Executive Power Expansion
The Executive Power Expansion capture lane traces 803 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
Top 10 actors in this lane
10 actors · 1864–2026
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | Analysis Shows Congress Rejected Nearly All DOGE Spending Cuts in FY2026 Budget
4 src Department of Government Efficiency · Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Trump Issues DOGE Deregulatory Executive Order Requiring 60-Day Regulatory Review at All Agencies Including Independent Bodies
4 src Donald Trump · Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | Scott Shambaugh Firing Exposes DOGE's Indiscriminate Purge of Technical Expertise
3 src Scott Shambaugh · Department of Government Efficiency · National Institute of Standards and Technology · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | Trump Threatens Executive Order on Voter ID Despite Prior Court Defeats
3 src Donald Trump · White House · Chuck Schumer | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | Jim O'Neill and Mike Stuart Depart HHS in Leadership Shakeup Ahead of Midterms
3 src Jim O'Neill · Mike Stuart · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +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 | |
| 2026-02-06 | 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 | |
| 2026-02-05 | Federal Judge Orders Elon Musk Deposition Over USAID Dismantling, Rejects Apex Doctrine Claims
3 src Elon Musk · Theodore Chuang · United States Agency for International Development · Peter Marocco · +4 | 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 | |
| 2026-01-30 | 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 | 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 | |
| 2026-01-28 | 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 | Federal Employment Hits Lowest Level Since 1966 as DOGE Reductions Take Hold
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Office of Personnel Management · Elon Musk · Scott Kupor | 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 | |
| 2026-01-23 | NPR Report Reveals Trump Administration Admits DOGE Accessed Personal Social Security Data Beyond Legal Authority
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Social Security Administration · Chuck Borges · NPR | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-22 | Maryland Man Arrested on Attempted Murder Charges After Appearing at OMB Director Vought's Home
3 src Russell Vought · Colin Demarco · Office of Management and Budget | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-20 | DOJ Court Filing Confirms DOGE Shared Social Security Data to Unauthorized Server
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Department of Justice · Social Security Administration · Elon Musk | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-20 | Trump Executive Order Directs Restrictions on Institutional Investor Home Purchases
3 src Donald Trump · White House · Department of the Treasury · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-16 | DOJ Files Notice of Corrections in AFSCME v. SSA Admitting DOGE Unauthorized SSA Data Access — Key Prosecutorial Predicate for State Computer-Crime Charges
3 src American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) · Social Security Administration · Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-16 | SSA Reveals DOGE Staffers Misused Social Security Data, Signed Secret Voter Roll Agreement While Under Court Order
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Steve Davis · Social Security Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | Bradford County FL Commissioners Vote 3-2 to Advance Sabot IGSA Proposal for 3,000-Bed ICE Detention Campus
5 src Bradford County Board of County Commissioners · Bradford County Sheriff · Sabot Consulting · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act in Minneapolis, Calls Protesters 'Highly Paid Professionals'
2 src Donald Trump · Keith Ellison · Tim Walz | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-12 | Treasury Secretary Bessent Tells Trump Powell Criminal Investigation 'Made a Mess'
2 src Scott Bessent · Donald Trump · Jerome Powell | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-08 | DNI Tulsi Gabbard Excluded from Venezuela Operation Planning - Aides Joke 'Do Not Invite'
2 src Tulsi Gabbard · Donald Trump · Marco Rubio | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-31 | Ninth Circuit Forces Trump to Return California National Guard Control to State
4 src Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Charles Breyer | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-25 | US Launches Christmas Day Strikes on Nigerian Villages, ISIS Claims Questioned by Residents and Analysts
2 src Donald Trump · Bola Tinubu · AFRICOM · Nigerian Armed Forces · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-22 | Venezuela Naval Blockade Kills 105 in 29 Strikes as Trump Refuses to Rule Out War
12 src Donald Trump · Nicolas Maduro · Stephen Miller · Pete Hegseth · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-19 | DHS Releases Year-End Report Claiming 'Most Secure Border in History' While Touting 2.5 Million Departures and Record Drug Seizures
