Executive Power Expansion
The Executive Power Expansion capture lane traces 775 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-05 | Trump Signs Executive Order Renaming Pentagon as 'Department of War' Trump · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-03 | Military Jets Drown Out Epstein Survivors Press Conference at Capitol Epstein survivors · Donald Trump · U.S. Air Force · White House | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-01 | Mass Inspector General Firings Implement Project 2025 Plan Donald Trump · Chuck Grassley · Chuck Schumer · Elizabeth Warren · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-28 | Trump Executive Order Mandates Classical Architecture for Federal Buildings Donald Trump · White House · General Services Administration | reported | |
| 2025-08-27 | US Imposes 50% Tariff on India for Buying Russian Oil, Exempts Apple Donald Trump · india-government · Apple Inc. · Russia | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-25 | Trump Creates Specialized National Guard Units for Domestic Deployment Donald Trump · National Guard | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-25 | Trump Orders Prosecution of Flag Burning Despite Supreme Court Ruling Donald Trump · White House · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-25 | Trump Signs Executive Orders Eliminating Cashless Bail, Threatening Federal Funds Donald Trump · White House · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-15 | Trump Attempts DC Police Takeover with Loyalist, Blocked by Federal Judge Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Terry Cole · Pamela Smith · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-14 | Trump Eliminates SpaceX Environmental Safeguards via Executive Order Donald Trump · Elon Musk · SpaceX · Department of Transportation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-11 | Military preparing to activate hundreds of D.C. National Guard members Donald Trump · DC National Guard · West Virginia National Guard · South Carolina National Guard · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-08 | EPA Terminates Union Contracts Following Appellate Stays U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · AFGE Council 238 (8,000+ EPA workers) · Justin Chen (AFGE Council 238 President) · Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-08 | White House announces increased federal law-enforcement presence in Washington, D.C. Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Marshals Service · Federal Protective Service | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-07 | Paramount-Skydance Merger Completes After FCC Approval Paramount Global · Skydance Media · David Ellison · Federal Communications Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-07 | Trump Executive Order Places Federal Grants Under Political Appointee Control Donald Trump · White House · Office of Management and Budget | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-07 | Trump Issues 202 Executive Orders with Two-Thirds Matching Project 2025 Blueprint Donald Trump · Heritage Foundation · Project 2025 · Federal Register | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-07 | Trump Signs Executive Order Prohibiting 'Debanking' Based on Political Views Donald Trump · White House · Federal Reserve · FDIC · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-05 | DOJ Publishes Official List of 35 "Sanctuary" Jurisdictions, Escalating Federal-State Confrontation Over Immigration Enforcement Department of Justice · Donald Trump · 13 Sanctuary States · 18 Sanctuary Cities | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-04 | Trump Sons Launch $300M SPAC Targeting US Manufacturing Revival Eric Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Kevin McGurn · Kyle Wool | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-03 | Texas House Democrats flee to Illinois to break quorum on redistricting Texas House Democrats · Texas Legislature · Illinois Governor JB Pritzker · Gene Wu · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-02 | Donor list suggests scale of Trump’s pay-for-access operation Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Pfizer CEO attending $25 million fundraiser at Trump's golf club after president demands drug price cuts, sources say Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Trump administration defies court orders in 57 of 165 cases (35%) Trump Administration · Federal Judiciary · U.S. District Judge James Boasberg · U.S. District Judge John McConnell · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-31 | White House Announces $200M State Ballroom Construction Project Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · McCrery Architects · Clark Construction · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-30 | Senate Committee Advances Bill Banning Congressional Stock Trading Donald Trump · Josh Hawley · Rick Scott | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-30 | Trump to Host 2026 G20 Summit at Doral Resort, Reviving Controversial Hosting Attempt Donald Trump · Kevin Hassett · Scott Bessent | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-30 | White House Releases Comprehensive Crypto Policy Roadmap Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · David Sacks · U.S. Treasury Department · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-25 | Texas Legislature passes redistricting without Democrats present Texas Legislature · Texas Republicans · Greg Abbott · Texas House Democrats · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-21 | Trump Administration Defying 35% of Court Orders in Unprecedented Constitutional Crisis Trump Administration · Federal Courts · Department of Justice · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-20 | California announces defensive mid-cycle redistricting in response to Texas California Legislature · Gavin Newsom · California Democratic Party | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-15 | Trump demands Texas conduct mid-cycle redistricting for 5 new GOP seats Donald Trump · Greg Abbott · Texas Legislature | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-12 | Bondi Fires 20 Justice Department Employees Tied to Trump Prosecutions Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Trump Prosecutors · January 6 Prosecutors · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-10 | Trump Foreign Aid Policy Sparks