03Kash Patel Fires FBI Counterintelligence Unit That Tracked Iran, Days Before U.S. Strikes 3 src
Kash Patel · U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice · Donald Trump
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2026-03-03New Jersey Federal Judge Threatens Criminal Contempt After ICE Violates Transfer Orders 17 Times 3 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Justice · Baljinder Kumar
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2026-03-02Iran Formally Declares Strait of Hormuz "Closed," Threatening to Destroy Any Transiting Vessel 6 src
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Ebrahim Jabari · Islamic Republic of Iran
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2026-02-21Post-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
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