3 src Department of Homeland Security (DHS) · Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-19 | Supreme 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 · National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) · Department of Justice · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-18 | FY 2026 NDAA Section 8335 Codifies EO 14033 Western Balkans Sanctions, Creates Regulatory Frame Around Kushner Belgrade/Sazan Architecture
12 src U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Foreign Relations Committee · Jeanne Shaheen · +14 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-16 | Border Patrol Chief Bovino Returns to Chicago, Promises Federal Agents 'For Years'
2 src Gregory Bovino · U.S. Border Patrol · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-07 | ICE Data Reveals 75,000 Arrests Had No Criminal History in Quota-Driven Dragnet
5 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Stephen Miller · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Deportation Data Project · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | Supreme Court Grants Review of Trump's Birthright Citizenship Challenge, Setting Stage for Constitutional Crisis
5 src U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · D. John Sauer · American Civil Liberties Union · +5 | disputed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Appeals 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 · Judge Jia Cobb · U.S. District Court for D.C. · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Brad Parscale Secretly Advised Honduran Right-Wing Candidate as Trump Endorsed Her and Pardoned Convicted Narco-President
7 src Brad Parscale · Donald Trump · Nasry Asfura · Juan Orlando Hernández · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | DHS Announces Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis, Largest Immigration Enforcement Operation in U.S. History
6 src Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Customs and Border Protection (CBP) · Kristi Noem · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | Trump's 1,600+ Clemency Grants Bypass DOJ Review as 13 Recipients Re-Arrested for New Crimes
7 src Donald Trump · Ed Martin · Liz Oyer · Eliyahu Weinstein · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-03 | 25% of Foreign Service Officers Resigned or Forced Out, Diplomatic Corps Collapses
7 src American Foreign Service Association · John Dinkelman · Department of State · Foreign Service · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-03 | Bovino Launches 'Operation Catahoula Crunch' in New Orleans, Texts 'We Are a Massive Wrecking Crew'
4 src Gregory Bovino · U.S. Border Patrol · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-03 | DOJ Sues Six Additional States Demanding Protected Voter Registration Data
7 src Department of Justice · Pamela Bondi · Harmeet K. Dhillon · Delaware · +7 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-03 | Pentagon IG Finds Hegseth Shared SECRET//NOFORN Classified Information on Signal, Violated National Security Protocols
7 src Pete Hegseth · Jeffrey Goldberg · Mike Waltz · JD Vance · +5 | disputed | |
| 2025-12-03 | Treasury Secretary Proposes White House Veto Power Over Federal Reserve Regional Bank Presidents
7 src Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury · Federal Reserve · Jerome Powell · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-30 | Kristi Noem Denies Defying Court Order on National Television, Calls Judges "Activist"
4 src Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · Kristen Welker · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-26 | DOJ Reveals Kristi Noem Made Final Decision to Defy Judge's Order on El Salvador Deportation Flights
6 src Kristi Noem · U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · Department of Justice · Todd Blanche · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-24 | Trump Signs Executive Order Initiating Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Process
5 src Donald Trump · Marco Rubio · Scott Bessent | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-21 | Marjorie Taylor Greene Announces Resignation After Trump Calls Her "Traitor" Over Epstein Files
3 src Marjorie Taylor Greene · Donald Trump · Rep. Ro Khanna · House Speaker Mike Johnson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-19 | DOJ Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment; Trump's Former Personal Attorney Leading Prosecution
3 src James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Michael Dreeben · Judge Michael Nachmanoff · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-11-18 | House Votes 427-1 to Force Release of Epstein Files, Rebuking Trump's Opposition
3 src U.S. House of Representatives · United States Senate · Mike Johnson · Donald Trump · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-18 | Six Democratic Congress Members Release Video Reminding Military of Constitutional Duty to Refuse Illegal Orders
2 src Elissa Slotkin · Mark Kelly · Jason Crow · Chris DeLuzio · +7 | reported | |
| 2025-11-15 | Bondi Announces New Epstein Investigation Days Before House Vote, Creating Cover for Redactions