Global Lobbying Surge Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Marco Rubio · US Lobbying Firms | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-10 | White House Officials Own Cryptocurrency Assets in Proposed National Crypto Reserve Donald Trump · Ian Kelley · White House Staff | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-08 | Supreme Court lifts injunctions, enables mass firings at 19 federal agencies U.S. Supreme Court · Federal Agencies · General Services Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-04 | 2.4 million Americans projected to lose SNAP benefits from expanded work requirements Trump Administration · USDA · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-01 | Vance Casts Tiebreaker Passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Enabling Event for Project 2025 Treasury/Tax Chapter and Endowment-Tax Implementation JD Vance · Donald Trump · Rand Paul · Susan Collins · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-30 | Federal Judiciary Admits Systemic Failure in Presidential Accountability Mechanisms Federal Judiciary Leadership · Chief Justice · Judicial Conference · Senate Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-30 | Federal Judiciary Develops New Constitutional Enforcement Mechanisms Federal Judiciary · Judicial Conference · Administrative Office of U.S. Courts · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-27 | Supreme Court Restricts Nationwide Injunctions in Trump v. CASA, Expanding Executive Power U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · CASA de Maryland | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-24 | Trump Fires Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner, Raising Concerns About Regulatory Capture Donald Trump · Christopher Hanson · Trent Morse · Nuclear Regulatory Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-20 | Ninth Circuit Again Allows Trump to Retain Control of CA Guard Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · Donald Trump · California National Guard | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-20 | Ninth Circuit extends stay keeping LA Guard/Marine deployment in place U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-20 | Trump Family Launches World Liberty Financial Cryptocurrency Venture Donald Trump · Barron Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-19 | Trump Company Reduces Stake in Crypto Venture World Liberty Financial Donald Trump · Eric Trump · Zach Witkoff · Justin Sun · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-16 | Trump Organization Announces Trump Mobile: $499 Smartphone and $47.45 Monthly Plan Donald Trump · Eric Trump · Donald Trump Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-15 | Federal Judicial System Faces Unprecedented Integrity Challenge Margaret Satterthwaite · UN Special Rapporteur · Supreme Court Justices · Sen. Cory Booker · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-15 | Trump Officials' Extensive Financial Conflicts Exposed in Comprehensive Report Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Sean Duffy · Lori Chavez-DeRemer · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-14 | "No Kings" protests draw 5 million people in 2,100+ locations Civil Society Organizations · Protest movements · American Civil Liberties Union · MoveOn · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-13 | Ninth Circuit Stays District Court Ruling Against LA Deployment Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · Judge Charles Breyer · California National Guard · US Marines | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-13 | Trump Discloses $57 Million in Crypto Earnings from World Liberty Financial Donald Trump · Trump Administration · World Liberty Financial | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-12 | Federal judge says Los Angeles Guard/Marine deployment likely unlawful U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) · State of California · Governor Gavin Newsom · U.S. Department of Defense · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-11 | Trump announces FEMA elimination plan after 2025 hurricane season Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · White House · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-09 | Trump federalizes California National Guard over governor's objection Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · California National Guard | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-07 | California National Guard Federalized and Deployed to Los Angeles Donald Trump · California National Guard · US Marines · Governor of California · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-06 | Communist Party Adviser Purchases Trump Memecoin for VIP Dinner Access Donald Trump · He Tianying · Justin Sun · Adam Schiff · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-05 | Thiel Foundation CEO Jim O'Neill Confirmed as HHS Deputy Secretary (52-43) Jim O'Neill · Peter Thiel · Thiel Foundation · Thiel Capital · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-05 | This is how much Trump has made from crypto—so far Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-04 | 59,000 Federal Jobs Officially Eliminated by June 2025, True Scope Far Larger as DOGE Campaign Transforms Government Workforce Donald Trump · DOGE · Elon Musk · Office of Personnel Management · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-04 | Trump Expands Travel Ban to 19 Countries and Bans Harvard Students from Entry Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Harvard University · Department of State | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-01 | Federal workforce shrinks by 59,000 jobs with 154,000 on paid leave Trump Administration · Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Office of Personnel Management · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-01 | Gabbard Replaces Intelligence Community Inspector General's Counsel with Her Own Adviser Tulsi Gabbard · Christopher Fox | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-01 | Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem directive demands 3,000 daily ICE arrests Stephen Miller · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-31 | Bono Confronts Joe Rogan Over Trump Administration USAID Cuts, Calls Them "Evil" - Influences Rogan's Subsequent Trump Criticism Bono · Joe Rogan · Elon Musk · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-31 | Federal judges face 373 threats in first five months of 2025 Federal judges · U.S. Marshals Service · Trump supporters | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-31 | Trump pardons drive a big, burgeoning business for lobbyists Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-28 | Paramount settles Trump '60 Minutes' lawsuit for $16 million Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-28 | Trump Pardons Become Explicitly Political with 'No MAGA Left Behind' Directive Donald Trump · Ed Martin · Scott Jenkins | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-28 | Trump Pardons Ex-Rep. Michael Grimm, Highlighting Political Clemency Campaign Donald Trump · Michael Grimm · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-27 | Donald Trump’s media conglomerate is becoming a bitcoin reserve Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-23 | Trump's crypto dinner guests admit they're trying to buy him off Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Congressmen Sean Casten · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-22 | Trump hosts exclusive $148M cryptocurrency investor dinner at private golf club Donald Trump · $TRUMP coin holders · World Liberty Financial · Justin Sun · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-21 | Stephen Miller demands 3,000 daily ICE arrests, triggers leadership purge Stephen Miller · Kristi Noem · Corey Lewandowski · Kenneth Genalo · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-21 | U.S. Accepts Qatar's $400 Million Boeing 747 Jet, Raising Emoluments Concerns Donald Trump · Qatar Royal Family · U.S. Department of Defense · Jamie Raskin · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-19 | DOJ Settles Ashli Babbitt Lawsuit for $5 Million, Sparking Law Enforcement Controversy Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. Capitol Police · Tom Manger | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-19 | Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Before Trump's Tariff Announcement, Revealing Potential Insider Trading Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Sean Duffy · Transportation Department | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-18 | Supreme Court Hearing Challenges Presidential National Guard Federalization Powers U.S. Supreme Court · State Governors · U.S. Department of Defense · California Governor · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-15 | 4.3 million workers could lose overtime protections Trump Administration · U.S. Department of Labor | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-15 | Donald Trump Jr.'s transformation into Washington power broker Donald Trump · Donald Trump Jr. · Eric Trump · Zach Witkoff | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-15 | Political committees have spent $675K at Trump properties since Trump's reelection Donald Trump · Republican National Committee · Republican House Representatives | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-14 | Gabbard Fires Two Career Intelligence Officials Whose Venezuela Assessment Contradicted White House Tulsi Gabbard · Michael Collins · Maria Langan-Riekhof · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-14 | U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sells Over $1 Million in Trump Media Shares Amid Tariff Announcement Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-12 | Eric Trump's American Bitcoin going public in latest crypto move by president's family Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Eric Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-11 | Qatar gifts Trump $400 million airplane as replacement for Air Force One Donald Trump · Qatar · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-11 | Trump administration in talks with Qatar over plane gift Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-10 | Legal Scholars Warn of Erosion in Judicial Review Mechanisms Constitutional Law Scholars · Federal Judiciary · Executive Branch · Amanda Frost · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-09 | Large investors increased stake in Trump Media by hundreds of millions Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-09 | SEC Reaches Controversial Settlement with Ripple Labs Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Bradley Garlinghouse · Christian Larsen · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-09 | Trump to sign order discouraging criminal enforcement of regulatory offenses Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-07 | Supreme Court Confronts Systemic Emoluments Violations U.S. Supreme Court · Department of Justice · Executive Branch | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Hegseth Orders 20% Cut to Four-Star General and Admiral Positions Pete Hegseth · Jack Reed | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Trump Generates $350M Through Memecoin, Offering White House Access to Top Investors Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Sean Casten · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-05 | Trump sons’ deals on three continents directly benefit the president Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | Freight Technologies Purchases $20M in Trump Crypto to Lobby Against Tariffs Donald Trump · Javier Selgas · Freight Technologies Inc. | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | Trump family's net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to crypto investments, new report says Donald Trump · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | Trump Justice Dept. to settle Babbitt family lawsuit in fatal Jan. 6 shooting Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Michael Byrd · Tom Manger · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-30 | ICE arrests 65,000 in first 100 days including 2,288 gang members Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | It was supposed to be a tax and border bill. It could also hand Trump vast new executive powers Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · House Judiciary Committee | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-29 | Trump's World Liberty Financial Reveals Major Foreign Crypto Investments Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-28 | Donald Trump Jr. Visits Romania Ahead of Contentious Presidential Election Donald Trump Jr. · Trump Administration · J.D. Vance · Elon Musk | confirmed |