5 src Pam Bondi · Jay Clayton · Donald Trump · Thomas Massie · +4 | reported | |
| 2025-11-15 | Bovino Launches 'Operation Charlotte's Web' in North Carolina, 250+ Arrests as 30,000 Students Stay Home
4 src Gregory Bovino · U.S. Border Patrol · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Garry McFadden | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-14 | ProPublica Investigation Exposes Hidden Corruption in Noem's $220M DHS Ad Campaign
4 src Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · The Strategy Group · Ben Yoho · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-14 | Trump Orders DOJ via Truth Social to Investigate Political Opponents Over Epstein Ties
4 src Donald Trump · Pamela Bondi · Bill Clinton · Larry Summers · +3 | reported | |
| 2025-11-13 | Epstein Files Discharge Petition Ripens at 218 Signatures Despite Intense Trump Pressure Campaign
5 src Adelita Grijalva · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Lauren Boebert · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-12 | House Democrats Release Epstein Estate Emails Documenting Trump-Victim Contact and Trafficking Knowledge
5 src Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Donald Trump · Michael Wolff · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-12 | House Republicans Release 20,000+ Epstein Pages in Response to Democrat Emails, Accuse "Cherry-Picking"
3 src U.S. House Oversight Committee · James Comer · Jeffrey Epstein · Donald Trump · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-12 | Rep. Adelita Grijalva Sworn In as 218th Signature on Epstein Files Discharge Petition, Forces Mandatory Vote
4 src Adelita Grijalva · Thomas Massie · Ro Khanna · Mike Johnson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-12 | Rep. Lauren Boebert Summoned to White House Situation Room Over Epstein Files Petition
4 src Lauren Boebert · Donald Trump · Pamela Bondi · Kash Patel · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-10 | Trump Issues Veterans Day 2025 Proclamation Emphasizing Tax Cuts and Homeless Veteran Housing
3 src Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-10 | Trump Pardons 77 Allies Who Attempted to Overturn 2020 Election Including Giuliani, Meadows, and Fake Electors
6 src Donald Trump · Rudy Giuliani · Mark Meadows · Sidney Powell · +13 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-06 | SCOTUS shadow-docket stay in Trump v. Orr clears State Department passport policy requiring sex-at-birth marker 3 src | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-06 | Trump Pardons Former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and Chief of Staff Convicted of Federal Corruption
3 src Donald Trump · Glen Casada · Cade Cothren | reported | |
| 2025-11-04 | DOJ Escalates Investigation of 66-Year-Old Activist for Distributing Stephen Miller Protest Fliers
3 src U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Secret Service · Barbara Wien · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-11-04 | FBI Agents Association Issues Unprecedented Rebuke: Patel "Disregarded the Law" in Campaign of Retribution
3 src Kash Patel · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-04 | Trump Issues Executive Orders Modifying China Tariff Rates and Fentanyl-Related Duties
3 src Trump · White House | reported | |
| 2025-10-30 | Trump Officials Flee to Military Bases: Miller, Noem, Hegseth, Rubio Create Militarized "Green Zone"
3 src Charlie Kirk · Kristi Noem · Marco Rubio · Pete Hegseth · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-29 | Supreme Court to Review Trump's Federalization of National Guard in Chicago, Nationwide Implications
3 src April Perry · Donald Trump · JB Pritzker · U.S. Supreme Court | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-28 | Trump Purges 12 ICE Field Directors, Replaces with Border Patrol Loyalists to Escalate Deportations
3 src Donald Trump · Gregory Bovino · Kristi Noem · Stephen Miller · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-27 | DHS Posts Halo Video Game Image Comparing Immigrants to Parasitic Aliens Requiring Extermination
4 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Kaelan Dorr · Marcus Lehto · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-27 | Trump Suggests Running as VP to Circumvent Constitutional Term Limits
2 src Donald Trump · Steve Bannon | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-25 | MAGA-Aligned Lobbying Firms Quadruple Revenue Selling Trump Access
2 src Brian Ballard · Corporate clients · Pam Bondi · Susie Wiles · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-24 | Pentagon Awards Drone Contract to Company Where Trump Jr. Holds $4 Million Stake
2 src Donald Trump Jr. · Unusual Machines · Pentagon · U.S. Army · +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 | Energy Secretary Wright invokes rare DOE-over-FERC directive authority to compel ANOPR on large-load interconnection — Docket RM26-4-000 — final action ordered by April 30 2026
6 src Chris Wright · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · Department of Energy | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | Trump Obsession with $300M Ballroom: Demolishes Historic East Wing While Miller and Vought Run Government
3 src Donald Trump · Stephen Miller · Russ Vought | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | Trump Orders Demolition of Historic White House East Wing for Personal Ballroom
2 src Donald Trump · U.S. Treasury Department · White House Staff | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-21 | Russ Vought Emerges as "Shadow President" Running Government During Trump Disengagement
3 src Russ Vought · Donald Trump · Stephen Miller | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | Secret Interagency Working Group Coordinates Trump Retaliation Against Political Opponents
2 src Pam Bondi · Tulsi Gabbard · Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Justice · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-20 | Trump Hosts $250 Million White House Ballroom Fundraiser with Defense and Tech Executives
2 src Donald Trump · Google · Amazon · Meta · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-19 | Federal Prosecutor Elizabeth Yusi Fired After Refusing to Charge NY AG Letitia James
3 src Elizabeth Yusi · Kristin Bird · Letitia James · Trump · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-18 | Trump Posts AI Video Dumping Feces on 7 Million "No Kings" Protesters, Defended by Johnson and Vance as "Satire"
4 src Donald Trump · Mike Johnson · JD Vance · Kenny Loggins · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-16 | Pentagon Strips Press Credentials After Hegseth Imposes Rules Labeling Journalists as Security Risks
5 src Pete Hegseth · Department of Defense · New York Times · Associated Press · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-15 | Trump Executive Order Extends Hiring Freeze with Political Approval Requirements
2 src Donald Trump · White House · Office of Personnel Management | reported | |
| 2025-10-15 | Trump Requires Political Loyalty Tests for All Federal Hiring
3 src Donald Trump · Political Appointees · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-09 | Senate Confirms Jennifer Mascott to Third Circuit Court of Appeals
3 src Jennifer Mascott · U.S. Senate · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Donald Trump · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-08 | Border Czar Tom Homan Allegedly Took $50,000 in FBI Corruption Sting
2 src Tom Homan · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Emil Bove · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | Attorney General Bondi Testifies Before Senate Amid Accusations of DOJ Weaponization
3 src Pam Bondi · Senate Judiciary Committee · Department of Justice · Dick Durbin · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-10-07 | Palantir Senior Advisor Jacob Helberg Confirmed as Under Secretary of State (51-47)
5 src Jacob Helberg · Alex Karp · Palantir Technologies · Peter Thiel · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-05 | Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman Negotiates Harvard Research Funding Restoration
3 src Stephen Schwarzman · Blackstone · Harvard University · White House · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-05 | White House Blocks $2.1 Billion Chicago Transit Funding as Political Retaliation
3 src Trump Administration · White House · City of Chicago · City of Portland | reported | |
| 2025-10-04 | Trump Targets Corporate Deals Across 30+ Industries Before Midterm Elections
2 src Trump Administration · Pfizer · Eli Lilly · AstraZeneca · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-03 | Supreme Court Uses Emergency Docket to Expand Presidential Power
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · Conservative Supreme Court Majority | reported | |
| 2025-10-01 | DOJ Fires Top National Security Prosecutor Michael Ben'Ary Based on False Social Media Post
3 src Michael Ben'Ary · Department of Justice · Julie Kelly · U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Virginia · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-10-01 | Pope Leo XIV: Inhuman Treatment of Immigrants 'Not Pro-Life'
3 src Pope Leo XIV · Trump Administration · White House · Senator Dick Durbin · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-01 | Trump Administration Fires Federal Employees During Government Shutdown, Courts Order Reinstatement as Unions Win Injunctions
4 src AFGE · AFSCME · Donald Trump · Judge Susan Illston · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-01 | White House Defunds Council of Inspectors General, Disabling Federal Oversight
2 src Office of Management and Budget · Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency · White House · Susan Collins · +1 | reported | |
| 2025-09-30 | Trump Signs Pediatric Cancer AI Executive Order After Cutting Billions in Research Funding
3 src Donald Trump · White House · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · MAHA Commission | reported | |
| 2025-09-29 | ProPublica Reveals Russell Vought as 'Shadow President' Orchestrating Government Dismantling
2 src Russell Vought · Donald Trump · Office of Management and Budget · Project 2025 | reported | |
| 2025-09-29 | Trump Grants Qatar Unprecedented NATO-Like Security Guarantee via Executive Order
3 src Donald Trump · White House · State of Qatar · Benjamin Netanyahu | reported |